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cleaning adhesive from leather
been cleaning the leather interior of the car ive just bought and on the rear headrests were 2 tacky bmw stickers. I've peeled em off but they've left nasty adhesive deposits behind any ideas? I've tried zymol and liquid leather cleaner (both car products) i just wondered if any of you have any tips/old skool ways of…
Solid Wood Floor installation....confused
:xmassign: Hi all. I am assigned to purchase and install 34 m2 of solid oak flooring by May of next year. Not a problem I hear you all shout. The "problem" is related to the installation. My ground floor has a concrete subfloor and thus no joists. The problem I have is determining fact from fiction with regard to the…
Losing sleep over a bed....
Grrr... I've been tossing and turning on my old bed, waiting on the sales to start so that I can buy a lovely new bed and stop cutting off the circulation in my arm with the springs on the old one. Buying a new bed is sooooo confusing. No two shops have exactly the same model, so price comparisons are just impossible!…
are there any genuine sales around?
were currently looking to replace a kitchen at our house & were shocked when after picking up a brochure at mfi yesterday that the prices were double (yes double) what they were just over a month ago. also an american freezer we were looking at in currys for £599 (delivered) again just over a month ago, now in their so…
wardrobe door mouldings and trims
hey guys, hope you have had a good xmas and picked up loads of bargains in the sale. anyway, after completing the circle of diy projects within our home we have gone back to the first room we did, which is our bedroom. Anyway we have decided to update the fitted wardrobes which were originally meldamine grey (ohh so…
Frost-Stat for Heating Boiler - changing froststart temperature
Hello :santa2: I have had a central heating system updated with a new boiler, but initially in the cold weather it was on all the time so I had to call the installers back to do something about it. It turned out to be the froststat thermostat next to the boiler in the garage which was set too high. That was activating and…
Light fitting with dichroic bulbs -help
I have had an IKEA central light fitting in my kitchen with four movable lights on 2 parallel wires - which take dichroic thingies. It has been absolutely perfect for 2 and a half years since my kitchen fitter fitted it. And then one light went. I was expecting to replace a bulb - as you do- but the it appeared to be a…
Cheap Electrical Products?
I am searching for a new Bosch oven/hob/extractor for my kitchen. I searched in google and came across http://we-sell-it.co.uk/. They offered a lower price than anyone else I can find, but I am little worried as I have never heard of them before. "We-Sell-it" seems to be a shop name for a company called Woodals: Woodall…
decorating and house value..?
Not sure if this is the right thread so apologies if its not, To cut to the chase i was thinking of buying a council house but it am in the middle of some DIY - nothing major just new skirting, and either laminate or wooden flooring. My question is will these alterations affect how much i have to pay when i eventually buy…
Advice on pine-clad ceiling needed!
Hi all: We are looking to refit our bathroom and we have an existing pine-clad ceiling. I don't dislike it that much but my wife hates it. I really don't want to go to the bother of replacing or covering it, so we settled on painting it. It hasn't been looked after at all for a number of years - how is best to prepare it…
Heatstore expansion\feed tank overflow problem
I have an underfloor heating system based on a heat store which indirectly heats hot water which passes through a coil in the tank. My problem is that the overflow for the feed and expansion tank above the heat store has recently started to run. The ballcock shut off in the feed/expansion tank is fine. I have checked the…
Saniflo Toilet
Can anyone help please? I have a Saniflo toilet in a bathroom that is seldom used........(not I hasten to add my bathroom lol lol) It has suddenly decided to 'play up'. My daughter who has been using this toilet for the past few days has been extremely careful and nothing that should NOT have been put down there, has been.…
bath and spa jets - anyone with experience?
We're having a new bath with a whirlpool/spa jets, and would appreciate any advice. We got the following quote from a plumbers shop (just for materials) : £250 for bath (20 yr guarantee) £630 for 8 jets On e-bay, I found an offer of approx £90 for a bath (5 yr guarantee) and £350 for 10 jets, which is approx half the price…
Toilet without cistern
I'm planning on installing a toilet, basin and shower in what was a cupboard space above the stairs. There is space for everything but to maximise space I would like to use some sort of space saving toilet. Is there such a thing as a toilet that doesn't need a cistern and simply works off the mains water? Thanks K
Best way to paint over silk finish paint
My house currently has whole sections of wall covered in silk finish paint that I want to cover with a matt paint. I've just finished one room and it's taken me four coats of dulux to cover it properly (I was covering a light blue with white). What's the best way of painting over silk paint? Do I need to sand it down a bit…
Damaged plaster
Please can anyone advise on the following: I have a heavy metal curtain rail supported by a L- shaped metal bracket. It has pulled the bracket and rawl plug out of the wall (which is an outerwall). In doing so it has also destroyed the plaster around to a radius of about 10 cm. How can I repair this and provide a strong…
Furniture for a whole house - any tips?
My old mum is having some work done in her house, and one of the projects is furnishing the whole house (after its been painted and decorated) - which includes a new kitchen, wardrobes and beds etc. for 3 bedrooms, living room (sofas etc.) and so on... It's obviously going to be an expensive round, so if we can make any…
Is this a problem ... ?
Sorry ! please move this thread to the DIY / plumbing section .... Hi My boiler is situation on the ground floor of my dinning room The "return" pipe has been routed UNDER the ground floor floorboards for quite a few feet prior to reaching the boiler return inlet just above groundfloor level As that part of the return pipe…
Cooker And Hob Package
I am in desperate need of a new cooker and hob mine has just survived christmas,anyone know where i can buy a cooker and hob package for under £200 thanks :confused:
Wickes are they in trouble?
Hi Tried to get new booklet from two different Wickes stores (last booklet of goods for sale expired 11/12/05) but none have arrived in store and staff say they don't know why. Also the website has the expired booklet as a PDF. Are they having financial trouble or just trouble with the printers, does anybody know or work…

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