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Cleaning products ?????
My friend has moved house and the built in oven is well.......yuk!!!!! She has tried to clean it with mr. muscle but it still leaves a lot to be desired, can anyone tell me if there is a better product out there for ground in grease? Also cleaning a cream fabric suite, thinking of hiring the rug doctor are they any good…
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Stage Curtains
I am on our village hall committee and we need to replace our stage curtains (about 72m of material - 4 curtains in all each 3.6m long made up of 5 widths). Has anyone any experience of doing this kind of thing. What type of material is it best to use. Anyone know any good suppliers (I live in Burton on Trent). Our present…
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Sky+ box for £49 incl installation
I'm an existing sky customer. Today I got a call from them offering a viewing package upgrade at a reduced price. I told them I was not interested but asked if they had any deals on sky+. I told them I was thinking of leaving and getting a rewritable DVD player with intigrated freeview. After a bit more arm twisting and…
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DIY COnservatory
We currently have a 15 year old conservatory with a flat roof. We were hoping to replace it with a new conservatory. We have dwarf walls which can remain but are planning to build the rest ourselves. Firstly, is it easy to do? Secondly, anyone know cheapest palces to buy the materials? THanks!
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can anyone recommend a good dishwasher - or ones to stay away from...
We are doing new kitchen which includes fitting a new freestanding dishwasher. Was looking into a beautiful Fisher & Paykel dishdrawer (very expensive but gorgeous) but have read a lot of bad reviews. Also like the 50s style retro SMEG dishwasher - but thats also expensive. There seem to be loads in the £250 - £350 bracket…
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How to re-wire the lamp from Hell...?
I feel I should offer a prize for the solution to this rather trivial but infuriating problem......anyhow, here goes! I have got an antique Chinese mahogony table lamp that stands 2 feet tall and is in the shape of a dragon's head (imagine roughly a walking stick) and at one time it was wired for electricity, with the flex…
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Energy Efficient Spotlights?
Is there such a thing? we have just taken posession of a house who's previous owner was clearly obsessed with spotlights...they are the type that twist and lock into the socket (GU10 i think) All in all i would say across 4 rooms we have about 30 of the little beggers waiting to draw lots of costly electric.
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Patio area collects rainwater....can I....
.......literally drill a hole through the middle of a slab to let the water drain away? We have an area of 'utility paving'...basic 3' x 2' builders bog standard slabs. There's a section of maybe 9 slabs that lie very slightly basin shaped and the rainwater tends to puddle there. I can't face the thought of lifting and…
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Tiling help
HI going to do my bathroom wall tiling soon.. i have however one wall of it already tiled.. whats the best way to get rid of these tiles so i can have a blank canvas upon which to tile from scratch.. also- once i remove the old tiles do i need to do anything to the wall before i tile straight on? cheers
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Birds Nesting
It seems we have birds nesting under the roof tiles, or we think we do as we can hear the little darlings at 4am every morning twitering away just above our bedroom window!!!! When would be an appropriate time to check it out and fill in the hole so they cant come back next year? Many thanks
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Upright/vertical marine fish tank, where to buy????
Hi all. I would like to maybe buy myself a marine fish tank. Because of lack of space I would like to buy an upright or vertical tank, I am not sure where to buy though. Any pointers much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Rug Doctor-best way to clean carpet?
Hello there, I wonder if any of you have hired out the rug-doctor or similar machine, and if its any good for cleaning carpets? thanks joe
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Advice please on kitchen flooring
We are about to have a new kitchen installed (well Lord Eand a friend are doing it) and I am still undecided on the type of flooring I would like ,together with colour . Any suggestions would be gratefully received . My final decision on wall units are from IKEA , Adel style in birch. It is a very light coloured wood ,…
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Worktop cutouts
Hi need to pick brains, i am replacing kitchin worktops, my question is the cut out for the sink, would i be correct to mark it out and then score through the top surface with a stanley knife before cutting? Anything else i may need to know? Thanks in advance Coolsteel:cool:
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Installing a catflap in a pvc door?
Hi all. We currently have a pvc backdoor with a glass panel top and bottom. We would like to install a catflap, but are not sure if this can be done in a glass panel or whether we have to get that replaced with a pastic panel or indeed if it's not easier just to replace the door. I'd appreciate any comments from MSE'ers…
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kitchen units
hey.. need to do up my kitchen.. need to do the wall units but i dont have any supporting batons behind the platserboard to take the weight.. what can i do? cheers
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Wasps
On Saturday, i noticed that a wasp had begun building a byke right above the door of my timber shed. It is quite a small thing and has a certain beauty to it. There is no question of leaving it there so I intend to use a blowtorch on it. Am I right in thinking that you should wait until late evening before doing it so as…
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White Coloured Tap Water
My cold water tap water is white coloured. What could be causing this?
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Removing Coffee Stain from Beige Carpet
Hi, Wonder if anyone can help my dad out. He has a new 80% wool beige carpet. He spilled half a cup of coffee on it (very unlike him). He mopped up the liquid straight away and then used 1001 on it, following the instructions. He has done this 3 times now. It worked perfectly on his new rug that the coffee also stained,…
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what grout and adhesive to use
hi just replastered the bathroom and am now ready to tile but first any recommendations asto what grouting to use also tile adhesive thanks in advance
