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Laying porclean tiles??
Need some advise just got some porclean tiles for my patio which had a few problems last year and to sort it laid some cement to sort the problem and i planned to finish it off with tiles so it looks the part. Now that i have my tiles i could not decide if slate ones or the porclean but i was told the slate ones would need…
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Marble or Granite Flooring
I am looking to lay Black Galaxy Granite flooring in my en suite bathroom and polished crema marfil tiles in the kitchen. Where is the cheapest place for these? I am finding that prices do vary considerabley and the cheapest for Black Galaxy Granite is £38 per sqm inc vat....which is pretty expensive. Any advice?
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Get Amp fixed?
Hi I live in north London and need to get my stereo amp fixed as it only plays records on one speaker, I'm sure it's very simple and just a matter of adjusting the wiring, does anyone have any idea where I could take it without being ripped off? Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I Need To Paint My Garage Door - Help
Good morning and thanks for looking. The whole of my front garden needs doing and i need a new garage door, but for now i just want to improve the appearance. It is a metal door, currently white - in places and some has peeled. What is the best way to repaint this please:- Preparation Type of paint Roller of brush Amount…
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Water Pressure
We have just fitted my nan, who is 86, new taps with a shower attachment to make things easier for her to have a bath but the water pressure is so low the shower part won't work??? How can we make the pressure better? We don't mind paying because its important for her independence. Thanks
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Please Recommend Wooden Playcentre
Evening all, I'm hoping I've put this in the right place. Please can anyone recommend an outdoor wooden playcentre for the garden. I have looked at loads but am undecided as to which would be best. I would like it to have at least one swing, slide, wooden tower, possibly a glider. The more features for the money the…
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Supporting Walls?
Just a quick question - I want to knock down some walls in a house I am buying - there are upstairs - how do I know if they are supporting walls? Thanks.
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28mm plumbing fittings required - Where's cheap ?
Screwfix do an excellent and cheap range of plumbing fittings but sadly the biggest brass/copper selection is 22mm. I've found a few 28mm in B&Q but the cost is ASTRONOMICAL !!!!!!!! I still can't believe some of the prices, even compared to other B&Q products. for eg. A single 28mm solder ring TEE was about £7.50 yet I…
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Looking for a bedside cabinet
Hello. Now that I've bought my new laptop (necessary as the old one kicked the bucket but damaging my credit in the process), my bedside cabinet is too small to keep it safe - the laptop hangs way over the edge. I'm looking for a new replacement cabinet, but the cheapest I can find that even nearly matches the size I need…
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kitchen carcasses
Can anyone advise the best place to buy Kitchen Carcasses from? I dont mind splashing out on some doors we like in MFI as we have tesco vouchers. However we were naive enough to believe £600 would be enough for our small kitchen but the price MFI quoted us of around £1000 is a bit of a shock!!! Any help appreciated
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Radiator Valves and Compression Joints
Me again! I am in the middle of installing my own pipes/radiators for my central heating system, and need a little advice re the compression fittings on the radiator valves. I have purchased Danfoss Randall TRVs but assume this will apply to any valve. The valves have one vertical (to heating pipe work) compression…
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getting rid of dock leaves
Hi guys, my lawn is completely littered with dock leaves and after trying several weed killers on it, most of them are still alive and spreading like mad! does anyone have any ideas of what i can do, other then keep spending money on weed killer in the hope it works? I saw some time ago on here that someone mentioned using…
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SKY Packages
My partner and I decided to cut our SKY bill from C£40 per month down to C£20. My partner phoned them up and justified why we wanted to cut down, (no football in the summer, etc, etc). She also said told them that she'd seen a few offers for new customers, but none for existing ones. She actually quoted the "brand new…
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Stains on leather tip share
We bought a cream leather suite, and my darling son decided to take a biro to it :mad: After calling several specialists who were stating we'd have to replace the leather, I accidentally sprayed some hairspray on it, sat on the can :o Well it gets ink out, and since then found it gets many stains out As always must wash…
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Environmentally friendly gloss paint, what do I need to know?
We need to get our bathroom finished, door frames, skirting board etc. However DH has just recovered from pneumonia and I suffer with asthma, so we're looking for an alternative to ordinary gloss paint. Preferably something with little or no smell. Really don't know where to start with this one, all the sites I've looked…
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Electric shower upgrade.
My existing electric shower is a 7kW model and is protected by a 30amp fuse in the consumer unit,if i wanted to upgrade to a 10.8kW model which requires a 45 amp fuse is it just a matter of replacing the existing 30amp fuse with a 45amp one?
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descaler on the water main
just bought one of those electronic descaler (simular to scale wizzard) which clamps around the pipe next to the stop clock,noticed about a meter away from it there is a plastic fast fit joint.would this effect its performance in anyway!
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Wanted cheap skip hire
Does anyone know a cheap skip hire company in Liverpool? Or someone who removes bricks. I have about 400 brick plus a bid of cement to get rid of this week.
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Electricity keeps tripping (1 yr old house)
We bought a brand new house in March 2005 and had some problems with it(understatement). Last summer the electrics kept tripping out, at first it was occasionally and the site manager tried to fob us off saying the circuit boards were "very sensitive"! But soon it was happening more and more and after a few weeks it…
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Best way to paint house....
Was flicking through the paper in work last night and noticed an ad for those paint rollers that have the paint in the handle and you push the plunger and it automatically applies paint to the roller as you use it. I asked a bloke who drinks in there and is a builder handy man if they were any good and he said he didn't…
