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Make a door way bigger?
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tiling, bathroom
Having the bathroom retiled, have taken a few tiles off and the plaster underneath is terrible. Is it possible to chisel the plaster off and just pou up plasterboard and tile directly onto that, or will I have to skim coat it?
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I want to buy a hand pressure sprayer
Hi, I have seen a 5L pressure sprayer on Aldi website for £8.99 but before to buy it I want to make sure it can be used for sprayable treatment on wood (ie decking, fence panels and shed) This is the link http://www.aldi.co.uk/sunday_special_buys/sunday_special_buys_pid_52387.html Can anyone help? :confused: Thanks in…
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Buying Bricks
Can anyone suggest somewhere to buy bricks? I appreciate that many people would sugest a local company for delivery costs but i'm looking for quotes from anyone really. I've been quoted £550 for 1000 bricks (inc vat % del) i've been told thats quite expensive. In particular im looking out for LBC Windsor. Any help…
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How do we find out if we Can extend over our Kitchen?
Im not sure if Ive posted this on the right board so please feel free to move, Mods. We are selling our house and one potential buyer loves the property but is a bit concerned about the size of the 2 smaller bedrooms. We have a kitchen with a flat roof which we extended ourselves about 20 years ago and the bedrooms would…
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Kitchen Cabinet Lighting - Where on Earth are these bulbs??!!
I hope someone can clarify this one for me. I've just moved house and the new kitchen has those triangular brushed nikel lighting things under the cabinets. The bulbs are round and are inset into the triangular shaped thingy. I have been everywhere but cannot seem to find replacement bulbs (half of mine are duff). I went…
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What Type Of Shower?
Hi I am having a loft extension done and a condensing combi boiler installed. What type of shower would I need to go with this type of boiler and does anyone have any recommendations please? The water pressure in the house is not particularly great so I'm a bit worried. Thanks in advance
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How much for a CORGI man?
Could anyone tell how about how much it should cost to get a CORGI man out to hook up a gas cooker? I live in the Leeds area if that has any bearing on things
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Laminate on concrete floor
I know one needs to fit vapour barrier on ground floor to prevent rising damp. Why would it be necessary on a the top floor in a flat?
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Registering a Fridge & Freezer purchase (solved)
I purchased a Zanussi Fridge & separate Freezer from Currys a few weeks ago. When registering them at the manufacturer's website for the guarantee, should I enter the Purchase Date (which they're asking for), or the date they were delivered (which was 6-7 days later)? Shouldn't the guarantee really begin from the delivery…
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Fitted bathroom furniture - Mereway or Shades?
Mereway and Shades are the only 2 companies that do the correct sizes of bathroom units we need. It's much and such between the 2 price wise although Shades is coming in slightly dearer, but I can't find anyone who sells them near me so I can't see the quality. Anyone got either of these 2 ranges and can comment on quality…
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plasterboard join
We have had a mezzamine floor put in at work, we are going to screw 3 x2 underneath and board to this instaed of skimming it over, we want to use some sort of beading on the joins,I would like something like an upside down T where the board goes into each side and then you end up with the flat face of the T showing, any…
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do i need building regs?
HOpefully putting an ensuite into a walk in wardrobe and will have to put in a new soil pipe which will go down the side and front of my house into the existing internal soil pipe. Will i need building regs for this? Im still using the existing pipe but obviuosly adding inot it from another source? Thanks, ps what do…
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HELP -washing machine door opening during cycle
As the title says - my washing machine door is coming open during the cycle, spilling water over the floor, and it's still going round :eek: This has happened 3 times now, the last time was only a half load so it's not the weight of clothes causing it. Luckily there is only me & OH, no kids, but it does mean that I can put…
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Wooden type flooring treated for a bathroom
Does anyone know of good wooden type flooring that is treated specially for a bathroom. I saw some incredibly real looking porceline tiles that we could have, but with a baby on the way I would sooner go for a slightly more forgiving surface. I am looking for the wide floor board looking variety. If anyone know of brand…
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Cheap leather sofa bed
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New house
Hello. I am just about to start building a new house and I was wondering if anybody had any fantabulous money-saving ideas for me. I have trawled the mortgage boards and utilities and stuff and I have a lot of ideas for saving cash after I move in but what I would like is some money-saving during the build like places…
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removal of asbestos garage? plus garden?
Im not really sure where to post this :confused: We need to get rid of our asbestos garage, how do we go about doing this? my Dad tells me its not the bad asbestos (think he mentioned its white?) Do we HAVE to get the professionals in our could we do it ourselves and take it to the tip? Anyone know the costs associated?…
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boundary bathrooms
Does anyone know a code please? Thank you
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prestige saucepans all fallen apart:guarantee?
hiya, can anyone advise me on this one please i've got a set of prestige stainless steel copper-bottom saucepans, they are just over 7 years old. they were expensive but were supposed to be worth it as i thought they would last a lot longer than this. all the actual pans are great, it's just that one by one, all the…
