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load bearing wall built straight off wooden floor
Hi Just had the survey back for a house I'm buying. This concerned me: " [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Whilst the property appears free from recent or progressive movement, the central load bearing partition has ‘dropped’ causing distortion to openings and flooring.[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] This situation appears historic,…
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Problems with Tiler - Advice Please
Please see http://tinypic.com/r/24wfr78/3 My tiler, or so called, has mucked up my bathroom big style, he didn't realise the ceiling was so out, and now he's left with a inch gap at one end. I have kicked him out, but now not sure what to do, about 70% done, other problems, but main along the ceiling line, any ideas people…
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Condensing Boiler
I am having a new kitchen fitted in next few weeks. My plumber has suggested I have a new condensing boiler fitted at the same time. My present boiler is approx 15 years old but has only needed minor repairs once and is working absolutely fine. His argument is that firstly a newer boiler will be cheaper to run, but also…
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Cut back adhesive, black evil tar like stuff...
Hi there, Just wondering if anyone can give some advice. We're in the process of getting our kitchen done at the minute. Next job will be tiling the floor. We've removed the lino to find these old tiles underneath, which on removal appear to have been stuck down by a tar like adhesive. Researching into this it seems to be…
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Sell old fitted kitchen
Hi chaps, we're moving house and don't particularly like the existing fitted kitchen - I wondered if anyone had any experience of disposing of their 'used' cupboards, I guess the work tops would be useless to anyone else but the cupboards must be worth several hundred, even second hand ... seems a waste to just put them in…
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Lightbulb exploded
Have 4 R80 spotlight bulbs in the kitchen, managed to bang one of them last week with the handle of a sweeping brush and it smashed, turned off the power yesterday and replaced it with a longlife halogen r80 - and within a couple of hours it had exploded, scared the life out of me. Are halogen bulbs susceptible to this?…
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How do I find an architect - thanet
and what on earth am I looking for, what are the right qualifications, experience that he or she should have. I did a search for architects in thanet, so a list comes up, but how do I know that any of them are any good? A company came up called architect your home, seems like a sort of job lot of architects that they just…
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gas paperwork
Hi everyone, im having a gas hob fitted we are getting a corgi reg plumber to fit it, should we get any paperwork form the plumber on completion to say the work is safe ! thanks Chaos
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Removing Spar
Hi.Could anyone tell me if it would be possible for me to remove the spar from the front of my house doing it myself or is it a specialist job with a special tool required. I think ive read somewhere that you can seal it and paint over it but i really want to remove it. Many thanks
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Wilco's vinyl tiles, anyone used them?
I need to do something about the floor in my kitchen dinner but on a budget. If I use self adhesive tiles I could lay them myself, Wilcos have some at £2 for 6 which is very cheap, has anybody used them? They don't stock them in my local store so can't see them before I buy. If I had sheet vinyl I'd have to get someone to…
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Changing doors on fitted wardrobes
Can this be done? I love the idea of fitted wardrobes, but in the house that I'm in the process of buying, they have mirrored doors on the inbuilt wardrobes which aren't for me. Would it be very costly to change them?
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regulations for heating, electrical, gas etc..?
hi, just about to get some quotes for new heating system, full rewire and new gas fire. where can i find info on all the required regulations for each? just so i can check the traders and the certificates and qualifications required etc...? thanks
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Removing abestos lino?
My uncle in his 70s, has been offered a Warm Front? grant to install central Heating, but the the firm who came to inspect the house, say the lino has abestos in it, it is old, 1960s maybe, and is in most of the rooms... council is coming out to test it. Does anyone know if he would have to pay to get this lino removed and…
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Central heating - cleaner & rust inhibitor
Hello all, I have been planning to put some central heating cleaner in the system, followed by a general inhibitor product. I was planning to drain the system, fill with cleaner in the header tank, run for a week, drain again and then add the inhibitor to the header tank. Recently in Focus I saw a product ('fraid I can't…
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Dish Drainers for Wooden Worktops
Ok this is a small thing but has been driving me absolutely mental for the last year! We have a beech block worktop with ceramic belfast sink...something we put in before we considered the practicalities of the thing. Anyway it seems really, really hard to find dish drainers which are angled to make the water run back into…
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Best thing to clean glossy fridge with?
We got our new fridge freezer yesterday and it is gorgeous BUT very shiny and i am finding myself trying to wipe it every 5 secs with a cloth for marks! (sure the excitement will wear off!) it says with a damp wet cloth and then dry..does anyone use anything different to protect it or is that ok? Thanks
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Impossible to obtain a policy from homeserve
I've been trying to get a policy cover from Homeserve since June. It's been such uphill struggle and I'm wondering if anyone can get a new policy from them. I don't want to use credit card so the only way to send the payment is to send a cheque in. Back in June, I was told by the Homeserve agent that an application form…
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Carpet Underlay
Hi we are looking at having new carpets fitted around our house.we have gone to a local company who came out and gave us a quote and to be fair to the guy he said the underlay we have down currently would surfice in most places but having looked at internet underlay sites it seems what is already down is nearer the lower…
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flaky paint in kitchen
i moved in house a year ago painted kitchen in dulux matt paint and its flakin off in certain areas i have sanded were its flaked an repainted again but its just flaked again. any advise would be great its drivin me mad
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Roof was leaking. But should I now get it re-felted?
We had a leak in the roof caused by the skylight, the loft was converted by the previous owners, which I've fixed. Well I think I have, but then it hasn't rained as heavily as it did last Thursday. Anyway whilst trying to find the leak I noticed just how bad the roofing felt was. It has rotted where the leak was, and has…
