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New door for brick shed - hardwood ££££!!!
Dear all, and thanks in advance for your kind advice... We've a brick-built shed-like small building which is a dump-stuff-here, a few cupboards, the tumble-dryer lives here place....and the door is slowly rotting. Turns out whoever put the door on put a simple, very-cheap, hardboard-panel door in & painted it - no…
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Kitchens Direct keep cold calling me!!!!
It is highly annoying when I keep asking them to take my name off their list! I wouldn't mind but I've got a new kitchen now and I have told them so! You would think this excuse would be the one to stop them from calling :confused: Has anyone else being harrassed in this manner?
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Conservation area and satellite dish
Satellite dish has to be on south facing elevation and the only one i have is on a conservation street so would require planning permission. Has anyone had any experience of this as a lot of money to spend if not got any chance of getting permission?
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plastic/uPVC fence "planks"
have tried google and got info overload! anyone know of a supplier of white plastic (uPVC) fence "planks". what I need is the equivalent of 150mm x 25mm boards which are faced on both sides - ie suitable for fencing use. This means that window fascia boards are not suitable and the "utility" boards sold by window suppliers…
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Two Storey Front Extension
Hi Just bought a house and want to extend the front of the house to make a bigger upstairs bedroom and bigger downstairs kitchen. Our neighbours have done it but that was back in 2004 so their costings will prob be out of date now. I am just wondering how much it would cost. Looking at the planning website the dimensions…
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water quality and old iron loft tanks
as the last few threads are about water related issues anyone have any thoughts on this situation house built 1964 with galvanised cold water loft tank supplying bathroom cold water (bath & sink) as well as the toilet. The loft tank has by now of course got a fair few accretions and rusticles(?) on the walls and floor and…
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Faulty DFS Chair
Hi I'm looking for advice on what to do about my faulty DFS chair. Last April (15mths ago) we bought a swivel chair from DFS, this weekend the metal which joins the base to the chair snapped. As my arm was at the side of the chair I am also left with a very large deep painful bruise. My OH is waiting for someone to call…
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LG Washer Dryer
Hi, Due to the height of our work surface in our kitchen, the LG F1403RD (the black one) is our only real option of a washer dryer. I cannot find one single review on either the white or the black model of this washer dryer. Does anyone have this model, can you give me your opinion of it please? Thanks V
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Hanging cables
In my new house there are two white sheathed cables hanging from a hole in the ceiling of the utility room. Inside each white sheath it looks like there are two separate cables (not sure of colour of plastic coating as they are quite far inside and I didn't want to mess around). Is there an easy way to check if these are…
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Ironing service
After seeing the thread about a lawn mowing service. Has anyone here ever used an Ironing service? I admit I do hate it, I usually do my own, but with the kids being off school I am struggling to keep up with it. I work 2 days a week, but am find it hard to get jobs done with the kids under my feet. I was considering using…
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Wool rug stain
I am a lazy slob making arrangements to move out of my rented flat. Obviously I want as much of my deposit back as possible so I have been undergoing a serious cleaning programme to compensate for two years of benign neglect. A couple of days ago, while sorting through a pile of assorted books, papers, and general harmless…
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How to get er..."stains" off suede?
Hello. I feel mighty embarrassed asking this but here we go. On our bed at home, there is a horrible black suede (or suede-alike) headboard. We've accidentally splashed something...organic on it. We have used hot water to clean it, but it's quite set and will not shift - quite a noticable splodge too! Any advice for an…
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Boiler casing corroded through = new boiler?
Hi all just had my boiler serviced for the first time since we have been in the house (3 years). boiler is 15 years old the engineer pointed out that there is corrosion to the top of the boiler casing which goes all the way through. this appears to have been caused by water leaking from the shower in the bathroom above.…
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How to make a sofa-bed more comfortable?
I just moved to a place and we have a sofabed instead of a bed. It's a Ikea £300 one. Is there anything I can do to make it slightly better? mattress pad? foam mattress protector? any other ideas? I know magic can't be done to make it nice and thick ... but I would appreciate at least a small improvement ...
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Using bed pillows on a sofa
Hi Please can I have some advice? I am useless when it comes to 'home making' things so I apologise in advance if this seems like a stupid question :o My husband has a chronic back condition and finds that pillows (as used in bed to sleep on) are more comfortable than the little cushions you get for the sofa. Obviously…
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Does anyone know who makes Digby sofas for John Lewis?
Hi Guys, Just rented an unfurnished flat and so need to try and pick up a sofa that meets three criteria (in improtance): 1.) The girlfriend likes it and finds comfortable 2.) Is fairly neutral and so can be moved to a rental property I own (in another city) when we are finished with it. 3.) Will be used by us for about 2…
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Window Companies in Southampton area - Recommendations?
Anyone had their windows done recently? Need a couple of bay windows done. Or, indeed, anyone idea of who to steer clear of?
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Help - rollerball ink leak on linen sheets
Help - I just discovered (yes, a very late night) that I have left the top off a roller ball pen - blue ink - in my bed. It was initially in a few concentrated splotches. I thought that meths was the way to treat it and poured some on, but it spread the stain everywhere. The other sheet I have treated with a Ballpoint Pen…
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replacing the bottom element in a built in oven
Is it a difficult job, do I have to get a man in or can a reasonably competent DIYer who can wire a plug do it? I can buy the correct element online for £25.
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Why is my water white?
A few months back, I opened the tap in my kitchen and the water gushing out was pure white - so white that you could hold it upto the skin of my red-haired buddy and you wouldnt know which is which! I noticed that after a few seconds, the water would 'settle' and the white color would fade out and the water would look…
