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Help! Rugs won't lie flat on new carpet
The carpet shop is quoting over £50 for rug underlay and the local hardware shop is saying that their gripper tape could damage a carpet. There seems to be a vast number of products claiming to do the job of holding the rug in place and its impossible to know which one to buy. Has anyone found tape or spray that helps keep…
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insulating loft over boards
Hi, we are moving into our first house on friday (woo!) Seeing the £1 a roll offer on rockwool insulation has got me thinking about the loft. According to the HIP the loft only has 5cm of insulation and was unboarded, so we had plans to improve that ASAP. But when we went to measure up a month ago the vendor told us that…
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Where do people buy their wardrobes....
Hi all.. We're in desperate need of some new wardrobes and have checked out the usual suspects and can't seem to find anything good value/good quality - they're either the ikea stuff that'll not last very long IMO or very expensive. Where did you get yours and how much did you pay? We're looking for 2 sets of 3 single-wide…
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Is this true?
I have just been told by a work colleague that if I was to leave a boiler repair man/handyman in my house alone to do his job while I am at work it will invalidate my home insurance? In this instance the boiler repair man is my dad and the handyman is my brother so they're not complete strangers, but I do know that when my…
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Storage Heating & Electric Boiler
Hi I hope someone can answer this one. My storage heating has stopped working and so has the electric boiler. So I replaced the fuse in the switch for the boiler and they started working again then 2 days later the same problem.I notice that the red light does not come on for the switch though. It seems if I keep changing…
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Home owner with a sense of humour...
Just spotted this on another website :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
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Home Security Alarm System
Hi I am wanting to install an alarm at my home. I was looking at the Yale Premium Alarm when it was £99 at argos but they messed up and wouldn't let me have it after i had reserved it for collection and they had it in stock but the computers weren't working right so they refused! (long story, i won't bore ya). Anyway from…
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Problems with my hearth
Dear All, I have a little problem, I have knocked out my fireplace back to the "builders opening", and and recently nailed all my old wooden floor boards down. I had purchased some sandstone to use as a hearth but when I rest it on the fireplace it is not flat and does not sit flat on the floorboards. What can i do about…
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New bathroom - sink waste pipe leak
Hi there, moving into a new build and we decided to install the bathroom sink ourselves, so the builders plumber left the waste pipe and hot and cold sticking out of the floor, we assumed this was good to go, so attached the sink, all fine. We then found out after the taps were running that the waste pipe was simply…
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Fitting real wooden floor
I can't make up my mind over my flooring on my recently extended living space. The original thought was carpet, but with two young kids and a jack russell, it won't look good for long. So, I am leaning towards a real wood floor. I can DIY, so would fit it myself. What's the general fitting process on a solid floor?
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Boiler needs replaing and can't get a credit card till after xmas!!!
Hello, Just as the cold weather has set in my boiler has decided to give up the ghost. After much searching I have found a replacement. The replacement can be purchased online but as i haven't used this website before i'd like to protect myself by using a credit card. Unfortunately I haven't got a credit card and when i…
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Join in blackout roller blinds
I need six blackout roller blinds. Problem is four are for patio doors so require a join 20 to 29 cms down from tube. I have been assured, that it appears as a line rather than a join and is quite common on large blinds. I hope someone out there has them and can reassure me that the join looks ok. I have two quotes,…
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British Gas just turned my boiler off - it's not safe
We have an 8 year old condensing boiler - Keston Celsius 25. It has been unreliable from the outset, but has been running well recently. We decided to go onto the British Gas Homecare boiler cover and had the engineer out this afternoon for the first service. He said that there is a leak in the flue pipe that could cause…
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Newly plastered ceiling???
I had my ceiling plastered over the weekend, how long before I can paint it and should I use special paint or pva glue, totally confused :confused:
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Taps from hell
Can anyone please advise me on how to remove two single bath taps from a cast iron bath. I have been spraying the clamp nuts with plus gas and I have just brought a 3/4 box spanner I have yet to try it out. It would be worth pointing out that there is evidence of some kind of joining compound on these nuts. Will heat from…
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Removing a tree encroaching on 10-15 phone lines
I've just bought a house and at the bottom of the garden is a medium tree, which is about 5m from a telegraph pole. Consequently about 10-15 phone lines pass through the branches. Some right in the core of the tree i.e. the branches are not small. I want to remove this tree. BT have told me that any phone lines I damage…
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Need a high quality device to raise our sofa height
We have a quality sofa with thickish beech wooden legs which is rather low. We need something which will raise it by about three inches. Ideally this would take the form of some matching wooden blocks which have holes in which the existing rather thick legs can fit. The furniture manufacturers can't help and I can't track…
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Service Lines
Hi. Does anyone know where i can get information regarding the location of the services lines coming into my building, so things like the water pipe, gas electrics? we are looking an extension amongst other things and the location of these service lines will help us plan the works. I tried calling the local council…
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Carpet grippers
I am having a carpet fitted and carpet grippers.When the carpet grippers are installed do the nails go through the floorboards or can shorter nails be used as i have pipes running under my floor ?
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can you fit locks that don't damage doors??? -rented flat - please help! :)
Hi :) I live in a rented 3 bed flat. The landlord is refusing to allow us to put individual door locks on each of the bedroom doors. Is there anyway to put a lock on the door - or some security feature that will mean no damage to the door? so i can remove it at the end of the contract. I have no idea about locks etc... If…
