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Blind for side door of house
Hi - could anyone recommend a blind that I could (easily!:o) hang up on our side door to our house? The door is metal so I don't really fancy drilling it as I reckon I will come out the other side!! I just wondered if anyone knew of anything that wouldn't necessarily need to be drilled - or at a push - anything else I…
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Tv licence
I've not had a t.v. for a couple of years. So - I bought one on 31 January 2011 and paid for a tv licence for a year on that date as well. Therefore my £145.50 years tv licence runs from 31 January 2011 to 30 January 2012 inclusive (to be 365 days). I have just received the paper licence today and it is dated as expiring…
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boiler / heating system and shower choice
Hi I was hoping for a bit of advice about the possibility of changing my boiler. I have a shower in an ensuite that needs replacing. The problem is i'm not sure what shower to get as it is possible that the boiler/heating system needs changing so this would affect what shower we could have. The boiler has been making…
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Rewiring a room with laminate flooring
The lounge in the house that i'm looking to buy is mostly decorated quite well and has laminate flooring. However, the wiring in it is quite old and it lacks sufficient power points. The fuse board is also on the ground floor in the understairs cupboard. Would wiring in several new 13A double-sockets (and light switches)…
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Plastering After Electrical Re-wiring
Will anyone tell me a rough guide of what it will cost for having a 3 bed semi patched up (plastered) after an complete re-wiring in the Leeds area (West Yorkshire). Also how long should the plastering or patch up take and will the re-wiring job be messy. Thank you in advance for your help.
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Culligan Waterside MC350 Hi-Flo Water Softener
Hi Moneysavers, Our Culligan Waterside softener began leaking at the Collar http://www.wrekinwatersofteners.co.uk/wrekinwatersofteners/final.asp?id=177 I fixed this, and then there was a leak from the Valve Cover http://www.wrekinwatersofteners.co.uk/wrekinwatersofteners/final.asp?id=457 I bought a new valve cover and 'O'…
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new roof or part roof?
hi there. our roof needs some work doing on it. a quote we got last year for £450 for doing some work on the roof, new pointing, replaced tiles, so lead stuff, we said yes, then he phoned back to say it had gone up to £850!!!! so of course we said no to that! no its been a year and still bad. what do you think the best is…
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replacement safety glass panes for a 15 pane internal door?
We want to replace the glass in our internal front door with safety glass as a couple of the original panes are cracked. We dont want to replace the door as it matches everything else and I presumed you would be able to get a pack of panes of glass for this purpose but I cant find anything online. Look like a fairly…
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massive overhanging tree
hi there next door is council owned. it has a massive apple tree which over hangs our garden. TWO summers ago we asked the council if they could do something about it (the next door neighbours dont think they should ahve to do anythingabout it.....we have asked). the council fobbed us off like they do, anyway, last summer…
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Limited Hot Water - Hot Water Tank/Cylinder Limescale? FERNOX?
Hi Guys, I live in a flat with a hot water tank (1.8m) which supplies the hot water. The tank has 2 immersion heaters (one for economy 7 and other for on-demand peak usage I think). The hot water tank ONLY serves the taps in the bath/sink/kitchen, mainly used for washing up and bathing. I have storage heaters so no…
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councill wet rooms do you have to pay
hi the councill have offerd to put in a wet room for us as my oh is disabled but i have herd that if you have one that you have stay in the property for 5 years or pay the cost of a wet room is that true my councill is central bedfordshire i would phone them but the deparment i need to speak to never anwers the phone :mad:…
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Can I stain beech mdf to oak
Hi everyone I have an IKEA Beech MDF Bookcase. Can I stain this to an Oak Colour and what would I need to do, ie do I have to take of original stain first etc. Thanks for any advice. D
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Where is Your Boiler?
Our boiler is in our bathroom, and we are happy with its location. The last time we had the boiler serviced, we were told that when it is replaced, we would not be able to have it in the same place, as boilers in bathrooms were no longer allowed for new installations. I can find nowhere in the house where there would be…
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Laminate Flooring - HELP !!!!
I would like to install laminate flooring in our dining / living room. I have laid laminate before in other rooms and thats gone ok, but i am having nightmare's :eek: about this project ! The room is approx 7m long x 2.78m wide. I have read that you should lay laminate down the length of a room perpendicular to the light…
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General DIY Question
I'm looking to completely strip and redo my Front Room as it's not to my taste and OH and I have the suspicion that it was 'done' to sell it. My Question is what is the best order to do things in. At present, the 'problems' that need removing are : - there is a tongue and groove shelving type unit across one wall with…
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Loft boarding for storage advice
Hi, I live in a quite new house (3 years old) and just thought of making our loft more usable. As you all know new houses today are not that generous with spaces so I need to find space for my light junk. I climbed up my loft today and saw some potential however I have a few questions which I hope you can help me with…
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Repairing exposed brick chimney breast/ fireplace
Hi, I hope someone can help. We are currently doing up a 1930s semi. The first room we are tackling is the kitchen, and the plaster is awful. The chimney breast (which had been blocked up) was particularly bad, and would have had to have been re-plastered in order for it to look OK. We decided to see what the brickwork was…
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Garage Alternative Cooking/Heat Source
Hi everyone In the garage I want to make a mini kitchen. I can put a gas pipe in and use a gas cooker. However this is not what i want to do. What I want is to have an alternative cooking / heat source. Ideally wood. This would be both economical and environmentally free. Also it would give us extra option, for example gas…
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Fixing a Mirror
How can something so simple be so complicated?! We're trying to fix a round mirror to the bathroom wall. Size is 60 cm in diameter. It's quite heavy.. Drilling doesn't work. We had the correct screws and raw plugs but the walls are so thin and hollow they just made big holes! (Damn new builds) There are lots of mirror…
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Who Pays for what
I own an upper cottage flat in scotland, the roughcasting of the side wall is falling off due to a faulty drainage pipe along the roof. is it correct to think that both myself and my lower coattage flat neighbour have to pay half to get these faults fixed?
