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Wallpaper in kitchen, tile splash back....
Hi, today i was supposed to take delivery of a new gas oven to replace the one I already have. The delivery guys/fitter turns up and says to his mate after looking at the space where my old cooker is-'not a chance'! I ask what the problem is. He says I have wallpaper on the walls and a tile splash back and one of those big…
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Decorating advice please
As stated in a previous thread I am in the process of decorating. We have decided to skim a few walls in the rooms we will tackle in the summer, but over the Easter holidays I am planning on doing my daughter's room. We have stripped the wallpaper, and the surface isn't bad, bits of leftover paint here and there, but…
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Completion Certificate - PLEASE!
Tomorrow I hope to get my 6 year old house extension finally signed off. It's been a nightmare from start to finish. Ex-husband wanted to cut corners and we paid the price. I ditched the hubby 3 years ago and it's taken me this long to put the house right on limited funds and coping with other stuff. But FINALLY, I think I…
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help! neighbours burnt window cill
Basically me and my OH live in a 1st floor flat. our bedroom is round the back of the property and we often smoke out the window. we have lived here for 3 yrs and have smoked the whole time. my neighbour downstairs's window cill has been slightly burnt with cigarette ash. not badly and you can only tell from above also he…
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Lidl handheld vacuum cleaner
I'm thinking about getting a handheld vacuum cleaner for the car. Has anyone used this one ? http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20110414.p.Handheld_Wet_and_Dry_Vacuum_Cleaner Would appreciate your comments. Thanks in advance.
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Ideas for making a floor 'safer'
Mum is coming out of hospital and will be living in the 'garden room' which is sort of half room/ half conservatory. At the moment the room looks great with a lovely tiled floor but mum has dementia (she is already verbally aggressive and we expect she will need to go into a home quite soon), severely impaired mobility and…
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Dead Lawnmower
I 've got a Bosch Rotak electric mower, and I've been out in the garden using it. My garden is huge, and my grass is long and somehow I managed to mow some plastic string stuff, and the mower has died. It's got a cutout feature which has stopped it in its tracks before, and it usuallly restarts after a few minutes, but…
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Integral Garage or Extra Room?
Hello All :wave: We are moving into a large mid terrace house (one in a row of four terraces) that has an integral garage with a door off of the hall. As the drive can hold two, potentially three cars, we were thinking of turning the garage into another room - either another lounge or even a guest bedroom with en suite.…
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Online Order Error
Hi All, Just wanted some advice on this. I made an order with Argos online. They had a deal where if you spend £400 on furniture you would get £100 off. So we bought a single mattress, a double mattress and a double bed with mattress (as we were moving home). This came to about £380 so we needed to make it up to get the…
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Leaking overflow, past it pump!
Sorry this seems to have been asked time and again!! We have an old central heating system with a header tank in the loft, immersion heater and Baxi Solo boiler downstairs. The heating has always 'bubbled' through the pipes. In December the pump stopped working. Now its been leaking from the middle (spinny thing sorry for…
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Artex in celling diadnosed as asbestos
I hope someone out there can advise me please. I wanted to remove the artex in the celling so i scrapped the dimples to get a smooth finish, but half way through something told me that this wasnt right so i checked up on the internet to find that asbestos was used in artex. I stopped immeditaley. Most of the dimples fell…
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laying a base for a wooden playhouse
We have just bought a 7ft x5ft wooden playhouse for our daughter, and i need some advice on how to lay a base for it it will be going in the garden, so i've bought 12 2ft x2ft x 5omm paving slabs so that i can cover an area 8ft x 6ft, how deep do i need to dig out, and whats the best way to ensure the surface is level,…
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shower refit
I am going to refit my shower, and wondered if anyone could give me ideas of the type of fitting I should consider. Whether I should have a:- fixed head, moveable one, or one with a fixed and hand held one in one fitting would be grateful for opinions please.
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Taking up gripper
What's the best way to take up gripper (the spikes that hold carpet in - think that's right word for it)? We've taken up carpet in our bedroom as has nice wooden floor underneath. How should I go about taking up the gripper and what tools do I need?
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UPVC Door Stuck
Hoping Someone may be able to help. My UPVC door out to my balcony is stuck from the lock. The handle moves fine, the door just is completely jammed in the middle. Is there an easy way to fix this without paying someone loads of money to do it. Please note, im not very good at DIY, so might not understand certain…
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Replacing York stone front door step - advice?
My house has a tiled front path and should have a york stone front step (just a single step). For reasons unknown, the previous owner had the step replaced with a horrid white concrete step which has a very lumpy surface and is impossible to keep clean. (It seems to have been installed all over the original step as it is…
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Wooden RSJ and supporting wall issues
Hi folks I am currently in the process of developing a 1930's property. The previous owner removed a wall between the front and rear rooms and fitted a wooden RSJ to support the brick wall above. Last week we took the plaster off the wall upstairs above the RSJ and discovered the bottom layer of bricks has dropped onto the…
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H Shaped RSJ - House is 97 yrs old
Doubtless a really dumb question...... I have a big H Shaped RSJ in my kitchen (being renovated/extended by builder). Builder wants to remove (so to have level ceiling). Building control has authorised this provided builder double joists above.. Above the RSJ is a bedroom. RSJ dosent seem to be supporting anything... is a…
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Screws and double glazing frames
Hi folks Moved into a new place to me, and found some blinds up at some of the UPVC windows, with the brackets attached to the window frames by screws screwed into the frame. Have never seen this before, but I'm keen to change the blinds, and add blinds to some of the other windows. Is it OK to screw into the main window…
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ukbathroomstore anyone?
Hi Have any of you any recent experience of ukbathroomstore.co.uk ? The prices are excellent, but I have no idea of their customer service and find no online reviews Thanks Chipotle :)
