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2m wall? how many bricks high is it?
How many bricks high is a 2 meter wall? Approximatley, how many bricks high? (including the morter)
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Repair a patio door crack ?
Does anybody know if you can repair a tiny chip in the window of a patio door ? Neighbour has just come round to tell me my naughty ten year old has been throwing stones :mad: Have rang an emergency glazier who told me was looking at £550 plus VAT. Thought that could be injected with a resin ie like a windscreen ?. anbody…
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Add a Photo to your question.
Can I make a plea for posters of new threads to put up a picture of what is the problem that they are referring to. In so many cases they get a load of different replies, some of which are completely irrelevant. When the replies are queried they come up with another bit of information that was not posted originally, and…
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UPVC French Doors
Morning all :) We have some UPVC French Patio doors leading from our licing room into the back garden. Last night whilst doing my nightly OCD rounds of the house making sure all doors and windows are locked etc I noticed that the french doors weren't locked this time though the handle was incredibly difficult to move up…
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Brown Cardboard? Where to get it from im big Size/Big area?
I need brown cardboard, like the size/area of 3-4 doors. Im on about Corrigated brown cardboard. would any DIY shops sell this? /wicks etc? Or how about try some furnature stores? (from their scraps?) where else? NB- It has to be LARGE in size, like a door size. (not 12inches)
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Carpet estimate
Just wondering if anyone can tell me where I stand. I found a carpet I like in John Lewis on Tuesday priced at £29 a metre on the Friday three days later I had the estimator out and his estimate is for a price of £31 a metre. As I need 40 metres thats £80 more to pay. I went into the shop and the price was indeed showing…
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what's a good make of screwdriver?
Looking for a decent set, with Pozidriv ones.
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Any problems with this deisgn of roof?
Hi all I have a conservatory. This has three walls. One directly joining to the house, right side joining to house and left side joining to garage. instead of the normal top-bottom rafter style can i put in beams going across from left-to-right wall to support a tile roof? i would put boards on top to make even and then…
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Quotations site/database
There is an extremely helpful website www.localsurveyorsdirect.co.uk about surveying etc. Is there similar one for building quotations? Ratedpeople is not suitable since I do not need to find a tradesman now but to see something like: Enter Postcode: XX1 9AA Laminate floor (per sq m): £XX-YY for labour, £ZZ-KK for laminate…
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unfitted carpet as walkway?
hi there, we are having someone stay in a property, that has hard flooring. They have leg pain issues, so we are thinking of getting a carpet walkway (stapled to a layer of underlay). However, the carpet and underlay, that are stapled together, will not be glued or attached to any actual floor - so we'll be able to roll it…
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DIY-plastering cracked wall:help please!!!!!
Hi all recently i posted for help on painting and decorating.It started of well.Now in another room, there was a big crack ceiling to floor.the plaster has been removed and now we can see some sort of board. That has been placed instead of bricks when the chimney breats were removed by ppl before us! since it is not a big…
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Building control question
Hi all if i do work, eg electrical how can anyone prove it was not there before i bought the house. lets say i did work and wanted to sell in many years time, could I say it was done when I moved in? Is there a special record for these type of things? thanks
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Best method of putting plaster beads on?
Hi guys Gonna plasterboard a 'fake' chimney breast what is the best method to secure the plasterboard corner beads?
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Help needed with u values and double glazing quote calculations
Living off the mains gas grid, heating with LPG is expensive. Twice the price, if I've read this table correctly: http://www.nottenergy.com/energy-costs-comparison3 We've done all we can with insulation, but the current double glazing on the windows is old and incredibly thin (4mm or something).Last winter, the snow…
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Electric wall mounted fire
Hello My livingroom is very cold in winter, i have central heating, but the radiators are not in the ideal places. This is because i have concrete flooring and they have laid pipes in easiet places rather than sensible places :mad: I don't want the expense of hassle of correcting this, so have decided to get a electric…
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Sealant for white floor tile grout
We recently had our hall, kitchen and utility room re-tiled with light coloured tiles and chose white grout between them. Although a sealant was put over them they get to the stage every few weeks that its hands and knees with a scrubbing brush for a few hours to get them back to white again. I have googled for hours and…
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Flat Roof advice please
Hello everyone... We are thinking of moving to a house which has an entirely flat roof. Judging by the style of the property it was probably in the late 1960's / early 70's. The vendor has advised us that the house was last re-roofed in 2003 and that it came with a 10-year guarentee (not provided). I know it is difficult…
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dishwasher not working ARG!!
:oWhen i turn it onto any cycle it starts making a noise then if i open the door nothing has happened and a small amount of water shoots into the filter (if it is!) at the bottom. Nothin at all is working. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. any help please?!
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Remove nail from brick
I tried removing a nail from brick (a picture was hanging from it and I don't know how the previous owners even got it in). Thing is the head has broken off after using a claw hammer. There is NIW nicest to pull on it even with pliers. Any ideas? Thanks C
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Noise from property above?
Hi everyone.. I live in a ground floor flat which I own, and the flat above is a council property, over the past few years the council have moved in several new tenants who have come and gone, but the noise above gives us all sleepless nights :mad: they are normally young people with very young children who constantly cry,…
