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How would I put curtains up for this?
Apologies in advance for my stupid and basic questions but I'm a first time buyer and completely lost with even the most basic things. So below there is a long door. I don't want to get one long curtain to go the entire way across. Would I just buy a long curtain for the door, and directly next to it have a shorter one?…
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Toilet won't stop running!
Hi all, hoping someone can help - this is literally keeping me up at night! The bathroom toilet was last flushed at least 8 hours ago, but there is still a gradual trickle of water coming down into the back of the bowl and it's driving me nuts as it means the tank is still making noise! I would be tempted to have a look at…
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Kitchen high-gloss finish shrinking and breaking
Hi, The finish on my mam's, small £6.5k fitted kitchen started to shrink and warp after a few years, and has come to the point where is splitting and coming off completely after almost 5 years. Unfortunately, the installers were a bunch of cowboys and the original firm doesn't seem to exist any more. Does anyone know if…
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Sliding Wardrobe Doors
I have a very large walk-in cupboard in my hall with very dated glass mirrored wardrobe doors. I want something a bit more up-to-date :) and was looking at the doors in Homebase. Coloured glass etc. Does anyone have any experience on the quality of the doors and any other retailers that I could look at please. Many thanks
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Peeling paint below window?
First of all, I'm not sure what the proper name is for these, but on my flat below the bay window is an area that's tiled. I would post a photo but it says as a new user I can't :( Is this cladding or is there a name for this specific bit of the house? On the inside of the living room below the window (so on the bit that…
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Radiator foil is it worth it?
hi all thinking of getting some to put behind the rads anyone tried this does it really work? thanks
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New toilet needed!
Hiya, i am after a toilet, the vanity unit type thing with some storage. All the ones i've found have a sink with it but i have absoutely no space for anyting else. I want the toilet on the link below but only the toilet section with the drawers on the side:…
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Wooden flooring - advice for edges please
Hello, I'm after some advice please. My husband is going to lay wooden flooring in our hall (currently carpet). He's not done anything like this before but is determined to do it himself & has taken a week off work. We're debating what to do around the edge to cover the expansion gap. Would you suggest removing the…
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1900's semi-detached purchase
Hi there, Thanks for reading the post. I have an offer accepted on a 1900's semi detached property. The property is in need of a lot of work as the d!cor is pre 1970's and there are a few cracks caused by tree damage. The property has a sycamore tree that has caused damage but nothing to the extend of requiring any major…
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grumble re. wickes kitchens
Have just paid my first visit to the above. Saw a possible kitchen combined with a wall colour and work surface which I liked. Took a photo so I could see how it might look at home. Got ticked off for taking a picture. Apparently I have to rely on the brochure and web site. I wasn't taking multiple photos to pinch ideas…
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Shower help
Hello I want to replace my current Mira Sport electric shower as the pressure is really bad. I have a gravity fed system with a hot water tank in the airing cupboard adjacent to the bathroom and a cold water tank in the system. I think I have 2 options, and would be grateful for any advice/recommendations on either. 1.…
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ENVOY charging me for hitting gas pipe?
my friend, no, really, recently hit a gas pipe while fitting a electric fire to his living room. he has a 2 bed semi and was fitting it to the living room wall that is the external wall. it was a plain wall and, unbeknown to him, had gas fittings in the wall incase anybody wanted to fit a gas fire. despite the fact that he…
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Heating dilemma
What are the siting requirements for a new boiler. The soon to be nw abode has no heading and boiler, and the planned extension will make the left and back outside walls into inside walls.... and the right wall is where the living rooms are. Does it make sense to have heating installed now and then move the boiler when the…
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Is this a shared repair cost?
I know that if a block of flats (or in this case a conversion) needs roof repairs or replacement it generally falls upon all the flat owners in the building to share the cost, even if they occupy unaffected properties. I understand the basement flat in the building where I own an upper floor flat is suffering a problem…
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central heating problems - any ideas?
hi my mum has got a gas central heating system, boiler is downstairs in kitchen, hot water tank is in upstairs airing cupboard. a few months ago, she had a plumber out to sort out a radiator in the lounge. it had always been in the house but never worked. the plumber corrected some pipe work and fit new valves on the…
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Installing new fence panels
I didn't know whether to put this in greenfingered moneysaving or here but as its more DIY and I defintely don't have green fingers I decided on here! Some of our fence panels blew down in the wind. We are about to replace them ourselves as we are on a very tight budget. The problem is that our nextdoor neighbour's garden…
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boundary fence advice please?
Hi all, just had the landlord of an adjoining property knock on my door asking me to contribute 50/50 for replacing the whole fence. His fence adjoins 5 other properties & he's asking for contributions off them all based on how much fence we share with him. I was of the opinion that you repair the fence if the posts are on…
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Replacing frosted glass with clear...
Hope I'm posting this in the right section - feel free to advise if not! The house behind ours has recently had permission for a ground floor back and side extension which has subsequently been built. However in the course of the build they have replaced their old first-floor frosted landing window on the side with a clear…
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ogee or twinplas gutter
hi , just thought i'd ask good old mse'rs for advice again re: guttering. old wood gutters need to be repaired/replaced have been quoted 1200 to replace with plastic guttering and fascias half that amount to repair/replace faulty wooden ones. also on quote states that twinplas will be used. if i go for replacing with…
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Buying a house - installing electricity in garage
I am thinking of putting in an offer on a recently built house (3.5 years old). The garage is in a separate block behind the back garden with three others and has no electricity. My ideal is to have somewhere to put the tumble drier (kitchen has space only for washer/dryer) and a spare fridge (beer/wine :D ) and freezer,…
