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Driveway cleaning and sealing
Hello Our front driveway(block paving) is looking ugly with moss,lichens,discoloured and dull looking.It probably needs a good cleaning and sealing. When is the best time in the year to get it them? Is this something we can do DIY? and what machine should I be hiring for the cleanup? Any other advice? Regards
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Gloworm 30cxi Boiler Short Cycling
Hoping someone can help. This boiler is really starting to annoy me now thankfully I have insurance on it but the engineers who come out have sometimes been clueless. Over the last few years it's had main Pcb replaced, new heat exchanger, fan unit and various other things. The last repair was a month ago and was the main…
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Kitchen Design
I hoped could share thoughts and idears in early process of Kitchen Design. Any advice appreciated. Reccomended materials ect appreciated. Share good bad choices when Design kitchens. What recommend to consider. This is my parents, our longtime family home , my mum would only need a small under counter fridge with small…
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Advice on bifold door width / space left over either side
URGENT ADVICE NEEDED PLEASE! Hello, We are about to order bifolds (either Origin or Schuco, both look similar) but the opening is being created today and someone has just commented to us that our proposed 1.2m wide door panels may be too wide? The opening could be either: - 3.6m wide with 3 x 1.2m panels (cost £4944 incl…
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Quote given and tentatively agreed - now unable to carry through?
Thanks for any help. I had a local firm out looking at my kitchen and they had given a quote for the material cost of the cabinets etc. and at that stage I had given a tentative agreement on their costings with the agreement that I would be contacted by contractors they work with for details on the costings of what they…
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Washing Machine Broken?
I have just done a load of washing, and at the very end of the spin cycle, the machine became incredibly loud - Once the cycle had finished I set the machine to off, and after a couple of minutes I could open the machine and remove the clothes from inside It now seems that the drum will hardly rotate by hand, when…
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putting washing powder in the conditioner tray
my washing machine is showing a basket with 2 lines in it. now after searching online and nearly 24 hours later i realised at 1am this morning i put the powder in the softner tray and softner in the powder tray. without calling samsung any way i fit it?
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Solid wood or engineered wood flooring..
Really struggling to decide between the two, read so many pros and cons to both. We are using it for the whole of the downstairs apart from conservatory, so hall, lounge, dining room and kitchen. I've been told that engineered is better for kitchen, correct? Thoughts on what is a decent thickness etc.? Any other advice…
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Cost of cutting a new loft hatch?
Our loft hatch is above the top step of the stairs, it is too small for a loft ladder. What would I be looking at, cost wise, to have a new hole and hatch door installed on the landing, no ladder needed. Also, who would do this? Called a ladder company, but as the house is 1930s they would not be able to do this.
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insulating over boarding in loft
There is around 100mm of insulation between the joists, this has then been boarded over. At the moment we don't want to use the loft, but it seems silly taking up the boards. Would it work if another 170mm of insulation was laid on top of the boards?
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Unsupported chimney breast
Hi all, We were selling our two up two down Victorian terraced house that we've lived in for 13 years. We were due to exchange last week but when our buyers had their survey done there was a query regarding the support of the spare bedroom chimney. The ground floor chimney breast was removed before we bought the property…
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Help with taking legal action agaist a builder please
I shall keep this as brief as possible I signed a contract for some work to be completed with a sole trader in 2014, work commenced in 2015. The business registered with companies house in Feb 2016 using the same business name so the sole trader now became the Proprietor. I was not informed of this. I shall now be perusing…
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What's this thingamajig called?
I've got this handle kind of thing on my wall next to my fireplace. The cover is missing and I would like to look for a replacement but I have no idea what the thing is called. Any help? http://i67.tinypic.com/2nroqic.jpg
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Extortionate ADT alarm charge
I used to have a monitored alarm contract with ADT, but cancelled it some years ago. Recently it developed what seemed like a fault because it was beeping intermittently at all hours. So this was enough to keep everyone in the house awake so one night my wife had had enough so she rang ADT at 5.00 AM to ask them to sort it…
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Boiler Quotes and understanding flow rate implications
Wow, that was a long title :) OK, so, my Worcester 28si is on the blink again, and rather than spend a couple hundred getting if fixed I thought now would be an opportune time to look at replacing it (I think it is about 16 years old). I have had a number of quotes with quite a variance in price, but first I was trying to…
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Is this really necessary??
Some advice on this if you would be so kind. The company who manage our property (3 leasehold flats in a converted Vic townhouse) are suggesting a full upgrade of the communal area lighting becuase - "The 3 light fittings in the communal area are fluorescent round bulkheads , they don't like being switched off and on…
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Central heating problem
The radiators come on when the hot water comes on. The central heating on the timer is set to off. One plumber looked at it and said the problem was that the timer is broken, so it is coming on even when it should not. The solution is to get an electrician to change the timer/thermostat. Another one has come today to have…
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Moved Home - Garage Electrics Issue
Hi all, Firstly I apologise for writing this in layman's terms. But I would appreciate any help you can give me? I have recently moved into a new house. In the garage there is a single RCD socket and a strip light that is fit for a history museum! The light works perfectly however, but the more modern RCD socket is dead,…
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Paint stripper - turned into treacle!
I've used Screwfix Paint & Varnish remover - pretty much as directed on top of some old woodwork that I think is covered in varnish and shellac (sp?). My problem, it has pretty much turned into black treacle and sticks like fury to everything - the skirting board, scraper, scrubbing brush, my hands etc. I've tried a couple…
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Unitsonline - anyone used them?
Hi all I've been looking into kitchens, and really like all the great things I'm hearing about DIY Kitchens, but a little apprehensive about making an order with them since they don't offer a design service. I have a design from Wickes to base it on, but for example one of the unit types in my design doesn't appear to be…
