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Internal Tri-fold Partition Doors
Hi, Can anyone recommend a website to buy internal tri-fold partition doors? Obviously at an affordable price !
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Buying Chesterfield Sofas...
Apologies if this is not the right place to post! I am looking to buy a set of chesterfield sofas - either a 3 + 2, or 2 + 2 + armchair. I do not have the largest budget, so was initially looking second hand - but they get snapped up very quickly, and often bidding on ebay goes way above what we are willing to spend on a…
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Double glazing costs?
My partner and I would like to get double glazing as the windows we have a getting a bit haggard (I think they are the originals from.when the building was built in the early 80s). We have 5 singled glazed windows that are the tilt opening kind so they're not sash and case. 3 of them are approx 1.5m square and the big one…
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Thumb turn cyliner on back door-home insurance requirements?
Hi folks, I am picking the locks to put on our new upvc doors and was thinking for the back door getting a thumb turn cylinder lock, instead of having to use a key. 1 Just wondering from the point of view of sticking to the criteria for home insurance for upvc doors is this adequate? 2 any pointers for the lock for the…
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Plumber damaged electric
Getting a load of work done at the minute and have just discovered that the plumbers stuck a nail through a cable. This was after paying an electrician to trace the fault. I take it im right that the plumbers should be paying the cost for this and the cost of repair?
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What to do with Step and Wood Flooring in Landing
Hi There, We have a Victorian Maisonette and are looking at getting engineered wood floors put in throughout the landing/hallway area. What we are trying to decide is how to best handle a step up half way down the landing The OH is not keen on cladding the whole thing with stair nosings so we were thinking about we would…
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How do I fit a sunken mat in engineered oak floor?
What is the best way to install a sunken mat by the front door in the hall, i.e. one that you can left out and clean the recess? Do you need to do anything in particular to protect the surrounding floor from damp, for example snow getting in there and puddling? Do I just edge the floor around the opening with similar stuff…
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Neighbours construction has caused damage to garage foundations
I will try and keep the problem brief and concise! My parents neighbour are having some construction work carried out on their property. Construction work includes a rear extension, loft conversion and outbuilding at end of the rear garden. The outbuilding is going to reside next to my parents rear garage. My dad has…
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Dreaded wood chip!
We've moved into a property that was converted into a home in the 80's. The conversion was done entirely by the previous owners, so we are finding some "interesting" things. Every single internal wall has wood chip put directly onto plasterboard (we came to the conclusion that they couldn't do plastering themselves, so as…
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Integrated Tumble Dryer
We are currently in the process of doing our kitchen and are looking at appliances. With regard to integrated tumble dryers, there seems very few options and I'm concerned they would pose a fire risk. Does anyone have any advice on this?
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Sofology Sofas
Hi all, Has anyone had any recent experience with Sofology sofas? We're moving soon, so browsing around the different shops, and there's one in Sofology which has made our top-5, but they seem ridiculously difficult to find reviews of (most bits are about the staff, not the sofas!). (I've found old horror stories from…
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Capping a chimney
Hi folks, Appreciate this is probably a really stupid question, but we're about to start the process of replacing a very old (non-working) gas fire with a new one. We want to get the chimney swept, and a cowl fitted, as we have nesting jackdaws up top every year... What is the appropriate type of tradesman for fitting the…
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Cutting LED Light Rolls to Length
Hi Am planning on building some box shelves and was thinking of embedding a line of LED lights (top and bottom) and linking these with extended wiring behind the plaster board between each of the box shelves. My query (problem) is that I will obviously need to cut the length of LED light strip to the width of the shelf(s).…
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Any recommendations for good suppliers of Compatible Brother carts?
I've decided to try compatible cartridges for my Brother printer/copier (DCP-J4120DW). A company called Cartridge People seem cheap but I don't mind paying more to get best quality. I'll be buying one at a time probably - my machine takes individual carts. Or maybe I should buy a set this time as this is the first I'll be…
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Quiet cooker hoods -- decibel ratings are very confusing!
I'm looking for a quiet cooker hood (chimney type, extraction, 70cm width). I'm very confused by online sources regarding how noisy they are, as they are often contradictory about the same model. For example, Appliance World claims a certain model of Bosch cookerhood is 41 decibels, whereas the Bosch website says that the…
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Floor Tiles for kitchen - any tips?
Unfortunately I can't afford new flooring to be professionally fitted in my kitchen. I have managed to source some floor tiles, the vinyl type and will have to do it myself! At the moment, the flooring is stone tiles which are really cold in winter so this is why I need to cover them - it affects the whole house believe it…
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Adding the existing roller blinds to Upvc windows?
Hi folks, Getting upvc windows and doors fitted to house and just wondering how the brackets for the roller blinds are fitted to the windows, as the existing brackets are both drilled to the side wall and also into the wood of the existing windows? Would you expect the installers to do this for you, and any better solution…
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How to Dismantle This Shower?
Can anyone give me an idea how I can dismantle this shower unit? It doesn't give hot water so I want to check inside. Well, I say that but it does, just not constantly. I turn the shower on and as soon as I twist it to hot, it trickles out and stops. Every so often, after going back and forth from hot to cold, it'll be…
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Boiler woes
Hi all To cut a long story short our boiler has blown up. Its an unusual brand we have wasted over £200 trying to fix the darn thing and its having none of it and it finally gave the ghost up around 4 weeks ago. however we do have hot water (not sure how). My biggest issue is being on a DMP so clearly I am incredibly poor,…
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Wood burners
Hi all, I've been thinking a lot this week at work about wood burners, it's probably been because of the sudden onset of cold weather last week. When we bought our house a year ago, as we renovated it we kept any timber off cuts and old wood to use as fuel as we've always intended to get a wood burner installed. We…
