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Re-grouting?
I put the tiles on my bathroom walls around 6 years ago, not all the gaps are even.Looking a little grubby now, to regrout I need to remove some of the old grout. Do I use a scraper or some sort of attachment for my electric drill?
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Gas pipe corrosion
Is this level of verdigris a concern on an underfloor gas pipe? Water I feel more confident about - and assumed this was water, until I did some pipe tracing. I suspect a flux issue from the soldering. It hasn't been touched for about 15 years - nor has there been a leak above it despite the appearance of the floorboard.
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Verisure vs Simplisafe
Looking for some feedback on people's experience of verisure or simplisafe alarms. Based on research done, verisure -Premium service and products, upfront around £400 and monthly £40 but includes guard response, photo based monitoring and police dispatch, lifelong maintenance warranty till contract is there - 90 days…
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Recommend a Hedge Trimmer
Hi all, I'm in the market for a new hedge trimmer. We've a 120ft garden, with over 6ft hedges on both sides. As you can imagine, a corded trimmer is out of the question. So, that leaves cordless or petrol. I've read that cordless technology has come a long way in recent years. But, I've also read that they have far less…
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How to remove tiled bath panel
I took all 4 screws off and cut through the silicone and grout ( right hand side is so hard to cut through though) but the panel still hard to be removed I felt the wooden board under the tiles are also glued nicely on the back, what can I do? Break the tiles? Please help.
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Will I need planning permisson to instal a picket fence on my drive?
At the moment there is nothing seperating mine and neighbours drives so was thinking of erecting a small 3ft fence on my side. Will I require any formal permission to do this? Thanks
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How to make garden secure
This is the back of the garden. Not sure if can put a fence panel as tree in way and would not be straight. (Logs are there temporarily to block the gap) what is the best way to close up this gap between me and the neighbour.
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Decent hoover / vacuum? Dyson gone for a second time in 12 months.
So I bought a Dyson (not sure of exact model but I can have a see if it matters) and used it for a few year, perhaps 2-3. Occasionally cleaned the filter but not often and certainly not as often as I should've. Key point is we have a log burner and when cleaning the fire out I would use the hoover. Not to suck up all of…
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Ensuite advice
We are currently planning an extension which included additional bedroom and ensuite. The current plan we have is an ensuite size of 2.4x1.1m. My main concern is with a width of 1.1m, it will be difficult to locate the toilet with reasonable space in front of it. Most toilets seem to have a projection of around 0.6m, and…
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Venting Induction Hob - Ducting?
In my new kitchen the current plan is to have a peninsular that will be 1200 deep (2 rows of kitchen units backing on to each other) and it will house a 800mm downward extracting induction hob (see below). My question is, for people who have one of these hobs fitted, was there enough room behind the unit in the service…
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Vertical Radiators versus Horizontal Radiators for Effective Heat
We are having French windows installed in our living room which means the radiator which was under the window has to be removed and replaced. We were thinking of having a Vertical "Designer" Radiator of which there are many put vertically up the wall on the internal wall next to the window wall where the French windows are…
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Old Garden Wall Ideas
Hi, I have a solid wall that doesn't look particularly nice. It could do with repointing and stripping the paint off but don't want to get into that at the moment. I am looking for advice /opinions on how to improve the wall visually without spending much. I would have liked to just repaint but the quality of the bricks…
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Putting a extra garage door in the rear wall of my garage
Just wondering could we put an extra garage door in the rear wall of my garage made of breeze blocks with a flat roof. I have no rear garden access as we back onto woods and would like to store a folding caravan in my big garden saving lots of money on storge yard costs.
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How much would this cost?
I am thinking of converting my conservatory into a kitchen so I can convert the kitchen into another bedroom. The conservatory being near a garage, I would like to add a small porch that connects the two, so I can take some space from the garage and convert into a utlity room with downs stairs toilet. I think this would…
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Gulls hazard
One of our neighbours has a seagull problem – they live in their
own private bungalow with a flat roof and they have solar panels at a
30 degree angle mounted on the roof. Gulls have made their home under the panels – they fly around and
poo everywhere – they constantly squawk and are a public health
hazard... Is there…
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Washing machine
Hi all, just looking for some advice regarding a washing machine and really strong vibrations and smells. we have just moved house into a new build. The washing machine was brought over from our old house but we didn’t use the screw pins that came with it. We didn’t use a professional moving company, just a man and his…
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Microwave guide cover.
HI. when I'm using my panasonic microwave oven, it sometimes has sparks inside it. it resembles someone metal ark welding. the culprit seems to be the microwave guide cover, which is a piece of aluminium foil just inside the door, about 2'' sqaure. its black and burnt, and so much so, its actually burnt a hole through it.…
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Replacing Radiators and Keeping Boiler
Hi all, We're currently renovating our house, and are looking to replace some of our old (probably original) radiators, and add a new one in. The four that we're looking to replace are single panel with no convectors, so not fantastic at letting off heat. Boiler and System We have a Potterton Profile 40e boiler, which I…
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Builder not removing rubbish
Our extension is now finished and the last part of that was installing a new soil pipe underground. This resulted in about 15 bags of soil and rubble being dug up, they did this 4 weeks ago. The builder has said a couple of times now that he would be along to collect it but it's still there and blocking our access to the…
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HIVE wireless thermostat display
Hi i wonder if someone can advise please? i have had the hive wireless thermostat for around a year and all been fine but this last week or so i've noticed that the display when you want to activate boost or just read the temperature is very dim. the red and green arrows on the display are bright but nothing else is. you…
