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Here's the problem: I have a shower fitted over my bath but everytime I use it, water drips down into the kitchen below. The problem is the silicone sealant around the entire edge of bath keeps...
Will soon be doing the kitchen up, and am thinking of gloss laminate flooring (which would continue on into hall). I'm just wondering though would anyone recommend it, or is it likely to scratch...
We have a horizontal crack in the mortar and brickwork across the top of our upstairs windows. It has been suggested that the original steel lintels (house was built 1962) may be rusting in-place,...
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I have purchased some white diomond satin wood paint, I wish to apply this on to my wooden architrave an skirting, would I need to undercoat the wood first, thanks in advance xXx...
Anyone know if this stuff is good or otherwise? I'm thinking of using it to fix some pine panelling (interior).
Anyone have experience of a reasonable exterior coating for exterior wood (not decking)? I have used some branded coatings that didn't even see out the season!!
Thank you.......
I have a lot of candle stubs that i'm to mean to throw away, if i melt them down to make a couple of big candles can i use some perfume to make them smell nice, i bought some pretty bottles recently...
hi guys moved into a new house about 6months ago, and found out the mains water stopcock had been leaking for some time. it is right in the corner of the downstrair bathroom with the siol pipe and all...
Some oil has been deposited on my driveway whislt we were away and, it seems the surface has been damaged. Is there an easy/cheap method of repair? Many thanks.
toilet and fitting a washing machine. My daughter has a town house and downstairs is the garage and small clockroom. It just has a toilet and basin. She has not got room in her kitchen upstairs for...
I have a varnished wooden ceiling in my bathroom, very nice light pine, but oh want s to paint it and then paint the walls and pine panels in bright colours. is this a good idea? I have explained that...
This house has 'Supataps' a kind of tap popular in the 70's, I think, but not made now. Does replacing them present any problem; I'm thinking, in particular,of whether they'd be metric or noI and...
Got an odd problem for you all! I had my Discovery valeted last weekend - outside and in. All very nice and back to showroom standard etc..BUT I also bought a new boot "liner" for it - which...
we have a walled side entrance and would like to cover it over. [1] the side wall has pillars, I'm guessing it's best to pack these out, so that there's a flush run? [2] looking to collect any rain...
Pls can anyone tell me how I can go about finding mirrors that I can have fitted in my small town terrace house on both side's of my chimmny breast, any help will be much appreciated , I live in...
My daughter has an apartment abroad. The tiles on the balcony are about 25/30 years old. All have lost the glaze and as a result stain easily. Is there anything clear that can be painted over them to...
One wall in my kitchen has been covered with a brick facing, a bit like stone cladding but very ugly. The solution would be to have it taken off and the wall replastered but i think this would be...
I have just moved into an apartment and the en suite basin sink smells very musty. I did remove a hair ball an thought that would solve the problem but although the water drains away very quickly the...
I have been told to get a new tap for the kitchen sink. We do need one, but if I could just be brave enough to tell mrs cook that hanging wet jumpers over the sink has destroyed the integral strength...
My Mum wants to plant an Azalea into a pot that hasn`t got any drainage holes in the bottom. If I get the drill out and try to drill some holes in the bottom, would the pot crack? Is there a way to do...