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What Material?

what is a man made or natural board, that is light weight and affordable? lighter than standard MDF or plywood anyway.

We laid a lawn last year - and it was a lush green lawn for months. Winter is over soon and its looking a little less lush. Am guessing its just the time of year. How can I get that bright green back...

perose

VAT on a new bathroom

I am having my loo and bathroom knocked into one and a new bathroom suite etc installed. How much VAT will I have to pay on the bill, will it be 15% ?

Nannyjill

Loft Ladders

Which is best metal or wood?

SteveWhittle

compensation

developers plan to build 20 2.5 storey houses in a field next to my house, can anyone tell me what sort of compensation I could get? Many thanks Steve

sianwhite

stripping a slate fire place

is nitromorse to hasher chemical to use .can anyone recommend an alturnate.thanks matt

MRJWA

Names

Is Frixos a male or femail name?

Kazal

Carpet tiles

We saw some carpet tiles in B&Q that we thought were suitable for our small bedroom/office, however we are unsure about laying them and there were no instructions. Do they need an underlay and if so...

ramesh046

My Bosch Dishwasher not working

We bought it 8 years ago. Wife has used it maybe 5 times only!! I once a month just run the washer empty so that it does not jam up or something. Now putting on any programme, I hear slight noise of...

Blakewkd

Underfloor heating

When our bathroom was fitted, the underfloor heating used to trip the electrics and were told this was because the system used was too powerful- Although while it did work we had a lovely warm room....

sg

Mdf cut to size at Homebase

Can you get mdf cut to a specific size at Homebase to avoid having to buy a full/half board? thanks

dave068

Water Meters

Has any-one out there found that having a water meter is not the money-saving device it's cracked up to be?

MTbowels

Cutting a Roll

I've just opened a sealed 16oz (454g) pack of absorbent lint. It's the stuff that was used to dress wounds prior to non-adherent sterile dressings. The roll has a diameter of about 80mm. I need to cut...

ray bush

Wallpaper pasting

The wallpaper that we've just bought is a paste the wall type which suits me ,no table which saves a bit of room when hanging it .What i'd like to know is the best means of applying the paste ,is it...

bazzard

egg heads

If Dermot Murnaghan has a new show to find another egg-head, who is leaving?

steve garrar

tiling

i am having slate tiles in my bathroom can they be laid on 3m ply or do i need to put hardboard down

marlonski

Re-tiling shower

What is the best sheet material to tile onto for a shower ,do I use WBP plywood or marine ply or aqua panel?

Chris71

vertical blinds

We had these fitted but on one window we had to take it down as work was being done (plastering). Now we cannot put it back up as the long screws that fitted it seem too long for it. (and original...

mrpeter

More than one picture at a time into powerpoint slides

I enjoy creating powerpoint presentations of holidays but find it rather laborious to only be able to transfer one picture at a time onto a slide in the presentation. Is it possible to select more...

jagtheboss

woodworm

hi can i use antifreeze as a treatment for woodworm and if so does it work cheers john

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