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Wall Rendering

Whats the best way to clean a mustard coloured rendered wall. Thought about pressure washer but a)will it take the surface off and b) I will need scaffolding to pressure the top of the house? Any...

Neocubes

Any Carpenters On Here?

So I'm getting to the point in my life where I really need to be deciding what I want to do career wise. I've been studying manufacturing engineering but just don't see myself doing that. Ive been...

Scrivens

Is there something I can insert/inject into a 4'' pipe (via a smallish pipe, like a hosepipe) that will travel 10ish metres down the pipe, then expand to block it? The accessible end of the pipe is...

spathiphyllum

Boilers

1. do all boilers run of a gas supply or can you get electric boilers? 2. why is is so important to get your boiler serviced annually?...

Bramleyboy

Broken Toilet Cistern Top.

The plastic plunger on the top of your toilet has broken. http://i60.tinypic.com/2zityjd.jpg Please can anyone identify the make and where I can just buy a replacement. The loo works very well, it's...

ladybirder

How Deep Are The Pipes For Water-Based Under-Floor Heating Set Into The Screed?

I'm hoping The Builder can answer this for me. Problem is I want my bathroom floor tiles taking up and new put down but I am finding it difficult to get anyone to do the job once they know I have...

sumar

Sand In Paint

I heard somewhere that sand can be added to emulsion as a cheap and easier alternative to plastering. Does anyone please know if this is a fact and if so do i use a particular sand as i would hate to...

ilovebrie

?pitch Pine Bay Window Surround

We are coming to the end of removing multiple layers of paint from an old (+100 years) beautifully moulded bay window surround and what were once working shutters but are now not in use. It seems such...

Uriah Heep

Ventilation For Gas Fire

My neighbour has recently laid laminate flooring in the living room which has an open gas fire. In doing so he has covered over the hole which was in the suspended timber floor next to the fire place....

Bramleyboy

Rs Soldering Iron.

Can't find where to put this question, this seems the best site! I bought a RS soldering iron about 30 years ago. It was quite a pukka one with a variable heat dial. It had a separate holder for the...

muskox

Toilet Flush

Toilet cistern keeps filling up every half hour. I can see a steady flow of water down the back of the inside of the toilet bowl. What needs to be replaced/approximate price and is it easy for a...

taichiperson

Database

Can anyone recommend a good database please? I'm self employed, running Tai Chi classes (who would have thought?) and need to make up some registers with phone numbers etc. I've used Word but it's...

Psybbo

How Many

tablets do you take daily?

NISAR1

Gap In Floorboard

Hi, Can anyone tell me if floorboards come in only one size width? The reason is in my bathroom there is one floorboard which has a gap and I can see the ceiling downstairs. If I move the floorboard...

chrissa1

Spring & Deflection On Kitchen Floor

My daughter and her partner have just received the Structural Survey report on the house they are wanting to buy. The only "Amber" warning is this: " There is some spring and deflection to the kitchen...

trish1234567

Unwanted Programme

I played a friend's cd on my computer and now I appear to have Tesco Picture Suite permanently downloaded. I've tried everything to remove this without success and I'm getting “COULD NOT OPEN...

purplelily

Has My Wall Shifted Upwards?

I recently bought a small Victorian terraced house. Unfortunately I didn't have a structural survey carried out (crazy, I know). After the purchase went through, I noticed a crack in one of the...

taichiperson

Drainage Problem

After the recent heavy rain, we have found that the groundwater is so high that our septic tank is constantly almost full. We're on quite high ground, although the ground to the north is a little...

morethanamum

Damp Caused By Neighbours Driveway

Help!! I live in an end terrace house & my neighbours drive runs along my end wall.( theirs is a semi detached with side drive). Years ago, they had their drive resurfaced and it partially covers my...

pinkjudy45

How To Remove A Stud Wall

We want to remove part of a stud wall does anybody know if there is an easy way of doing this.

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