Do-It-Yourself Homeowner

Running an electric current through a garage door?

No lectures about the rights and wrongs thank you, if I want a sermon on morality I'll go to alt.god. If anyone can offe...

24 comments posted 18yrs

posted by chuckles_the_scary_clown

24 comments posted 18yrs posted by chuckles_the_scary_clown

Replacing dry lining socket boxes

I'm about to tile the walls in my kitchen. The walls are dry lined and I'm concerned about the tiles becoming l...

5 comments posted 18yrs

posted by spam

5 comments posted 18yrs posted by spam

Roof timer query

I have to get retrospective Building Control approval for a roof which has had its slates replaced by heavier tiles. I...

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posted by newsgp

2 comments posted 18yrs posted by newsgp

AAARRGGHH !!!! Timber Cladding In Kitchen

I have that awful pine cladding to my kitchen walls and ceiling, and its driving me nuts as to what to do about it. At...

5 comments posted 18yrs

posted by TL

5 comments posted 18yrs posted by TL

hammer drills

I have a metabo hammer drill 600watt. I have a lot of work to do drilling through house bricks(not mortar). I find the d...

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posted by barry.makepeace

5 comments posted 18yrs posted by barry.makepeace

silicone injection to walls

i'm in a lower ground/basement flat & we were flooded back in July, we've had the plaster & sand/cement off the...

1 comments posted 18yrs

posted by .

1 comments posted 18yrs posted by .

Water damage to chimney stack.

This isn't exactly a diy question, although it might be in the future. I have discovered that the chimney breast in...

5 comments posted 18yrs

posted by clangers_snout

5 comments posted 18yrs posted by clangers_snout

Wireless security alarm

I am considering installing a wireless security alarm in a bungalow.I have been warned that they can be difficult to in...

3 comments posted 18yrs

posted by jones

3 comments posted 18yrs posted by jones

Would This Be OK?

I have been asked by my children's school to make a frame to contain soil/compost type material for planting bulbs...

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posted by john

8 comments posted 18yrs posted by john

Ready mix mortar

Using Jewson's ready mix mortar with plastcizer for pointing old sandstone shed and colour of mortar is a light bro...

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posted by reply

2 comments posted 18yrs posted by reply

Gas coal effect stove installation

We are fitting a free standing cast iron coal effect enclosed staove Broseley XL second hand. How much clearnace is the...

1 comments posted 18yrs

posted by adam

1 comments posted 18yrs posted by adam

Window Achors??

Hi All, Should Window Anchors be inserted with or without the screw in place?? Also any real difference between Windows...

2 comments posted 18yrs

posted by bill

2 comments posted 18yrs posted by bill

gas combi boiler installation

Hi Im gettting a gas combi boiler and 5 radiators installed in the next week or so i have a couple of questions i hope...

3 comments posted 18yrs

posted by gary.mcnab

3 comments posted 18yrs posted by gary.mcnab

Gas boiler question

Hi all, Over the lase 3 weeks or so we have been hearing a strange noise like a Puffy sort of bang. We ascertained that...

3 comments posted 18yrs

posted by Ibethedrinkscarlingblacklabel

3 comments posted 18yrs posted by Ibethedrinkscarlingblacklabel

garage door security

those of you that have a garage door, what extra security do you have ? ive just had one fitted (garador) after an exte...

3 comments posted 18yrs

posted by reg

3 comments posted 18yrs posted by reg