Do-It-Yourself Homeowner

Painting a lounge light and dark shades

Planning to paint the lounge two shades of the same colour, but I can remember if it should be the lighter shade opposit...

0 comments posted 19yrs

posted by microbe

0 comments posted 19yrs posted by microbe

flexible fllor screed / cement

Need some help. Have several Granite steps leading up to my front door . The steps are cracked and water sits on them a...

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posted by omarlester

1 comments posted 19yrs posted by omarlester

Scratched worktop

No doubt this is an old question but do any of you have suggestions for dealing with a scratch on a very dark (almost bl...

4 comments posted 19yrs

posted by Phian

4 comments posted 19yrs posted by Phian

Burglar Alarms

Hello to all. I need to install an alarm system in my new house and was rather taken by the wire-free systems available...

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posted by jps

7 comments posted 19yrs posted by jps

'NoMow' artificial lawn

I'm in the process of completing a major rear garden make-over - the main aim being to make the garden as maintenan...

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posted by Uno-Hoo

10 comments posted 19yrs posted by Uno-Hoo

Replace Tarmac Drive.

Could anyone tell me what is a reasonable price to pay for 57 square yard drive to be re-tarmaced. Thank You Bryan ( Win...

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posted by grandad1353

1 comments posted 19yrs posted by grandad1353

car drive way

i know the top layer is going to be cement but is there any other materials that i should put underneath the cement lie...

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posted by junk

2 comments posted 19yrs posted by junk

wallpaper removal

how do i remove three layers of wallpaper the first two seem simple but the third one seems to be stuck permanently

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posted by junk

1 comments posted 19yrs posted by junk

You guys in the states

have got it made when it comes to power tools,us here in the uk can expect to pay 2.5 times the amount of any tool you...

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posted by allo

2 comments posted 19yrs posted by allo

Architect/Technical Drawing Software

A friend would like to play around creating technical drawings and would like some recommendations of software to use....

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posted by someonesomewhere

11 comments posted 19yrs posted by someonesomewhere

Combi boiler water preheating

Our venerable Baxi Bermuda is reaching the end of its life and I was thinking of replacing it with something a bit more...

2 comments posted 19yrs

posted by malunspamwhhite

2 comments posted 19yrs posted by malunspamwhhite

Question on combi Filling Loop

Hi All, Following a visit from British Gas for the annual service\\check the engineer told me I needed to replace the c...

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posted by discoverer0

3 comments posted 19yrs posted by discoverer0

central heating monitoring schemes

Hi Our old 15 year combi boiler is giving all kinds of problems lately and we also have problems with the system with t...

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posted by philpye

8 comments posted 19yrs posted by philpye

I know this is Off Topic, but HELP !!!!!!!!!

I know this is off topic and doesn't really belong in a DIY NewsGroup, but I am at a loss as to know where to ask f...

7 comments posted 19yrs

posted by the_constructor

7 comments posted 19yrs posted by the_constructor

OPTIMA 700 GAS COMBI BOILER NOT WORKING PROPERLY

Can anyone help me?.When I turn on the hot water tap the water is cold. The problem is intermittent, sometime it will ru...

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posted by sally.down

0 comments posted 19yrs posted by sally.down