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What sort of bathroom floor?

I want to replace the carpet on my bathroom floor but don't know what with, any suggestions? The bathroom has a T&G...
10 comments posted 21yrs
posted by brian
10 comments posted 21yrs posted by brian

Replacing handrails etc on stairs

I would like to replace our old style bannister and boards with spindles, new newell post and whatever else needs replac...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by lkl
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by lkl

emulsion paint/metal door

I have just cleaned up the inside of up and over garage door.At present there is a flat coat of white paint on it and w...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by corniche700
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by corniche700

power point facia screws

I just tiled the kitchen. As I expected, the screws of the powerpoint facias are long enough to reattach them to the in...
6 comments posted 21yrs
posted by ucan
6 comments posted 21yrs posted by ucan

Is there a;

Website with a list of the (hand) tools commonly used in building construction - and more importantly - the manner/techn...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by pickercat
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by pickercat

Baxi Bermuda 552: no heat

We've come home tonight to no hot water, no heat :-( The pilot light on the boiler is lit, although it seems a litt...
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by news
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by news

3/4" <-> 22mm conversions

Hi Folks, I want to replace some unused and leaking joints on part of my gravity heating system (I&#39;ll be draining i...
5 comments posted 21yrs
posted by dont
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by dont

Drawer slide & Bathroom flooring

Thanks for the advice - will pursue! (btw, *my* B&Q doesn&#39;t stock the drawer slides - or doesn&#39;t admit to it! Ma...
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by wilsmith
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by wilsmith

Removing a central heating radiator

Hi Just bought a new hose with pretty standard gas central heating. I&#39;ve a radiator on a wall which I&#39;m having...
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by ser
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by ser

Chainsaws

OK, I&#39;ve just taken a couple of trees down Taking out the root ball, I&#39;;ve had to cut the roots near the soil I...
10 comments posted 21yrs
posted by mark.nalder_TRAPTHESPAM_
10 comments posted 21yrs posted by mark.nalder_TRAPTHESPAM_

Screwfix thermostatic showers

Has anyone any experience/opinions of the thermostatic mixer showers sold by Screwfix? They have a Pegler Mimo at £99 a...
22 comments posted 21yrs
posted by me
22 comments posted 21yrs posted by me

this switch?

I have replaced all my kitchen switches & sockets with chrome ones. I know nothing about wiring, I just wired them the...
7 comments posted 21yrs
posted by 1239
7 comments posted 21yrs posted by 1239

Cracks on Wall - Builder or Surveyor??

I was looking at a Victorian terraced house which is for sale, and in the 2-storey extension, the extension being about...
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by michael2002
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by michael2002

Power flushing a CH system

I have a fully pumped, gravity fed CH system to which I'm planning on doing some alterations. I'm "advised" that the sy...
0 comments posted 21yrs
posted by davidm_uk
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by davidm_uk