:hello2:

i for got to post here first sorry.

my name is Daniel Hawkins, i live in wiltshire, i moved into my first house with my fiance about a year ago, we have 6 pets at present including 3 guinea pigs, 2 fish and a Blue Austrailian Crayfish(blue lobster)

i have a fair bit of nowledge on most aspecs of building and car maintenance so will be ...

So who gives estimates or quotes and reasons??

Reason I ask is, I've been working for a 'character' for 3 weeks as they were paying very good money.
It's all coming to light as to how they win jobs etc.. Their estimates are quite considerably lower than their invoice given. They always put minimum 3 days extra on their invoice, but the jobs could have been completed well in the the frame. There is an ...

Hi I was interested in purchasing items I had seen on an eBay listing. When I contacted the seller we agreed on a price and he sent me a request for money via paypal as a deposit, not through ebay. I paid the deposit. However when I arrived at the sellers home to collect the items as agreed, the items were definitely not as described. I did not collect the items. I requested a refund ...

:welcome:
Hi
I have an Audi A3 1.6 petrol 2006 model. The 'traction control' light is on in the dashboard, it has been for a few months. The 'ESP' switch used to control this but it doesn't seem to switch this light off anymore. Can anyone give me some advice as to why this happening and how to resolve it? It's not a serious fault, is it?

I would like to elicit comments on an idea. I would welcome reasoned discussion of this idea but would prefer that nobody jumps all over me and tells me what a crazy idiot I am - it's just an idea, OK? :roll:

I am contemplating fitting a small (10 litre) undersink heater. As this is unvented, it will need some form of pressure vessel to cope ...

Hi all,

I am doing an exterior job at the moment. I was just wondering what you guys use to fill the masonry and what do you sand it back with. Your input would be appreciated.

Hello...
This is my first post here.. I have been doing up a place for a while now and I am about to put the stove in... I had a friend that was a plumber and he was going to help me.. However he passed away last week.

He gave me a list of things to get which I now have. I have asked other people around and no one seems to understand the system ...

OK, my husband just bought one of these at the market and on the face of it seems like a bargain. Never had an automatic and Ford wouldn't be his first choice but it is a stop-gap. 51,000 on the clock, tidy as anything, clean engine, 4 good tyres and it was £700 + buyers premium.
Hubby was driving it back today and it suddenly decides to drop out of gear, literally as if you ...

For the DIY'ers...

On a scale of 1-10 how would you rate your overall skill set and what other skill would you like to have?

1 being shockingly unskilled and 10 being able to tackle all but the most specialist of jobs.

For me i'd say a 7 and i would like to be able to plaster.

Just starting 'Project Living Room', removing the old lath and plaster from the external solid wall. It was built around 1880. Is there any reason why i cant bonding coat and plaster direct to this wall or do i need to the wooden battens and plasterboard?

same question also but to an internal wall, have an internal wall which is solid brick but has lath and plaster can i not plaster direct to that or ...