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We purchased a few bits from Aldi. Weren't that cheap (for Aldi) (£300 I think), but have actually lasted ages, look great and are very comfortable.

Hahaha this is 100% got to be trolling. But the sentiment remains...I've had a couple of landlords in my time that deserved a slap. On the flip side, I've had a couple of landlords who have genuinely cared about the property and me as the tenant.

I'm looking to redo my driveway soon. It was quickly put together by the seller when we purchased the house. Basically a load of stone was dumped on the ground and wooden fence panels were fixed around the edges. Frustratingly the stone is on a bit of a slope, so slowly moves its way down the drive and leaves many of the top spaces bare. I can rake this back, but it is pretty annoying. Does anyone have any advice on the best (but most affordable) way to fix this. I've seen the plastic grating you can fix in place to keep stones in place, does anyone have experience with this? Thanks in advance for the advice.

Personally I have used Frogtape before with good success (but I know some people haven't had as much success with this). Any polythene should be fine as long as it isn't too thin (as it might rip when you are fixing it in place).

This is exactly it! Some good quality tape and polythene should keep it well covered. Then also taking as much care as possible to minimise the risk of the barrier being breached. I get that its a little risky, but should work fine.

Thanks for the advice ToughButterCup - this certainly looks like the solution I am looking for. It may be a little beyond my current plumbing skills, but I think with a little research I would be able to do this!

Hi all. I'm about to start redoing our bathroom and have a bit of a challenge to overcome with the new shower set up. Currently, the shower is in the corner and has a mixer valve attached to the two outlet pipes. The idea is to keep the shower in the same place but making it bigger. However, I am hoping to move the shower heads from one wall to the other. However, I'm not sure my plumbing skills stretch to relocating the outlet pipes. Ideally we are looking for a shower with two heads - one small on a flexi pipe and the other large and fixed. Yet every example I can find has the large fixed head attached to the mixer valve and running straight up. A bit like this: https://www.bathroommountain.co.uk/galway-premium-matt-black-square-thermostatic-shower-set-23015?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-JXmq6uR_wIVGfntCh38iQISEAQYCSABEgLwb_D_BwE Which obviously wouldn't work. One idea I had, is to fit a riser type shower head to the wall we want the shower head on…. Like this: https://www.bathroommountain.co.uk/lismore-square-matt-black-shower-riser-kit?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4Jyj7KuR_wIVkP_tCh1-sgLSEAQYAiABEgKDUvD_BwE And then fitting a mixer valve like this: https://www.plumbworld.co.uk/hansgrohe-vernis-blend-exposed-mixer-shower-valve-matt-black-71640670-1738-1269663?utm_source=organic&utm_medium=shoppingfeed&utm_campaign=googlebase&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjc7LiayR_wIVAe7tCh19tAW3EAQYASABEgKVnPD_BwE Would I be able to connect them? If I can, how would I keep the pipe from just dangling across the shower? Any other ideas or advice much appreciated.

Yeah it honestly sounds like they are just covering themselves with this. I've painted loads of rooms where I have had to miss a wall for one reason or another. Not difficult to do with a little care. If you are really concerned you can always cover it in some way to keep paint off. I just guess if you go with the decorator and they get paint on it, there is little recourse as they did 'tell you so'.

Based on quote I recently received this seems pretty reasonable. Building materials have skyrocketed recently and also builders seem to be charging a little more to help deal with the 'cost of living crisis'.

I am no structural engineer, but I would say all of these would be fine. Just make sure you find the beam and fix it it using appropriate fixings for the weight. My only concern would be if there is any potential structural issues with the timbers such as splits or rot. Otherwise, should be fine.

I've always used Erbauer when I need something sturdy and reliable with drill bits. Personally I have found they are always the best for the money. They are mostly very affordable on ScrewFix.

I did a significant amount if research into this before buying mine. Originally I was going to go for a Ninja, but after doing a lot of reading I found that people think you get a lot more bang for your buck with Cosori - so I went with one of those and I have not been disappointed at all.

Hey, So I joined this forum as I am relatively new to building and renovation. Well, sort of... We renovated our first property in Bristol over the course of 2 years. It was a lovely victorian terrace house. But my input was mostly painting, basic DIY and project management for the builders we employed. Now we have purchased a detached country property in the midlands. It is actually in fairly good condition, but we are still doing some pretty major updates which I am hoping to have a much bigger input on, current upcoming projects include: 1. Complete redo of the parking area (building brick walls, repairing damaged outbuilding, laying gravel grate, installing electric gates (maybe), lighting on sensors etc) 2. Building an outdoor/indoor area over the patio (basically a roof so we can spend time outdoors even when it is raining - especially excited about BBQing all year round) 3. Redoing the kitchen/utility room 4. Complete replacement of all three bathrooms 5. Boarding out the loft for storage So....I'm certainly going to need some advice over the coming months. But I am also an avid researcher, so hope to share some of my own knowledge and insights.