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Would it not be cheaper, easier and better results to just put down a few strips of turf? Good turf from a professional lawn supplier, not half dead crap from B&Q.

I've been banned from FirstMortgage ("Free, Whole Market advisors") because apparently there service isn't there to be beaten by doing your own leg work. If you are after easy then yes the free, whole market advisors do a good job. If you are after the very best you can just cut out the 3rd...

We had ~55sq/m downstairs done in bamboo (hall, study, living room, dinning room) After much research we went with strand woven bamboo, which is meant to be harder and more durable than hardwood also cheaper which is nice! We went with "Strand Bamboo Super Light Coffee" from Simply Bamboo...

As above, they have some nice designs and I feel OK quality for the style/price. Customer service was good when I was dealing with an issue with our sideboard. I'm sure it was in this forum that someone gave a link to what was essentially a cheaper version of Made, might have been the same...

I went with BPS who seems to be the best value for money. Make sure the ladder has wide feet at the bottom for extra stability. An extra I went for was the stand-off, which gives a sold contact point against the side of the house and lets the ladder go up and above the gutters, again extra...

For getting power to your nest thermostat: Do the current wires feeding the Honeywell go to a wiring box? When I added my Nest I put the heatlink next to my wiring box which allowed me to use T1 & T2 .

If it is a cold (or especially cold and damp) day we always make a very small fire to warm the flue up. Even just sticking a couple of firelighters in and letting them burn out first. It seems to really help with stopping the smoke falling back down at the start.

Just do it as often (at least once a week when in full growth) as you can. It might not be needing a full cut but keeping it short will help it dry quicker and give you more opportunities to cut between the bad weather. Good excuse for a few beers and getting out the house.

I went PCH with Simpsons (not that it should make any real diff which dealer as it is VWFS that own the car and arrange the inspection). I felt the inspection was very fair and only got charged damage for 1 alloy in the end. It might be that I am very careful, but there was a few chips and car...

Not sure if you can lower the pressure but most pressure washers have the option to pull water from a tank rather than mains feed.

I used http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUPER-HOT-CHILLI-PLUG-PLANTS-3-OR-5-X-PICK-MIX-PACK-WITH-A-NAGA-or-CAROLINA-/222451217321?var=&hash=item33cb2033a9:m:mEDY4TzoCV5MKS6Vy63GLiA last year and was very happy with them all.

Unless you really like the light fitting and it wont get mucked up with an adapter adding much more length to the bulb, then I would think it much better to replace that actual fitting. Only a few wires that you just replace like for like on the new fitting.

If it is inside then they all work much the same. Take a look at running costs, and £ per L for the true value. I would also say that baskets make chest freezers much easier to use!

Yes, a lot of chest freezers aren't actually rated for outbuilding use and will stop working when the external temperature drops below ~5deg...as I discovered one year. Just make sure you have a good read of the specs. I went with Capital Products Midas 550L which was outdoor rated, 3-year...

Is it going to be in an out building/garage?

Hi, Looking for some advice about how to move my domain from Planet Hippo. PH has been down (hacked) for 4 days now. I gave them the weekend to sort things out, things looked like they were improving when the main PH site came back online. Now it is back to redirecting to spam so I guess they...

inline sounds perfect for your needs?

Add in inline switch to the device attached to the extension? http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Electrical/d190/Electrical+Accessories/sd2620/Inline+Switch/p76089 end up like a bedside table lamp

How about the TP-Link smart plug? The light at the top is a push button on/off. You dont need to use the smart stuff. https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-HS100-Control-Devices-Anywhere/dp/B01I3ZCBFK

Just get a corner sofa like the rest of us plebs :D