Ok, now the wedding is out of the way, my attentions are turned to decorating our new flat and doing the odd bit of DIY.
I will undoubtedly have loads of questions on a variety of topics, on which perhaps you chaps could advise.
Can we have a DIY/decorating/home maintenance page amongst all the other interests, or should I continue to post those types of topics on the pub forum?

Its probably got as legitimate a claim as some other forums but real men do DIY and real men go down the pub so may as well post them here for now.

PS For future reference with respect to DIY etc I am a bumbling amateur at best but have made plenty of mistakes which I can give good advice on avoiding!

check out my wooden flooring thread (somewhere in pub talk i think)

Your wish appears to have been granted

Good luck with the DIY. I've just spent all weekend re-doing the playroom. 'Auntie' wanted a new wardrobe in there to keep all the dressing up outfits in (the children's, not hers ), but somehow that turned into having to strip all the wallpaper, sand down all the wood, line the walls, paint them (and the ceiling), put wardrobe and a couple of extra shelves up and clean the carpets!!

Quite enjoyable, but not quite what I was expecting! At least I got to have the footie and Rugby on all weekend

I do a lot of DIY. Essentially, it's how I earn my living.

Currently towards the latter stages of stripping out an old bathroom (incl. cast iron bath that almost broke my back getting downstairs). Got the new toilet in, stripped back and repainted all the woodwork, tiled every other surface - including the ceiling! - and should finish the grouting today. Next, I'll plumb in the bath and basin and have my first proper wash in far too long.

If you think I might be able to help in any way just ask.

As long as you don't ask about Plumbing or electrics then I may be able to my two penneth...

Good luck with the new home young man!!!

Flooring is my specialist subject, mainly Vinyls, Amticos, Karndean, PolyFlor, Altro, Rubber, Linoleums and all Subfloor preparations.

Feel free to ask for any advice.

solid french oak flooring is my speciality

How much does it cost for a French Polish these days?

screw french polishing - scratches add character

I would screw a female french polisher... or a Polish female french polisher for that matter... but then again I'm up for anything these days...

An old guy at work gave me a tip a long time ago............stain all woodwork !! Do it right once and you dont need to do it for 10 years or more .......paint gets dirty and needs touching up every year.

or wax it

Very True.

paint only gets dirty if you don't bother doing any cleaning...

No it just fades and gets dusty ! A dark wood doesnt fade it just needs a polish every week

don't buy cheap paint then

Yellows with time due to sunlight and sap seeping from the wood, even if you use the best quality paints and "knot stoppers" it will still yellow.

Please explain?

oh God - don't start for f*cks sake

stain your piggin' wood if you want to

Lets use this post as a way of helping a new home owner and not a vehicle for totting up our posts eh Mad

Mad consider yourself TOLD

you think i'm totting up my post counts? ffs - i hope you're joking

Whatever.........hey why not just paint your walls red and write Roy Keane is skill all over them

must be time of the month


joke BTW

eh?

not wishing to get into a row with you but what's with the attitude?

take it off line and pm me if you want to get personal.

Not really guy, just trying to help another bloke out, Keep smiling with whatever method you go for CC, just watch out for Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen in his Zaffira , Anyway lets keep this to D.I.Y eh fellows

He'll have a go at your laminate flooring next.......

i don't find that remotely funny - i find it offensive given the context of your previous tone. if you want to have another pop at my expense then do so via private message, then i'll respond accordingly away from this thread