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Hi, Can anyone recomend a good mobile valet service that you have recently used? Locataion Wicklow or Dublin. Thanks

Would also recommend Colortrend, only paint I've used that you can touch up with later and blends perfectly. Using it to paint outside of our house, when the temperatures pickup that is.

We have a Thermia air source heat pump running UFG througout. Built house little over 2 years ago, it's 3,000 sq ft dormer, insulated relatively well and no HRV. Running costs last first year came in at aprox. €1,700 and this last year was €1,500. Figures include all heating & electricty...

About to tackle painting our house for the first time myself too (with a little helped roped in hopefully!) and will be using Colortrend, used it inside and it's brilliant paint, touches up and blends with existing which is great for maintaining. Is dearer but think it's worth it, as they say...

Hi Orka just see your post about getting your passport within 2 weeks, do you mind me asking was it a holiday your were travelling for or for something more urgent? As I lodged my application today as we are due to go away on the 3rd June, but they're telling me it will be 20 working days which...

Thanks for the info, very helpful. Will do a bit more research on the topic

Considering fitting a power switch to our house which would allow a generator be pullged in as a backup power supply in the event of a power failure. The power transfer switch is about £200 to buy which then needs to be fitted and wired in between the mains supply and the circut board in the...

Stone Chippings In case it's any help to anyone, got 30 tonnes of very nice quartz stone chippings from a company called Cranford Stone based in Co. Donegal. Excellent quality stone, very good value and they were a pleasure to deal with. Their website is http://www.cranfordstone.com/ . No...

Once you've ruled out the obvious, such as blocked flue, leak's in flue coming out of stove or going into the chimney liner, I would strongly recomend getting the company you bought it off to get the stove checked. My parents had the very same problem with smoke billowing out every time they...

Complainer - the OP obviously has the funds if he's getting a painter to paint it, so don't know where your getting that implication from! He asked for peoples advice on cost of painting his house, not an irrelevant unfounded speculation on his financial affairs!

We built our house (2,800sq ft dormer) and moved in last year. Planning on painting it myself (with a little help, hopefully;)) when the weather gets a bit warmer. Got one quote from a painter who did a bit of work for us and think it was coming in about €1,200 for labour only, hence the reason...

Soapy warm water!

Chepaest quote I got for tyres was from Atlas Tyres, stillorgan branch (no affiliation) [broken link removed]

How about 'this'll'do' ?

Didn't end up getting them in the end, as it turned out my fitting are MR16's and not GU10's. Ultra bright led halogen replacements for G16's are hugely expensive so I'm waiting until they come down in price. But have heard good reports on the G16 replacements from someone else who got them, so...

The system we installed doesn't require backup (check manufacturer spec, it will tell you but most of these systems should be able to cope with Irish weather conditions) but as the temperature drops the heatpump does call on the use of a built in auxillary heater (heating element) to help heat...

See thread below on Geothermal costs which may be of interest, i posted my 1st years running cost here as well. We're in our house 15 months and are very happy with how the system has performed. The system runs UFH throughout. Was just thinking how impressed I was with the system on a night like...

Looking to get stone chippings for our driveway. I need aprox 30 tonnes to cover the area to depth required. Ideally looking for something like 15-20mm in a light golden colour. Have priced a couple of places and am being quoted aprox. €70 + vat per tonne or there abouts, which is working out at...

Don't think there's a minimum requirment for insulation level for UFH. We put down 150mm of foam insulation, as our contractor advised that the concrete can react to the foil over time, which would break down the insulation. Make sure other trades are aware there is UFH below the floor so care...

Looking at getting gravel for our driveway getting tired at looking at blue hardcore. Was told some time ago that you need to lay a 'blinding' first over the hardcore in a similar colour as the stone chippings otherwise the underlying hardcore will still be visible when gravel beds down. Can...