Recent content by DanRubino

Hi, I would like to brick up a doorway. Now I have a few question around this. 1) Weve knocked down a small non-supporting wall and found that the actual wall was built on top of a thick piece of wood rather than the floorboards. Is this normal? 2) Should we place a similar strip of...

Thanks very much for the advice guys! Rgrds Dan

Hi all, Got a question for you guys, Ive just finished stripping tiles out of the bathroom wich resulted in most of the plaster coming away with them. As a consequence, ive had to remove all the plaster right back to the bare wall. Now the wall (an upstairs non load bearing wall) is made...

Thanks for the suggestions guys. Well we had always planned to have the ceiling re-plastered so had a plasterer come out to give us a quote. He says that the plater is in a really bad state (i.e. some of it is bak to the breeze block!) So what im going to do is strip all the plaster back...

Hi all, Im currently stripping tiles in the bathroom and unfortunately a lot of the plaster is coming off with it (I think the tiles have been on the wall for over 30 years!) Where do I go from here before I can re-tile the wall? Do I have to scrub off the loose bits (leaving on as much...