Recent content by Matthewh95

Perfect, thank you all for the responses! @freddiemercurystwin thank you especially, I will follow that process and see how it turns out. Kind regards, Matthew

I made the assumption that these standard units weren’t paintable but perhaps I’m making this more complicated than it needs to be? Do you know if these are paintable? Thanks for your help Kind regards, Matthew

Good afternoon, I’m based in the UK and hoping to build some cabinets into my alcoves and then build bookshelves on top of them. To make this task easier, I am hoping to use a shop bought set of cabinets that I can assemble and subsequently paint at home. Unfortunately due to minimum order...

Good afternoon all, I’m about to remove skirtings in an alcove to fit some built in cabinets & bookshelves. To achieve the built in look I’m hoping to bring the existing skirting forward to the front of the cabinets as a plinth. To do this I will need a new internal corner where the skirting...

@oldbuffer thats a great comprehensive response! The new boiler is a top of the line Ideal Maxi combi, (can’t remember the name of the top of my head) so pretty confident that it’ll have a built in bypass based on what you’ve said. I’ve already begun plumbing the main run in 22mm pipe...

Thanks @kidgreen61, I appreciate you taking the time to reply

Good afternoon all, I am soon to have a new combi boiler fitted to provide central heating and hot water (currently just have an old hot water boiler). I am in the process of fitting my central heating system pipe work, and I am hoping for some advice. I have drawn up a picture below of what...

Good evening fellow DIY degenerates! I am trying to fit a plaster of Paris fireplace surround but can’t see any obvious fixing points or bracketry. As it is made of plaster of Paris it is quite fragile, therefore I’m nervous to drill into it. It will be going onto a freshly boarded and skimmed...