Recent content by Tmu33

It looks pretty much the same from both sides. It always worries me that one day it might break, they are not the most securely fitten in the door so need to replace the wooden borders. Not sure if it ever did break it would be the cheapest thing to repair.

I would say so. However Im pretty sure there is no treatment to any part of the door, just natural wood. No Oil/Wax/Varnish or anything. Maybe that helped. And when say Rot I'm not talking majorly, and there is no damp. Its just....... weak throughout if that makes sense. What do you mean...

Hi, I have a door pictured below and the trims around the glass are a little worse for wear and some are a little rotten. the picture does not really show the bad areas (Not sure why I took this) I want to replace them, I will likely have to stain the wood with coffee or something to give...

Hi, I have recently bought a property that is suffering from damp in a few areas. the main cause for this is the external render of the property. The front of the house is fine however the rear of the house ideally needs to be redone. Its an old victorian style property with stone...

Ok I think I am liking the idea of the brass plate on the top section, it may help out with a few of the other doors also. And yes I think I agree that too much filler would look bad, With the brass covering the top section the other small holes would probably work with filler, I could try a...

Ok Cheers you two. Guess I will try with what you said JobAndKnock, Just be a bit careful as I go I guess. And maybe refrain from the idea of making a lighter colour. TBH a dark stain would work with what I have also. If all goes tits up, its not too much trouble, it was a cheap table...

Hi, I recently bought this dining table from a car boot for £2 and though I would try and make it usable and nice to look at again. But thought that I would like to lighten the colour considerably. Does anyone have any idea on how I would go about this? I was thinking I would just...

Hi, I recently moved into a new property and there is a fair amount of work that needs doing. Therefore I thought I would come here for a little advice. Here is the issue. Quite a few of there doors are without handles or contain many holes/marks where handles used to be. Now I am not...