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I've got an old (1890's) slate roof in Scotland. typical construction - Scots slate, on sarking boards on rafters - insulation at ceiling level. No eaves or ridge ventilation - plenty of vent through the slates and boards. BUT- nail sickness abounds, and i'm spending a fortune every spring...

i'm planning on mounting a new LCD over the fire place, instead of on the floor net to the fire place. The chimney breast is double sided and free standing between two rooms i can get wiring down a void in the chimney breast (not in the flue!) from above. I want to connect other bits...

i need to piant my panel doors and skirtings and architraves with a white satin finish. They are currently varnished, but the previous owners have ensured that the top of the skirtings and sides of the architraves show every crazy colour choice they made over the years - under the varnish...

when we bought the house, hall walls and ceiling were bright yellow, and coving painted in a metallic gold. yum we painted over all this successfully years ago. wear and tear, refurbishment, dogs and children mean a redecoration is underway. the coving has taken on a blue tinge -...

Hi all. I'm fitting an internal door. partially glazed Oak door, if that is at all relevant. The frame is new, as installed by a joiner who i do not wish to see again (before you suggest getting him back!) I have fitted two other doors in new frames, and all went well, if a little...

I have a hole in my living room wall to a cupboard housing UFH manifold and a few other bits and pieces. I need to make a door to fit in the hole that can be flush painted white to match in with the room, and apart from a discreet trim, be fairly un-obtrusive. the opening is about 18" wide...

Firstly, this is not about internal corners, glue vs screws etc! I've digested all that! I am skirting a room with 9" high skirting. There are a number of external corners to worry about. My little plastic coving mitre-box is too small. My mitre saw with the captive saw is not high...

i am tiling 3 sq metres - large-ish mosaics on a kitchen splashback. Am i alright with a ready mixed adhesive, or should i go with the dry, mix-it-yourself carry on? doing a big area, i would go with the dry stuff, i think. What are thoughts on a ready-mix?

i know how to do a three way mitre with the standard quarter round plastic or metal trim. Been there done that. I am tiling my kitchen splashback, and am taken with the flat metal trim. Looks very neat with the tiles we've chosen. However, i need to do two threeway mitres as the splashback...

i have a large belfast-type sink unit that i rescued from an old Habitat freestanding unit, and have plumbed it into my new kitchen. the plastic connection underneath that connects the two bowl wastes and the overflow seems pretty unique 0 i cant find a like product anywhere. the...

so, just finish decorating the new living room - one mist and two finish coats over plasterboard The Minister for Domestic Affairs then stands there looking at the glorious brilliant white that she wanted, and asks "can we have a light cream or silvery grey?" so, if I give into this...

New extension - new room - new plasterboard all taped, filled sanded etc. Ideally, i should install the coving now, and THEN start the decorating process. Someone who shall remain nameless, it transpires, has applied a mist coat to the room today. Does this affect the process of...

I am asking this here, as the chap that roughed out my electrics in my new extension is on holiday for the next fortnight. I am connecting the socket face plates in the kitchen. It is a radial circuit Each double socket has either a loop (two wires) coming from the wall, or a single...

evenin' all, i am plumbing in a new tap into a new kitchen. The tap is a FRANKE Olympus tap. The problem is that the threaded rod that connects the tap to the underside of the sink / worktop is too short. The sink is 25mm thick (ceramic) planted on top of a 40mm timber worktop, so...

What are the rules on earthing the socket box? I have read such comments as 'if regulations require, attach earth between unit and backbox' I am using plastic drywall patresses. I am in Scotland. Do i need to earth the patresses? Do i need to sheath the earth wire if needed? thanks chaps!

We've all seen the nauseatingly cheery DIY 'cheeky chappies' on various daytime shows painting plaster that is clearly still wet, and one coat only, at that. No doubt it goes horribly wrong once the production team are long gone. Ive had a block wall freshly plastered. bottom coat and top...

I have just installed new triple glazed windows. I want to keep them wooden - not painted regardless of any staining performance, what is the best, long lasting product for this? I want to avoid varnishes, due to the peeling and maintenance issues, but am keen to get a long lasting...

I have 46 linear metres of coving to install in a couple of new rooms. rooms are plasterboard lined, professionally taped and filled and ready for decorating. I was looking at proper plaster coving - various profiles, and came across the polystyrene coving. Not the plain polystyrene, but...

Morning all, new here, but a bit of a lurker... I am just about to start fitting a kitchen. It is in a new extension on an old building the floor is flat and smooth as a billiard table the walls are perfectly plumb however, the corner is not square. I asked for it square, but...