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Thanks for the replys. I haven't bought an oven yet so I'll try and get the smallest one possible. There must be loads of kitchens out there with electric build under ovens with a gas hob on top and wondered where the gas pipe usually sits for these things?

Hi, Probably another daft question from me but.... I'm fitting an Ikea kitchen in and have a gas hob and electric single oven. The gas pipe for the hob though sticks out 80-100 mm from the wall and most ovens have a depth of 545- 557mm to fit a 600mm cabinet, so the oven will stick out...

I'm in the middle of putting a new kitchen in and have recently had a new gas pipe installed. The plumber connected my existing free standing Gas Cooker so we could cook, until the new gas hob and electic oven had been fitted to the kitchen. I would now like to disconnect the gas cooker so I...

I've added some photo's and just remmembered that there is a fireplace still open in one bedroom upstairs on one stack and a hole in the living room downstairs on the other stack. I hadn't remmbered this as both have got boards leaning against them to hide the mess, but not sealed. Is this...

Hi there, I know I'm replying to an old post but here are the photo's as promised. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/modmonkey1/my_photos Photo's marked loft 9, 11 and 12 have the 'cotton wool balls' I mentioned earlier. Both sides of the walls have damage which includes the opposite...

Thanks mate, will get someone to check it out.

I'll try and get some photo's up but it will probably be after Christmas now. There doesn't seem to be any airbricks and the chimney is easily identifed as mine. I'll will let you know. Thanks for your help so far.

Hi there, I've already posted this in the roofing & gutterin section. I own the upper maisonnette flat of a spilt terraced house, with a separately owned basement flat at the bottom. The building is about 100 years old. Up in my loft the brickwork on both party walls are crumbling...

It's a Brighton address but still by the Sussex coast at least.

Hi there, I own the upper maisonnette flat of a spilt terraced house, with a separately owned basement flat at the bottom. The building is about 100 years old. Up in my loft the brickwork on both party walls are crumbling badly, especially in the chimney stacks on the right side of the...

Thanks Kev - what's the best way of turning the water off without causing problems to the combi boiler?

Turned on the hot water tap in the bath last night and couldn't switch it off again. It's a very old style tap and the handle slips loose just as it tightens, kind of like when you tighten a jam lid but if you tighten it too far it comes lose again. Anyway, by putting downward pressure on the...

:oops: Sorry that wasn't very clear. They are two separate leaks. One upstairs in the bathroom and running down the back wall of the flat and one downstairs by the front door leaking down to the flat below. Just wondered if the brick work would be damaged or it can just dry out in the summer and...

I just found out last night that my bath taps and stopcock by the front door have been leaking, possibly for years, causing servere damp in the walls. Once fixed will this dry out eventually, or is there more serious damage to be caused. What action should I take next? It's a converted...

Thaks for that Zampa - will let you know how it goes!

The wall in my house are very uneven and I am thinking of overboarding them. Is this a good idea and if I used ivory backed plasterboard, would aviod the need to employ a plaster? On a really tight budget but don't want it to look rubbish either. Thanks for any opinions or ideas on this?

Hi there There are two bedrooms in our flat that has thick 80's style artex over all the walls. What is the best way to remove this. I think it's a bit to bumpy for a skim over as it raised about 10mm from the wall, and am aware there is probably aspestos in the artex. Any advice would be...

Well....I wasn't as detailed. It didn't pick up the fact that the central load bearing wall was a stud wall, and obviously didn't look in the fat below due to access. I knew it needed work, but am just hoping there is a solution. I have a friend who is a surveyor who will look at it for me at...

I've just moved into a maisonette, which is the upper part of an old terraced house, and has a basement flat below. The place needs a lot of work and I've just found out, the one load bearing wall downstairs is stud wall, and also has an arch in it to make the whole of the dowstairs open...