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Hello, (have posted this in building too, but not sure if it is more and electrical issue) I am getting a new kitchen put in and for part of the building work I am getting a range cooker sunk into the chimney breast. The range cooker is 60cm deep (and about 110 wide) adn we will only be...

Hello, Not sure if this is the right place, but here goes... I am getting a new kitchen put in and for part of the building work I am getting a range cooker sunk into the chimney breast. The range cooker is 60cm deep (and about 110 wide) adn we will only be able to sink it in abotu 30 - 40...

it is actually teh door frame. imagine the front door, then a bit into the hall they put an internal door - so it is the frame of that

Thanks John - I may well just stick to the hand saw as I am worried about the old fingers thing. will it be as good? I only have an external corner to do (unless i turn out to be brillant at this and rip it all up). I looked at the scribe threads and they seem very complicated but will read...

Hello, I pulled some skirting off very old, seventy two layers of paint, couldn't face stripping it). However I have since discovered that it is not standard anymore:( there is one with same profile in b and q but it is taller. I want it to match the rest of the hall (so i don't have to pull it...

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Thanks CG, have just googled it and it looks great. did you use the old kind or the leave on for 24 hours kind? and does it really work on layers and layers? I am just imagining leaving it on for 24 hours to find out half a layer has come off:(

Hello i am starting to strip our woodwork. The only reason I am acutally doing this is because there are 10 million layers of paint (okay 7) and the top one is a weirdy plasticy paint that look awful and has bubbled off in some parts. We got a random paint stripper out fo B&Q (can't...

Hello all, We are in the process of stripping the hall in our 1880s house. There are several layers of paper and paint - but at the very botton the wall is half covered in brown paper that has been varnished onto teh wall:( some of it has flaked off, but attempts to remove other parts have...

I had the same problem but at my diy nightclass the teacher advised us to crease it to the edge then pull it back from the wall (while still wet) and cut along the crease using scissors. Make sure you ahve really good, big scissors though. you can usually glide through

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Thanks for your reply, but I guess I am more concerned about whether I should make allowances for the floor moving a bit.

thank you - i feel a bit silly not thinking of that myself. a bloke at my work is bringing in a super sharp pen knife and a metal ruler

hello, I am using fancy wallpaper for the splashback in our kitchen and then putting a clear perspex panel over it. it will look fab - but only if i get the top of the paper cut straight. how can i do this? can you hire really big gullotines? any advise much appreciated. Maz

Hello, I have had a search around for this but can't find anything. I have just tiled our kitchen floor with slate tiles and left a wee gap at any edges. Can i just grout this with the normal grout or do i have to use flexible stuff in case of expansion? As always, help is appreciated. Maz

did as you said and they said it was fine!!! so floor is down and looks fab (besides all that having no grout thing). thanks for your help M

I am a bit of a newbie but have tiled walls before. now we have bought some biggish slate tiles for the kitchen floor adn we got some flexible ceramic tile adhesive to stick them down with. HOWEVER, i then read all this thing abotu mixing cup mortar and all that lark. I would really like to not...

Hello Not sure if this is the right place for this - but you can always throw me out if not. I have just got some acrylic sheets back cut to size to fit in our kitchen as a splashback (we are putting nice wallpaper under them). We cut them out a template because one wall has two plug...

Cool. Thanks cocoots100. feel much better after watching the video. I was wondering around b and q last night like a lost soul.

ohmygod - i think i have to do this too. my bathroom has newly plasterboareded walls. I was going to ignore the joins and hope they when away when I papered over them. Can you point me to a webapge that explains how to do this with pictures and stuff? I am a real beginner