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Hi I have built an under-stairs storage area with the help of a chippie. He did most of the work, but now that I look at it, one of the doors is not flush. It's built out of birch ply, and uses complicated hinges, so I don't really want to get into taking the door apart. Can I sand down the...

Hi We are edging towards the end of a three year whole house renovation. Running out of steam we have got some decorators in. Their method is to paint the wood with primer and then use wood filler over that to repair the wood. This seems wrong to me - wood filler is for wood, and introducing...

Hi ok so: I have a new loft conversion I have been working on, nearing completion. To maximise headroom, the flat roof section is an unvented, hybrid warm-cold roof, with insulation both above and between the joists. Externally there is roofing felt, followed by some rigid insulation...

Hi God I am having a nightmare. You can see my woes if you search for "Touching Tiles". But this is a slightly different subject so I thought I would do a separate post. I have a small area of horizontal/flat tiling, on concrete backer board, at the end of a bath, that was tanked with...

Hi I have had a Tiler come in to tile my bathroom. The tiles were handmade and a bit irregular, but the tiler wanted to use 2mm spacers which I thought would be okay. Because of the irregularity he didn't use the spacers on the corners of the tiles and now a lot of the tiles are at slight...

I have searched, found a few bits of info, but could do with some quick help: I have done a loft conversion, with a plywood flat roof. I'll cut to the chase - some of the ply has got wet. I am now drying it, but there is some mould - green bits, grey fluff and some white slimy stuff, here and...

Hi everybody! This is my first ever DIYnot post after many many months of very useful sifting - thanks everybody! I am doing a dormer conversion. We are really pushing to get maximum head height. For this reason i would prefer to have insulation between the joists as with a cold flat roof...