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Thanks for the replies. So it's dried and you can't really feel the joints but you can still see them. What'll happen if its too thin, will it crack?

Hi there, Wondered if you can give me an idea on how thin (or thick) a ceiling skim needs to be to get away with it. The boards were relatively flat when using a spirit level so was a good surface to skim to. The plasterer did the skim but is it normal to be able to still see where the...

Thanks for the reply. Any specific tips for the process he should use or materials. People seem to debate a method in just about every trade so I'd like to be aware of the 'best' way and the 'cheap' way, if it applies, so I can compare apples to apples when getting quotes.

Thanks for the replies. As long as it doesn't look cowboy/stupid to people to have these on show when I'm about to go through the expense to skim anyway, then I guess I have to live with it. I would have thought cost of skimming and chasing would be what prevents most people from hiding the...

Standard practice for the pipes to be on show?

Hi there, I'm renovating a house in Devon that i"ve just bought and basically everything needs to be done. New bathroom, kitchen, heating, electrics etc. It seems so far I've been burned a couple of times with people not doing the best job, but only realising at the end, after they've...

I'm renovating a house for the first time and have had a new central heating system installed. I got a competitive quote and had the system installed in copper in one day. I have noticed since that a lot of places have the radiator pipes to the valves chased and hidden into the wall, where...

Definitely no straight chase before. There is a scar line from the polycarbonate roof that was there before but certainly not chased in.

A few more pics... Sorry about the orientation, for some reason they upload upside down, haven't worked out a way to rotate them.

Hi Nige, Yes the walls were existing. 1890's victorian property. One is also a party wall, I can't believe he's gone and chopped the brick face to pieces without asking first. What he's saying now is that he didn't quote for stepped flashing, if he did he'd have quoted £250 more. I'm...

What to do now though?

Labour and materials not including the Velux which I supplied came to £1000. The quote just says "all lead work as required". The roofer claims he doesn't like to do the step flashing as it creates weak points in the lead. In any case he says he didn't quote me for step flashing and if he...

Hi there, I've just had a new pitched roof with a Velux window installed. The quote just said something along the lines of lead flashing to be installed. I'm not happy with how this looks. for a brand new roof I expected something a lot better. There's different gaps the whole way along...