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    Lean to glass roof.

    Hi Ion in the prosess of renovating a 50s council house. To one side of the house there’s a out building that’s been converted to a utility. That’s separated by a walk way and that’s been covered by plastic see through roofing. What I want to do is remove old roof and replace with a glass roof (...
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    Hiring a mini digger to pull up concrete drive

    Hello there I've not posted in a while, I've been toying with the idea of hiring a mini digger next week for pulling up concrete drive and digging out front garden to make one big loose stone drive, I've never used one before so would this be a good idea ??
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    Building a boundry fence

    Hi I own a ex council house and want to build a fence splitting up the garden from next doors, the drain pipe runs down the centre of both houses and was wondering the best way to finish off when I get to the Drain pipe, I will be using concrete posts. Cheers for any help
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    Weathershield exterior

    Hi Just had a quote from this company for rendering a full house then painted in a special paint that is garenteed for 15 years, it's a painted house that is badly flaking and in need of re pointing, they said with the k rend it will not need repointing ?? Anyway they quoted me £10.5k ! I was...
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    Rendering painted house

    Hi I'm thinking of haveing a go at rendering my badly flaking painted house, I'm pretty good at DIY and reckon I'm up the task, I've been told about mesh that I can put over the painted bricks so the render bonds ?? Where would I start on a job like this ? Remove down pipes ?? I've completely...
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    Cheap carpets in northwest (chorley area)

    Hello there, Can anybody recomend a good value carpet/vinyl outlet on chorley area ? Cheers
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    Kitchen fitting cost

    This might sound stupid but I'm having a kitchen fitting by a fitter I've known for a long time. I did ask for a price but somehow I've found myself having the kitchen fitted without a price ! Does anybody know what the average fitting cost for a kitchen is ? It's a small/average size kitchen...
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    Replacing radiators

    Hi there I'm replacing all the old radiators in a house I'm renovating. My question is should I replace with type 11 radiators or type 21 ? I'd like to replace with type 11s because they are cheaper ! But I want them to run efficiant. Cheers
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    Masonery paint over brick in need of re pointing

    Hi this my first post on the forum so sorry I'm asking for help straight away ! The outside of my house is painted but starting to look realy rough on the cable end. I've noticed the cement between the brick is looking quite worn and probably in need of repointing. The old bloke that had the...
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