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Hi, I hope this is in the right place but I just wondered if anyone could advise me on soundproofing a joining wall. We live in a semi, neighbours arent that noisy but the dog can be a problem, ours as well as theirs :lol: Ive read that you can add more plasterboard with a gap between but...

:lol: :lol: :lol: Thanks Noseall put a smile on my face that, hey and what a great idea!!!

:D Thanks for that, thats great, any ideas how to move the shed on it in one piece :lol:

Can you lay concrete paving stones on a concrete base? We are DIY disasters :oops: , have recently moved house and was hoping to do this in our garden to hide the concrete base thats currently the patio but have since been told the paving slabs will crack if we do and we will have to remove...

Thanks for that, we will get some polythene to protect the consevatory wall.

:D Thanks for that, I never thought of doing that. Im totally clueless when it comes to anything DIY. The flower bed is 18 foot long and about 3 foot high but it looks like theres a brick support half way along it. (one brick width between the conservatory wall and the flower bed wall). May...

Please can anyone advise me on whats best to do. We bought a house that has a conservatory which is brick at the bottom then upvc windows and plastic sheeted roof. Looking at the conservatory from the garden there is also a brick built 'flower bed' the full length of the conservatory attached...

Hi, thanks for the replies. Husband agrees that the roof tiles didnt look 'raised' when we bought the house so I rang the insurance and as they have had so many claims due to the gales have given me the go ahead to get someone in to sort them out. They have allowed upto £500, which is to...

Thanks for replying. Excuse my terminalogy, Im a total DIY disaster. I havent been in the loft yet! but will see what I can do re the photo. Its like the roof looked all uniform and straight when viewing from the front but now it looks all straight until the last row of tiles up the 'apex'...

Hi, after the gales the other day mortar has fell out and it looks like the last row of tiles have lifted. We havent lived there long but I remember looking at the roof from street level before we bought the house and they didnt look like they do now. A tradesman doing work on our house at the...

Thanks for replying, you made my day! :D Was dreading someone saying 'all the tiles have to come up before you re tile'. The tiles that are down are very sound so we will tile over them.

Sorry if this has been asked before but we are being told different ways to do this. We are having a new kitchen and the floor is vinyl tiles over ceramic tiles (all very sound). Can I tile over the top of this as its proving a nightmare to remove. Ive been told to tile on top, remove the...

I could be getting this all wrong but we are in a similar position. Dont you just tile up to the cabinet legs behind the plinth. This way you dont have to remove any cabinets or appliances? I presume then the plinth will have to be cut down to fit? and when put back will make it look like the...

Im a total novice at DIY, claim to fame was laying a laminate floor at last house!! We have just moved and the downstairs floor is asphelt?? (Black solid floor) I want to lay a tiled floor in the kitchen and conservatory but the floor in the kitchen seems unlevel and has old lino tiles stuck...

Thanks for that. Weve ordered a gas hob and its a double oven I want. There are already ample sockets in the kitchen at the moment and as the kitchen is small we can only replace the units like for like so no additional sockets will be needed. Looks like we are going to have to get a gas...

Hi, Ive just moved house and are having a new kitchen fitted soon. My problem is buying a decent built under gas double oven as they are few and far between as we havent loads to spend. Ive been told I could have an electric double oven which would mean lots more choice but I thought we would...

Thank you so much jeds. There has never been a door at the top or bottom and it is a small hall at the bottom but as the stairs are in the middle then yes there are rooms off it. There was once doors from these rooms to the small hallway but 2 of these were removed prior to us buying the house...

Thanks jeds. Spoke to my solicitor today whos said to get building control out, Ive dealt with them before about these damn walls. They confirmed building control didnt need to be contacted as they were non load bearing walls. Im really fed up with all this now, seems so unfair that next door...

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Thanks, buyers happy, its her mortgage lender whos asking and Ive given the paperwork from BC already. Aaaagh, it only ever happens to me. :( Thanks again.