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I have a lot of cracks in plaster in all rooms of the house. Any advice on how best to fill them and smarten the room up without having to redecorate the whole house as I can't afford that.

Hi, Whats the best way to strip wax from furntiure? I have bought a pine dining table and chairs and I would like to strip off the old wax to paint some parts and re-wax others. Is it better to use a chemical wax stipper or old fashioned elbow grease and sandpaper? I don't supposed having...

Hi, I recently bought a welsh dresser and as a result had to take down one of a set of three wall lights that were on the wall. The three wall lights are all operated via one wall switch. Is it possible to use the cable left from the wall light (which at present is terminted) to connect to a...

Hi, My neighbour has built a patio up against my garage wall that is about half a metre higher than the damp course in my garage. As the patio is built out of compacted down rubble covered in loose pebbles he claims that it won't cause damp problems in my garage wall. Is this correct or...

Hi, I have a quote for the following: - Remove existing boiler and rads - Supply and fit complete central heating system with 10 rads, new valves and thermostatic valves, a boiler and wireless room stat programmer - all rads to be fitted in same position as current rads - the boiler is to...

Hi, My neighbour has recently knocked down a detached garage that was built right next to mine and has built a patio in its place. As we live on a hill my neighbours property is slighty higher than mine and as a result the new patio level is about 30cm higher than the base of my garage. I am...

Hi, We have a loft conversion in our house that was built in 1969 and was given a building regs certificate. I understand that building regs have changed since then and our conversion won't comply on things like a fire door and fireproof boarding. How do we stand when we want to sell the house...

Hi, My 1930's semi had a porch added sometime in the 70's. The walls are single brick and the porch opens straight onto the hallway (i.e no door in between). The walls seems to suffer from very bad condensation and the plaster work is soaking wet every morning. I don't think the roof is leaking...

Hi, I am painting my lounge magnolia but I would like to paint the chimney breast in a deep red colour. Whats the best way of getting a good edge between the two colours? Thanks

Hi, I want to retile my bathroom and I have tried taking off a couple of test tiles and all the old plaster came away with the tiles taking the wall back to bare brick. My plasterer advised just tiling on top of the old tiles. Is this possible and/or advisable? Thanks

When the shower is on full and hot it starts whistling very loudly. The only way to stop it is to turn on the cold water tap. Any ideas? BTW we have a combi boiler if thats any help

Can anyone recommend a weekend course? I am a complete beginner but as most of my house needs plastering and I can't afford to pay a professional a course sounds like a good idea. Will a weekend be enough for a complete beginner to them go home and start plastering?

Help!! After stripping off the wall paper I discovered the walls were covered in a pink shiny paint. I sanded this down and gave the walls a quick wash will watered down emulsion to cover some patches which were just plaster. I then used Polycell basecoat with a matt emulsion on top. The paint...