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Hi everyone. I've read lots of posts about core drilling and stitch drilling, but not entirely sure what to do in this situation: We are about to replace our ancient kitchen. We need to put ventialtion for the cooker hood extractor through the wall. We have been supplied with a 3m ducting...

Hi, I've read several posts on here but can't quite find what info I need, so hopefully someone will read this and be helpful!! We have a random stone built 1860s cottage with a suspended timber floor in the living room. Many of the boards have rotten (several patch jobs done over the...

We're going to get a woodburner installed, a friend of mine has just installed his own and said it was eay, will help etc, etc. But as I have read that you should get it installed by a qualified/certified person as the new building regs demand :x , we're wondering if we should do it 'properly'...

Hi, sorry if this is posted in the wrong section, wasn't sure where to put it.... As a boatbuilder I often get asked to repair various things made of fibreglass, not just boats. I've now been contacted by someone who's got a badly installed fibreglass swimming pool that has cracked as a...

Hi appreciate people's experience/opinions on this, I've read tonnes of info from this forum, and various websites and getting a bit confused and really not sure what to do! :cry: We've got an 1860s cottage with an extension c1900 so the roof timbers are at least 100yrs old, so untreated in...

We've currenly got an old gas fire & backboiler in the livingroom fireplace of our 1860s cottage. There is a flexible metal flue up the entire chimney. We are having the central heating completely ripped out soon and a new combi boiler installed in the utility room extension. So we would like...

This might sound a bit silly, but we've had the soil pipe rerouted down the outside of the house to free up space in the bathroom and utility. The house is painted white (old cottage) and the pipe is grey. We want to paint the pipe so it is less obvious - can it be done? And if so what paint...

I've read lots of the posts about adding 1"x3" timbers crossways to the ceiling joist, which will add strength, allow extra depth of insulation, cables etc, before boarding with loft chipboard. We've got an 1860s cottage with original roof timbers. Which have signs of woodwork, so presumably...

Hi, I would really appreciate the advice of more qualified/knowledgeable people than me :wink: about how to go about our house's electrical updating- thanks in advance! We have a c1860s cottage with c1900 and c1960/70 extensions. At present there are two traditional fuseboxes which look like...