Recent content by 85watts

Hi All I'd be very grateful for any advice please - we have a relatively new conservatory, but several tiles are cracked and disjointed. On pulling up a couple to have a look we found that we have a very flat concrete floor, onto which had been laid a few sheets of the sort of foam packing...

Hello all I would really like to put a shower screen up, instead of the curtain we have now. The wall it would have to go on is a tiled stud wall. Do you think the wall would take the weight of a shower screen or am I asking for trouble even thinking about it? Does the fact that the wall...

Thanks John, I'll give it a go tonight.

Thanks John, I really appreciate the advice. As you say, it seems if I'm going to do the room I might as well try and get it right. My concern is that I'm going to end up pulling off great chunks of plaster, or that I'm going to find some horrible surprises when I get all the paper off. I...

Hello all I've just bought my first house and am trying to make it look nice! It's a pretty well-kept 1929 Semi, just a lick of paint here and there should do the trick. One room has a very rich, dark, peach-coloured wallpaper. I wanted to brighten it up, but have never done any...