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I repainted all the wood in the house with satinwood, having sanded down the original gloss. All seemed to go ok, but the parts where we touch a lot, like the banister and kitchen door became really tacky and dirty. Even when we clean it they remain slightly tacky, but only where it's regularly...

It's our ceiling, his floor. The main concern would be airborne sounds from our TV and electric piano. Ceiling height isn't an issue. Wondering if putting another layer of plasterboard straight onto existing ceiling maybe with a membrane in between?

I have a garage conversion that we completed in 2013, all to building regs etc. It was actually a new build house in 2010 and our garage is underneath our neighbours 'coach house' (basically an apartment above mine and his garage). The conversion is now our dining room and utility room and is...

Thanks, is there no issue with fire escape routes?

I'm in the middle of converting my attached garage, my plan is to use the back 2 thirds as a liveable room - this now has a door into the main house. The front third is going to be used as a store room, it currently has the garage door still in place. I have put in all the internal walls...

I've started a garage conversion, I had to get planning permission as its on a new estate and had no permitted development rights. Builder knocked doorway through and installed a window. My original plan was to split it and have the front half with the garage door as a store and the back...

I've started a garage conversion, I had to get planning permission as its on a new estate and had no permitted development rights. Builder knocked doorway through and installed a window. My original plan was to split it and have the front half with the garage door as a store and the back...

Got a sparky coming in to convert the radial to a ring main, so that should sort that.... The underfloor heating is 140w per sq m, so a bit more than I said as its 8sq metres! Whilst we're on that topic, anyone got any views on electric underfloor heating? After I bought it, a local...

Apologies if this has been asked/answered before. I'm converting an attached garage into a spare room and utility room. Builder did the major work, I'm doing the interior work. Garage currently has a 20amp radial using 2.5mm T&E, supplying one socket and a fused lighting spur. It had been...

Hi, We live in a new build town house. Our thermostat is in the corridor outside the kitchen along with the bypass radiator. Only problem is because it's outside the kitchen it's generally pretty warm. This means the heating doesn't come on during the day leaving the rooms upstairs cold...