Recent content by denwyn

I built a decking in May this year, no problem with the build at all. Just the knots in the decking are oozing what I think must be sap, which sets as white powder after drying. Is there a way I can stop this, or at least lesson it. Asked in B&Q, they recommend brushing with turps, but to be...

I built a decking in May this year, no problem with the build at all. Just the knots in the decking are oozing what I think must be sap, which sets as white powder after drying. Is there a way I can stop this, or at least lesson it. Asked in B&Q, they recommend brushing with turps, but to be...

My daughter has bought her first house and has been busy decorating it, unfortunately she has a problem with a couple of ceilings, she tells me she has given them two coats of Dulux Vinyl Matt and a yellow tinge keeps showing through, i have a feeling the people who she bought the house of were...

We have recently updated our bathroom with new tiles etc. I painted the door with Wicks one coat satin white pant about two months back and after about 6 weeks parts of the paint on the door started to yellow, so a 8 days ago i repainted the door again, and looking at it this morning there is...

Thanks for that, its an after thought me running the cable in, he was fine about the shower cable, showed him what i was doing and it was fine. Cable will be in one run, approx 10 metres in total,will end up right next to stop tap under kitchen sink, four metres will run under the floorboards...

We have a electrician coming in next week to update our electric fuse boxes,he's given a quote which I am more than happy with. I have run in a new shower cable for a 10.8 kw shower which he will connect up. He did say that he would have to run a new earth cable from the new consumer unit to the...

Going to re-tile my bathroom, tilling over the existing tiles,at present it has a plastic bath trim on ,the type fixed before tiling. I have cut it off, not really sure as to fitting another one before i tile or using silicone to join along edge of bath. bath is a plastic one but soundly fixed...

i am doing a revamp of our bathroom,the old tiles are basic 6x6 white tiles,and are really well fixed to the wall,and i intend tiling over them. its very difficult to get them off,i did try but its not easy and i dont want to damage the bath trying to remove them,can someone recommend the right...

Am going ahead with this in a weeks time,thanks for all the advice. i plan to studd off in 3x2 cls, with dpc stapled to studd before fixing to wall,infill between studs with 50mm celotex insulation boards,cover over the studds with vapour barrier and finish with plasterboard. Do i need to use...

Its a huge job to reinstate a wall and door between kitchen and conservatory,apart from that even if i were to do it the kitchen would then have no window at all,plus we only intend to stay her for at the very most 3 years. Heating bills are ok, no higher than normal, two high output radiators...

It does poor off the windows on occasions,but since we bought a dehumidifier its not a real problem, ceiling is plasterboard, and has never shown any problems at all. Lots of different opinions in the answers on here, not 100% sure which way to go now, i will have to try something though.

Sorry if i'm asking such stupid questions,but i don't really want to have to do this again. So is it ok to put vapour barrier on wall first and insulation batts over in between the studding,then plasterboard.

I think i am going to go ahead and do this now,i plan to batten off the walls with 3x2,place insulation batts between studs an plasterboard. Should i place a vapour barrier over the wall before i studd it out, or do i do that over the studs before i plasterboard it. At the moment i am not sure...

There is no door between kitchen and conservatory at all, extractor fan above hob, always used,no trickle vents at all. Dehumidifier has hepled a great deal,but very small damp spots,and slight mould on the single brick walls below upvc windows in very cold ( frosty ) weather. Had hoped a...

I will use the pasterboards with the foil backing as i can get it in sizes from Wicks which fit in my car, is it ok to use roll lagging as the insulation,its a lot cheaper than the large sheets of insulation board,its not a big area i'm doing, about 85cm high by a total of 5mt in length. After...