Recent content by GSDog

Hi all. I'm in the process of renovating a house and the kitchen floor is about a 20 year old vinyl and is well and truly stuck down. I have no idea what glue they used to lay this but it's ridiculously stuck. We have spent hours at it with spades, tried heating it up with heat guns, blow...

I've been a bit delayed with this but I'm planning to do the plastering this weekend. I'm not sure whether to install steel capping or not. The electricians told me to plaster straight over the wires but other people have told me to use the capping.

I've had the electricians around and the back boxes are installed along with all the wiring and chasing have been done, they say it's ready to be plastered now. I'm going to put PVA glue on 24 hours before using bonding plaster to fill the chases, leaving about 3 - 4mm for the finishing...

Hi all. My mother is renovating a house and the fire place needs replacing because it's very outdated. The actual fire is a gas fire which is in perfectly good condition so we plan to keep it. The fire surround we like is this one...

Thanks everyone. I've done what you said and drilled through the box fixing holes and fitted the rawl plugs that way, they are all nicely secured now. My brother didn't mention this. Would I be able to buy the rubber grommits from somewhere like B&Q? EDIT: Is this what you mean...

Hi all. I'm in the process of renovating a house with my brother and he insisted that we install all the flush mounted back boxes for the electricians to save money. I've never done this before in my life so it's been a bit of an experience. The back boxes are now in place but I'm not...

I'm looking at indirect un-vented hot water cylinders and noticed that all the pre-plumbed units available come with a circulating pump. I was under the impression that I would not require a separate circulating pump as the one in the system boiler should be sufficient? The boiler I am...

Thanks. We've been working on the house today and have completely removed the tanks, hot water cylinder and most of the pipework in the loft in just a couple of hours. That's probably saved us quite a lot already. It's tempting to do most of the pipework ourselves then possibly get someone to...

Hello all. My brother and I very recently inherited a 2 bedroom bungalow from our grandfather and the central heating is in need of upgrading. The current system is probably about 25 years old and the pipes have suffered from several leaks over the last couple of years. For those reasons we'd...

Thanks John, that's what I thought.

Thanks. I think I will remove the old tiles and see what the condition of the floor is like underneath. If it's damaged or uneven then I will probably use self levelling compound or screed.

Hi all. I'm completely renovating my kitchen. It's going to literally have a just a concrete floor once I rip up the old lino. I'm going to be removing the skirting boards because they're very old and I'd like to fit some new ones. Should I fit the new skirting boards before or after...

I would like to replace the horrible vinyl lino flooring in my parents kitchen with some ceramic tiles which we've already chosen. The problem is that underneath the lino flooring are quarry tiles which were apparently fitted some 60 years ago, and haven't been removed since. They are not in...

Hi all. I need a CCTV system to use on a builder's yard. We've had a few burglaries over the years and a couple of months ago we had someone smash the locks off most of the buildings before the alarms scared him off. I saw the vehicle involved with my own eyes but I couldn't get the...