Recent content by Ken Cooper

Fair play to you for lifting the floorboards—that’s exactly why the quote is so reasonable. If he had to do the floor prep and reinstatement himself, you’d easily be looking at £350+. At £230 including materials, it’s a very fair deal for structural damp work

Oak doors are heavier and harder to plane than standard hollow-core doors, so labor sits on the slightly higher end for internal fitting.

The cost to fit oak internal doors depends on whether you are looking for just the carpenter's labor or the fully fitted price (supply + labor + ironmongery).

I know I’m proper late to the party with this thread, but honestly, don't just roll over and accept that column. A 6.7m span is definitely doable without ruining an open-plan layout if the engineer actually knows their stuff and isn't just looking for the easiest, cheapest calculation. If...

Cycle streets work on quiet roads. On main roads, they are just paint and a sign. Drivers ignore them. The 2.4 million price tag is the real problem. That money should have gone into protected bike lanes, not a sign telling drivers to be nice.

Found this old thread and remembered my own DIY disaster. Tried making tall wardrobe doors myself. The MDF warped within weeks and the mural I painted cracked along the edge. Gave up and used a wardrobe company instead. Their doors did not warp because they use hidden aluminium frames inside...

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You are totally right to be skeptical here. Running a direct, uninsulated hot water pipe from the main house all the way underground to an outbuilding is a massive red flag because the ground will instantly sap all the heat out of it before it ever reaches your tap. Almost every proper garden...