Recent content by lukemate

in melbourne Australia visiting friends. got back last week unfortunately hadnt got round to registering for a vote as i was expecting to recieve a poll card until it was too late. never the less got back and started doing a bit of work to my mums end town house house she bought over christmas...

unfortunately i was out of the country mate. probably the best place to be anyway...

either way whoever would have been running the country over the course of the economic downturn im not sure how things would have been any different. we as a country would still have the same amount of money we would have had in the first place, and with conservative cutting nhs spending...

completely agree gasman. its a discrace to every individual who has paid to call britain great...

im not happy i wasnt even on the register neither were a number of my friends. then it was too late too vote. anyone but conservative for me. the citizens of this country need more not less.

just reading through what you had wrote once again there oldun and just want to say truely thanks for your experteas and biscuits! on taking the time to sum up what i am intending to do. you have summed up the job very well :wink:

thanks oldun and ajrobb for your replies it is much apreciated! "down hallway, door to lounge/diner on left then cupboard that i have taken door and liner off. door from kitchen into diner lounge. open plan lounge diner with no partition seperating them. i wish to incorporate cupboard and...

this is a 1980s town house, with a party wall, i would imagine the house next door is divided by 1 or 2 courses? any ideas how to check?

ok so heres the images. the plan is to move the kitchen door forward into the hall so it sits half way up the stairs (image6). (the new doorway will sit where the exposed brickwork is on the left of image 5) the whole wall will be coming out on image 1 (this shows the inside of the kitchen (with...

it appears the wall did not support anything under the stairs as there was a gap seperating the wall from the underside of the staircase. (and the plasterboard on underside of the stairs stretched above the wall) the wall also appeared to be made out of lightweigh fire resistant blocks. i have...

Hi everyone, i was just wondering if anyone could offer me some advice on removing a wall which seperates the kitchen from the hallway. the wall in question is not a load bearing wall and sits behind the top end of the stairs on the ground floor... the aim is to make the kitchen larger...