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Hi A general curiosity question I'm looking at getting some upstairs doors replaced in my 1930s house After measuring up I have found that the bathroom and boxroom doors are narrower than the two big bedroom doors Is that normal? I would've expected all the doorways in the house to be the...

Hi, Being a man I cannot tell if my hallway colour scheme looks any good! Would like some opinions please I have a minton floor that I am trying to incorporate, but I am not sure how it looks with my newly painted grey walls. I really would like to avoid painting the big stair wall again if...

Hi, For reasons I won't bore you all with, I am replacing the skirting board in my hallway. As is common, the plaster doesn't go down to the floor behind the skirts. A few years ago I had a plug socket added to the hall, and they ran the supply cable in plastic trunking along the wall...

I think insulation cladding sticks out too far from the walls. A house near me has it and it looks strange around the bay window

Hi I know there are already lots of threads about removing pebble-dashing, but hear me out! I have inherited my parents old house which I intend to live in. The whole front of the house is covered in pebble dash. I know the top half is original and would've been built like that in the 1930's...

Yeah it looks much better original. Just need to find a way to get rid of the hideous pebbledash as well!

I think you're right. I will give it a go anyway, nothing to lose I suppose

You can see here on mine those bits were removed when the door was fitted back in the early 90s

You can see here how it is on my neighbours house. The missing bit on mine is where it goes into the storm porch

Yes I am hoping to. The inside of the porch has been plastered so I think I will have to remove that as well (presumably interior plaster is no good outdoors?) I might have to have a go at making the missing bit of the corbel up myself then. Is it possible as its only basically a squared bit of...

Thanks for the reply There was nothing there before the porch door, it was an open storm porch. The corbel thing had another part perpendicular to the bit you can see in the picture going into the storm porch. You can't really see there, but there is an archway over the door and there are...

Hi, I have this stone trim on the front of my house, part of it has been removed to allow a porch door to be installed. I want to remove the porch door and as part of that I want to replace this stone trim. I am just wondering if its something that can be bought pre-made and if so what is...

Hi, Over the past year a disturbing crack has developed over a first floor bedroom door. I know that houses move all the time, and that a few cracks are normal. However this has me worried. The house was built in 1936, and I have always believed it to be a very well built house. The walls...