Recent content by sarahbeenylover

Ok thanks guys, is this something that the carpenter should have done anyhow? not just relied on the screws to fix the handles? Think the bolts are def the way forward, I just hope the handle cover plate will fit back on top so it all looks tidy... Thanks again for your help your ace x

Oh cheers John thanks for commenting so quickly! I will look at this bolt then. Here are some pictures

Hi sounds pretty simple? I thought so too. I have two HMO's in which I have got a carpenter to fit the 30 minute plywood flush fire doors. I purchased these from Howdens & specially sized ones from Premdor. I ordered the fire door kits from Ironmongery direct who were excellent on price and...

Hi I will try to get up a ladder to post some pics of the outside tomorrow. Thanks 😊

Hi I know there has been much discussion already on this topic but would be really grateful for advice on this as we are tired of living with this. We wake up every morning & there is condensation on the bedroom windows & damp on the reveals. We recently moved from our victorian mid terraced...

Hi Guys, I have been renovating a victorian end of terraced house. The builder has pointed out that the driveway running up the side of the house is 500mm higher than my internal kitchen floor level. I telephone a surveyor who said this is likely to be the cause of my damp problem and a...

If I have the wall battened, insulated and plasterboarded do I need to put an airbrick or anything in? Just wondering about trapping the moisture in and a lack of airflow. thanks

thanks guys. I thought that would be the case. I just wanted to get advice to make my mind up and justify the extra expense! Oh well at least I'll know for next time....

Hi thanks for the reassurance and getting back to me so quickly! Do you know about what to do with an old quarry tiled floor? I have quarry tiles on the kitchen floor, do you know if it i ok to just put levelling compound down and just run vinyl over the top? One I has in to price for the...

Hi Matt, read some of your old posts about quarry tiles. You said you would tell a guy what to do if he didnt have a DPM, just wonder if you would be kind enough to help me too with the same problem. I have them in my kitchen andwould like to know what to do to stop damp coming up through, I...

Hi, I have had a damp proof course injected in the house and have had the walls rendered with the damp proof liquid that stops salts rising etc. I have a utility room that is single skin brickwork that has also been injected, rendered inside from floor to ceiling with a skim finish. I have...

thanks for getting back to me so quickly! "Huge Jaleak" thanks for popping round to take a look it was appreciated! :D Think if I want to do it properly I will get the soil pipe run into the ground, I just wish I had never met the cowboy...