Recent content by zena

I am a first time buyer who bought her house almost two years ago with no major problems until two months ago. I found large puddles of water appearing in my basement room which has a living room above it and looks out across my back garden, (we live on a Hill/slope) thus there are three levels...

I thought about linolium cushion floor but maybe you can help again with that too. 1. I just need to make sure is it ok to fit my kitchen straight on to the bare floorboards? 2. I am worried the the small spaces in the floorboards will show through the lino floor covering after some slight...

I need to know if my bare floorboards in my kitchen need to be prepared in some way before fitting the kitchen and fitting a linolium cushion floor as I am worried about floorboard lines showing through? if so what order do I fit any preperation for the cushion floor over the complete floor...

thanks eddie m its too risky. You are right its now decided! :D

I am thinking of buying a chimney hood for my new kitchen but need to know if the ducting pipe for a chimney style hood can go through the wall like a conventional hood or is it really something to do with the chimney? it will be on a wall to duct externally.

I would like someone to help me with how I can smooth off my walls in the kitchen after I used a scraper to take off all the old tiles and adhesive it was a hard job! but now I have a not so very smooth enought to only paint wall, how can I make it smooth enough to paint? sand it or add some...

I am painting a ceiling which was previously painted by the previous owner and subsequently papered which I have taken the paper off to reveal the painted farely smooth if not perfect plasted ceiling which has a couple of layers of what looks like emultion on it. I am trying to paint the...

I have bought a home for our small family, I had planned to fit a solid wood floor over my floorboards in my dining room and kitchen (diningroom into kitchen) but people keep telling me the solid wood floor is not a good idea . I have paid a lot for my first kitchen of my own and I dont want...

thanks noseall

yes it is a fuse and switch you have helped so much!

I have had a kitchen extractor fan isolator switch fitted Im not sure if it makes a different to which type ofv fan I buy, does it matter if I buy a fan withought a pullcord? I dont want to have the electrics changed again. currently there is an isolator switch fitted with some cable hanging out...

I need help with sealing round my double glazed window I put in. It is costly to call someone in so I need to know how is best to fill the gap round the window in the brickwork? expadable foam and sealant? or is there more?

my electritian has left me with a few holes in my kitchen, all normal just had the sockets moved to accomodate new kitchen fit. I am curious as to how to plaster over the new wiring and the old socket boxes what do I do if the job isn't too complicated?