Search results

Just looked further and i wasnt aware that certain types of screed can go upto 40mm in thickness. i always assumed it was just to form a top layer of about 10mm or less. and that they can also go straight over Parquet flooring (according to this product)...

Afternoon, currently in a house renovation project and in certain areas the downstairs floor has a 30mm gap in some areas of where the skirting board is to the floor level. At first we knew it could be a multitude of things but we just had a pretty nice guy come over who specialises in...

Just thought I'd provide a quick update. Spoke to a friend of a friend who is a plasterer and he said that there's a product called Thistle Bond-it, which essentially turns a slippery (smooth) surface into one that can be plastered onto, which I'm hoping will save us the time in further...

No no i know what you mean, we have gotten all the paper layers off and its just the adhesive/glue that is left on the walls now. We are continually scraping at the moment, but also looking for an alternative solution in the meantime. If it was not 16 walls then I wouldnt even ask the question...

It looks like white paint whats left on the walls but it is actually the old adhesive/glue that was used to stick the wallpaper on. The turquiose colour is the paint which is on top of the wallpaper. So going from the top layer to bottom layer its: Turquoise paint Design paper layer (texture &...

Yeah so the white stuff on the wall that's left is the glue/adhesive layer, then on top of that was a paper layer, on top of that was the design paper layer, and then on top of that was where someone went over it with paint, it's like they were trying to make it impossible to remove off the...

Hmmmm you make it sound like I did it on purpose lol If you've ever tried to remove wallpaper from a wall that's been stuck on in the 1970s and then subsequently painted over multiple times, that stuff does not all just come off in 1 fell swoop lol I scored it, laced with wall paper remover...

The house I recently bought and currently working on has wallpaper pretty much everywhere. They've also painted over it (house is from the 1970s) so just getting the wallpaper off itself is a nightmare. The adhesive or wallpaper glue is 5x harder to get off the walls and I was looking to have...

Currently refurbishing my new property and I'm doing the arduous task of stripping off old wallpaper that has also been painted over (why do people do this? Lol). It's taking forever and to be able for us to paint over afterwards do I have to take it back to plaster? The only reason I ask is...

I am just starting on some internal renovation work on my new house and when i lifted up the carpets there seems to be a very distinct and succinct line of wet/dampness on the floorboards which is only and exactly where the walls are, its roughly 10cm outwards and it doesnt seem to go IN the...

Thanks for all your answers, based on them its pretty evident that i think if work needs doing from a safety aspect then of course that will push me to get a full rewire done, purely cause like you all mentioned, if the house is already empty now then it makes sense to get it all done at the...

I just checked the Title register which says that the property was built in 1974, if it hasn't had any work done since then i would assume that would roughly be the standards that it was at during that time. Guess won't really be able to gauge accurately until i maybe get the keys and open up...

Unfortunately i didnt think to take a picture of anything in specific, moreso just the rooms themselves but i'm hoping that maybe these might give some clues? as you can tell there is alot needed to be done with the house and hence why we are trying to stick to a decent budget in order...

Oh wow that seems wayyyy out of my budget, considering your lowest quote was £6k :( the only thing we wouldnt be having would be an electric shower, but would have a combi-boiler instead which i guess will still be using/needing electricity. So all in all sounds pretty similar to what i might...

Oh right yeah, the house is in the trafford area near Sale lol I didnt even spot that there were company details listed on there until you mentioned it haha

oh right yes i didnt even think about that, i guess the overall consumption of electrical items has decreased due to efficiency, but we just have more of them than before, so hence extra sockets is a must haha yes there is an immersion heater in the house at the moment which we are just going...

Ah right ok so its moreso a personal preference kind of option? yeah i was moreso looking at the increased load that it will be having due to obviously using more devices than i guess it would have been intended when it was originally installed. But again, i guess that all boils down to what...

Morning, btw full disclosure i know nothing about electrics so i'm pretty much asking from moreso a consumer standpoint, recently bought a 3 bed semi which need modernisation before moving in and i have everything pretty much planned out so far minus the electrical side. As far as i can...

Ah right so it seems weird that the person must have been paying the charge daily and just never had a gas appliance? seems kind of strange that. As soon as i noticed that there was no boiler i was basically on the hunt for any gas appliance in the house and literally there was nothing that i...