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Hi guys, following my post last week I've now overboarded my living room ceiling. All went well, the only problem I had was that 3-4 screws snapped when I was trying to tighten them up. They're the black phospahted type, but obviously where the screw has snapped, the bare metal is exposed. I'm...

thanks guys

So it wouldn't offer any extra benefit whatsoever....? Thanks guys.

Hi there, I've removed the old textured paint and skim coat plaster from my ceiling leaving me with the original plasterboards underneath. They are a little damaged so I will be overboarding them for ease - dont want to take them down due to the mess and hassle. I know with then new boards...

ok fixed the link guys. So should I match trailing edge dimmer switches with trailing edge 'transformers'?

Hi there, I'm planning to buy a scenestyle 4 curcuit dimmer (http://www.scenestyle.co.uk/technical.html) to use with lots of small (20W - 50W) ELV halogen downlights in our living room. I've bought a downlighter with a 35W MR8 bulb and a dimmable transformer to try out. When I tried it...

Thanks Richard, ok the problem is that i've already bought all the boards and they're taper edge. I'll have to trim both ends of so that they're squre edged when I fit them - is this ok? I'd assumed that even with taper edge boards, that becuase I was gettring them skimmed the plaster...

Thanks for your advice Richard - i'll take a photo tonight so you can see whether you think the damage is too heavy or not (assuming you dont mind coming back to this post to comment or course!).

Is it advisable to tape plasterboard joins before you skim them? or is this generaly used when you're simply filling the boards and not skimming them?

Our living room has an artexed ceiling which I've started to remove. I imagine some people will say that I needn't have bothered, but there were lots of blown sections. It also had noticable cracks and join lines between the boards which I wont to do away with. It's a 50's house, and what...

Hi guys, I've just built a false chimney breast (from wood) to house a new plasma TV, and whilst I was doing it have also added a few extra bits and pieces for decoration/features. The plan is to plasterboard it and then get a plasterer in to skim the whole lot. I've already got the...

Hi there, I need to reduce the internal width of my fireplace. I'm planning to build a course of bricks on either side which will give me the required opening width to match a new firs surround I have. My question is what kind of bricks should I use? Can I use 'normal' bricks or should I...

Thanks Daz, But what PVA dilution should I use? And do I let it dry before I carry out further work?

Hi guys, I've removed a fire surround from my living room, but in the process of removing the hearth sections it ripped out loads of the floor screed in the process. I'm simply replacing the fire surround and need to know what to do with the floor before I lay the new hearth sections...

I've got a feeling it might turn out to be crumbly. Is the purpose of the screed just to give the finished level of the floor that cant normally be achieved with just concrete alone? If so then I might as well dig out a small section where it's crumbly, fill it with concrete and then drill...

I want to extend the chimney breast outwards slightly so I cant sink a plasma into it. So I'm planning to build a wooden frame which I'll later plasterboard. I'll screw the top of the frame into the ceiling joists, sides into the wall, but how best to secure the floor sections is the problem.

Hi there, I want to drill a few anchors into my living room floor. It's solid, and so I assume it will have a screed on top before the actual concrete itself. If this assumption is correct, then I imagine that it will just crumble away if I start drilling into it. So how can secure some...

Hi Guys, wonder if anyone can help me. I've got 2 exterior wall lights either side of my front door, along with an illuminated house number plaque type thing. I want to be able to program the times at which they come on and off, but I also want to be able to override the set times and turn...

ok cheers for that mate. So where would a pro/chippie buy a door lining from? You're right - I went to Wickes.

cheers guys. How do you stop the wood bowing after you've bought it?