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Here's a pic of the floor. As you can see the chimney 'hole' has been covered with some temporary floor boards for safety at the moment and in front of that is the old hearth base, which sits around 4mm lower than rest of the floor. On the other side of the temporary floor boards is a square...

thanks ree; there is a cellar underneath the whole floor so access is no problem. The uneveness / slantiness isn't due to joists rotting etc its just settlement over the last 100 years most houses in this area have a similar problem. Flooring is mostly solid and even except where rooms meet...

Ok, please bear with me on this one! Looking for confirmation that my plan is the right one... Planning to laminate the downstairs of house, (1908 Sheffield semi - wonky floors a-go-go). Have had wall including fireplace and chimney beast removed between kitchen and dining room leaving gaping...

Sorry no i should have been clearer mine is 230v

That wasnt the one i got but is very simila i just showed this as it had lots of pictures and was easier to post a link to. Mine came from this country

Thanks, can i remove the remote function and wire straight into the transformer? I dot need the remote function so could remove this and fit a dimmer switch then, would that work?

The remote control only switches off half the bulbs on or off through a transformer in the rose, its only when bulbs are on full the dimme blows. Wouldnt have thought it would be that?

Any advice is much appreciated. I have a new light fitted, 10 x E27 40watt filament bulbs. Its this one: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-Lights-Edison-Chandelier-Pendant-Lamp-Ceiling-Light-Bulbs-Remote-Control-/230945347394 I have now fitted 5 dimmer switches and not found one that works...

Brilliant thanks!

Great thanks Roy, so easy fill the holes, then scrim on top of these, then pva, then skim?

If it's a full plaster rose these should really be screwed into the joists above as well as plastered but grip fill or the like should do the job

Hi all advice needed please! I have stripped my hallway and exposed some old concretey crappy plaster underneath but mainly solid. The rest of the hallway has been drylined and looking fine. I want to have a go at skimming this wall as the victorian stringer going up the stairs is original and...

Hi folks, new to this forum so amy advice much appreciated! Im about to start a lot of work on my house so will be posting here frequently I think! First job is the kitchen door to outside is being bricked up (new kitchen put in) and I need to plaster the doorway over and the wall its in...