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don't know what happened to my last post about this so I thought I would ask again. A few months ago I removed the fireplace in my front room with the intenstion of replacing it with a wood burning stove. I have gone off this idea and now would like to enlarge the opening by about 6" on each...

thanks everyone for your quick and helpful replies, sorry it's taken me so long to respond. They are only ordinary CE marked spots, an electrician will be doing this for me although he is retired therefore does not have Part P.

I want to replace the ceiling lights in the kitchen. At present I have two light fittings each with a light bulb and glass casing over them. I want to replace these with a set of three spotlights at the site of each light fitting. Can I do this myself or do I have to use a qualified...

thanks to everyone for their suggestions. I have stopped the water coming through the ceiling!!. I will try oil based undercoat first - thanks once again Zampa for your invaluable advice.

My artexed (ugh!!!) kitchen ceiling has some brown water stains on it. I have tried emulsioning over them but they keep coming back. what can I do?? :roll: Thanks in advance

Thanks once again for your invaluable advice Zampa and to Breezer for his contribution. I'll do as you suggest. :lol:

Please help!! m :cry: y door frame has been stained and I want to gloss over it. I first tried just undercoating it but the paint turned yellow where the stain came through. I have now used primer sealer on it but when I started undercoating it the paint went yellow again. I don't know what...

Recently I have removed a pine fire surround with cast iron back panel from my fireplace, as it was a solid fuel fire my intention was to have a wood burning stove in the gap. The gap is 21 inches across and the chimney breast is 72 inches across. I want to increase the size of the gap. A...

Thanks for all your help Zampa, I'll have a go at scraping the paint off first and if that fails I'll line the walls. :D

I thought that if I used lining paper the joins would show underneath the paint. Is there any way of preventing this? :)

Thanks Zampa I think the shiny paint may be gloss, however the house is about 100 years old and the paint looks about the same age!!. It is flaking off and I have scraped away a lot of it. I am having quite a lot of areas in the house plastered soon, as the wall underneath the paint is...

I have just stripped wallpaper from my hallway wall and found bare plaster underneath, it doesn't look very old as it is in excellent condition and pink. Do I need to PVA the wall before I paint it or do I just mist it first?. I will be using a matt emulsion. My other query is that the wall...

I am looking to buy a multifuel stove for my fireplace. I have removed the old fireplace surround and back panel and now have a standard size hole in my wall. There is an original slate flagstone hearth which sits flush with the floorboards (this is a downstairs room). I will need to level the...

Thanks for your advice, I have already bought a magnetic catch although I haven't put it on yet. The doors are pine and I did not seal them when they were give to me, they were stored in a bedroom against a wall. I know now that I should have sealed them immediately. Perhaps I'll just buy...

A friend very kindly made me some replacement doors for a bathroom cabinet, they are a wood frame with tongue and groove inset. I did not attach the doors immediately as I did not have any hinges, however I have now done so only to discover that one of the doors has warped and now stands proud...

Thanks once again for your advice, woodulike, I'll make sure I put expansion areas all the way round. I have bought a trim to cover the gaps. To the others - This laminate is for kitchens and bathrooms and I have used it in a previous bathroom, unless you have carpet I think any flooring is...

I am laying a laminate floor in my bathroom, could anyone tell me if it is necessary to have an expansion area all the way around as the laminate is only going part way under the bath so any expanding could be done there. Thanks in advance :lol:

thanks for all your help woodulike. The kitchen floor at present has lino although I will be putting ceramic tiles on it. I suppose this will raise the floor slightly anyway?. I've just had a look at your website. I see what you mean by reducers. Would I be better off with the thinner...

Thanks for that info. As my kitchen is next door to my lounge will that mean that I my lounge floor will be slightly higher that the kitchen floor?. My plan is also to put wood in the hall, as this floor also adjoins the kitchen I will have the same trouble there.

I want to lay a real wood floor in my lounge. The floor has floorboards through most of it however it has been extended and the extended bit of floor is concrete, how would I go about laying a new wooden floor? would I need to break the concrete up so the floor would be level?. I don't want to...