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We have an old victorian fireplace with damaged tiles - this hearth is flush with the floor and framed by the wood of the floorboards. A friend has told me that I can't just retile this hearth and that because of building regulations I need to install a bigger and deeper hearth. If I have to...

Am fitting oak floorboards and am not going to take out the skirting, so I'm going to use some type of scotia. Although there is the option of using scotia to match the floor I've thought that then it will take the floor finish "onto the wall" if you see what I mean! Isn't it better to make the...

If you're putting down an engineered wood floor on top of original pine floorboards (ground floor) do you need foil backed underlay? Got two quotes from different floor installers - one going to use Timber Tec OX2 foil backed underlay, the other going to use cush 'n' wood 4mm underlay. Is the...

We have original victorian floorboards - not bad nick - but last winter the cold draughts coming up through the gaps made the downstairs very chilly. I sanded the floor and filled the gaps with PVA/sawdust mixture seven years ago but over time this has fallen through in many places - hence the...

I want to build a 2m X 1m bike shed with a green roof. Does there need to be a slope on the roof? If so how many degrees? If there's too much of a slope the bottom would be more moist than the top of the slope, wouldn't it? Any advice welcome- thanks.

I had a Jaguar thermostatic valve fitted for my bath/shower five years ago and its now hardly even shutting off so there's a constant flow of water. I'm trying to find a spare part but I can't find Jaguar on the internet apart from what might be the head office in India! Can anyone tell me how...

Ah....good point! Thanks!

Don't mean to be thick, but is there any reason why I shouldn't make an interior door out of MDF? I thought I could cut out four panels in two sheets of mdf and then fix them either side of a solid sheet of MDF to create a basic four panel door. On the inside edges of the panels I could glue...

I'm looking for bifold doors to close off the back half of our knocked-through living room for the times when I need to work away from the TV and kids. I found these: http://shop.fine-doors.co.uk/index.php?p=product&id=1600&parent=76 But they seem a bit expensive for what I want. I want to...

Does anyone know of any bi-fol,d interior doors and installation method which offer some measure of sound insulation? My missus wants to knock down the wall between front and back rooms downstairs to create a bigger living area but I'd like to make sure first that when necessary we can go back...

Thanks for that - hard to see the actual width of the frames here - anyone else got any suggestions?

In Belgium there are really nice old traditional houses but you can see a lot where the old window frames have been replaced by modern ones. They seem to be powder coated steel but are very narrow not at all like the chunky upvc ones you get over here. Usually the windows are quite large with no...

I've used this oil for an oak worktop in my utility room and it's the business. The oil penetrates really well and I didn't need to recoat for a year. I can put several coats down with hour intervals one day and by the next it's ready to use. great finish too.....but does anyone know if it's ok...

I've just put in some picket fencing - tanalised wood which I want to weather. I've paid a bit extra to get a nice planed finish on all the timber and it's looking really good. I've just come back from holiday to find one of the 4"X4" fenceposts has split down the middle from the top to about...

Thanks Xerxes, but I'm looking for something where you can't see any supports or just see a tiny bit. It's an open bookcase and I don't want to be able to see lots of holes/slots on the inside.

I want to make a bookcase running floor to ceiling and going across the width of a 3.5m room. I reckon the easy way to do this is fix vertical boards and to add shelves using either dowels or support pins. Would anyone use either of these techniques? If so can you recommend a good jig for use...

Thanks Deluks - it seems simple doesn't it..... but..... I think I need plans. I've gone down the route of basic instructions before and come a cropper, due to lack of experience and not being able to see problems cropping up before they do. I'm good and methodical at following plans so I'd...

I'm building my own shed and have decided to use a pent roof as it seems a lot easier and adequate for my needs. Although I've seen quite a bit on posts about roof building I can't really understand enough from the written descriptions. Does anyone know where I can get nice clear (so count out a...

Found answers to my previous question a couple of days ago by looking through previous posts (doh!).....but now got another one which I can't find an answer to! I'm doing a freestanding deck 3.6m square. there's no patio underneath so I'm going to support the framework on posts set in...

of course it's true it was in the Daily mail. They wouldn't lie would they? :wink: