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Hi All, We have two rooms, roughly 55m2. I've had a couple of quotes, one slightly above 2k and the other just under, both from well-known carpet supplies. Obviously £2k is a lot of money and if that's the cost it's going to be that's the cost it's going to. But at that cost Id be a fool not...

Hi all, Let me just say improbably, almost definitely going to get a plumber in for this... So, our Grohe (low pressure/pumped) shower unit has gone pop, it's old, and Grohe no longer supports it. So time to buy another. we were thinking of this one - Mira Platinum Valve & Controller...

I wish, This place was left to me, yes thats great but actual money in the bank is non existent at the moment. In 3-5 years things will be a different matter Im sure, but right now, nope. a lot of the cills are rotten though, some of the windows too. The mold/rot has been painted over multiple...

So, I have a rental property with an old and slowly deteriorating (wood) conservatory. Ive had a quote to replace all the wood with pvc and pop on a new roof - £6100 This is out of my budget unfortunately, and seeing as its a rental its not essential to have the conservatory anyway, its just a...

So - I have about 31 meters of coving to install, most of it is in fairly small sections - 3 meters here, .5 meters there. But two walls, one 5 and another 7 meters long have a bit of a dip in the ceiling. Whats the best plan of action here, any advice would be appreciated?!

Hi All, I have a garage which due to a bunch of boring reasons has been wired by an idiot, and most of the wiring his hidden behind plasterboard. My garage is split into two (just a partition wall down the middle), but both sides include 3 overhead lights, and 5 plug sockets.....although I...

Yeah, its quite dark I think, makes it had to see whats going on. Heres a basic diagram, hopefully this might help. Brown is brick, red is the metal beam, and blue the ceiling. The bricks that I pulled out where just cemented onto the gap in the beam (see green). Im 99% sure they are doing...

The brickwork is sound I think - What I was talking about was a row of half bricks that had been cemented into the "H" of the beam. Its not structural in anyway, it was simply filler to give something to plaster over. Maybe Im misunderstanding though...

Hi bobasd, here's a couple more shots - basically I removed the loose bricks and cleaned it out (have small kids running around, didn't want to kill one with loose falling bricks!). And the beam is only slightly longer than what you can see here. I let my plaster know (sent him these photos)...

Ive been removing some old plaster work that was not done incorrectly correctly, and on Monday a plasterer is arriving to re-skim the wall. So, in the process of removing the old skim layer Ive come across the supporting beam which by the looks of it has been filled with cement and bricks...and...

Hi Chaps, cheers for the feedback - Yeah - installing the Piv unit looks pretty simple. Just a case of getting a qualified electrician to wire it. In fact thats probably what Ill do - buy it, install it will save me close to a grand. The bathroom and kitchen fans Ill think about. Maybe...

Hi guys and gals. I own a smallish bungalow which I rent that due to its construction has some damp problems - its a 1920s build with little to none ventilation. So - the company who manages it have supplied me with a quote to install a couple of fans (bathroom and kitchen) and a PPU/PIV...

Hi! So one of our roof files has broken and I need advice to replace it. The tile immediately above the broken tile runs under the ridge tile and there is a lot of cement keeping that tile totally ridged and unmovable- so Im unable to lift it to remove and replace the broken tile. Im thinking...

Yep, will be carpeted (fitted I believe), so I do not need to paint the stairs themselves. Just everything else (hand rail, spindles etc) oh, white or off white. its a dark room so looking to brighten it up

Hi All, Over the last few weeks Ive been slowly sanding down my dark stained stairs, and this weekend I started priming them. Ive primed it with Zinsser B-I-N. Which I have to sand out some brush marks but going well. My question is what next..... The primer had some quite a good...

@^woody^ lol, love it! but the poor guys goto go :) Just to confirm, it like the look of the other fireplace - but would be looking something in that style only. So ultimately something smaller is needed.

So, in out house we have (what we think) is a decorative fireplace - its really large and we would like to remove it and replace it with something a little smaller and compact. heres what we have and heres what we would like (more or less) Can any one give any indication of...