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I recently quoted for a job that had silk emulsion on the ceilings. I suggested that it was rubbed down, then given a coat of Zinsser 123plus then 2 coats of vinyl matt. I guess this is slightly over the top, but I don't like to cut corners, and have not had to do it before, so wanted to be...

We recently bought a house which had the chimney stack removed at some stage many years ago but the chimney breast was left both upstairs and down with decorative fireplaces I am wondering if it is OK to remove the breast upstairs without building regs, as obviously it no longer has a stack to...

I obviously need to talk to my local building inspector on Monday but wonder if anyone can help me out here - I have a 1930's solid concrete block house, and have started to lift a few floorboards to see what is underneath - seems the timber joists (100x75)just sit on the concrete sleeper walls...

I seem to remember reading something about ring main cables and celotex/kingspan not going well together but cannot remember what was said or why... Can anyone please remind me what the deal is ? Thanks !

Boring question maybe, but we are going to be buying a WM soon having lived in rented accommodation so want to get something good but not too expensive. If I say £350 - £450 as a rough price what sort of machines should we be looking at and WHY ? There are 4 of us, so one wash a day, but while...

Anyone heard of these, and even better, anyone used them ? http://www.bullet-screw.com/ Lots of interesting claims, but so far I have had no reply to an email asking where I could get some from to try out.

I am buying a house and want to make a few changes, some of which will require building regs. I have had a quick look and just cannot make head or tail of what does or doesn't need approval - so is there any sort of list of what does in SIMPLE terms ? The last time I did anything vaguely...

OK, we will be buying a washing machine in the near future and know nothing about them except that some makes are cheap, and some are not ! I assume a Miele or similar is expensive to buy for a reason, so may do a better job of washing, leave clothes drier and last longer, but is that true...

I may be about to buy a house with textured paint on all the ceilings, and I don't like the stuff. So, what do I do - the actual ceilings seem pretty sound, so do I scrape off the worst of the lumps then easi-fill and sand or should I get a plasterer in to skim the lot ? I have never tried...

OK, I am about to go buy a multitool, and am thinking of getting a corded - but which one - seems from what I have read that the Bosch 190 or even the 250 are fairly well thought of but any owners care to give their opinions of these or others and why you bought them ? Also, blades - they...

Anyone tried the stuff ? http://www.owatroldirect.co.uk/item.php?stock=24 I hate the smell of oil based Covaplus so wondering if it works at all...

Anyone got any suggestions about a half decent respirator to reduce the effect of paint fumes - I need to spend a long day painting oil based Coverstain and don't want to keel over or feel sick...

I have been asked to quote to paint a kitchen - loads of units, loads of drawers and I am dreading the job - so much fiddly cutting in and working round a family who will need to eat twice every day, and worst of all is the husband who works from home, in the kitchen..... Anyway, my question is...

I am buying a house with an almost new combi boiler feeding an indirect hot water tank, both downstairs. I want something close to mains pressure hot water to supply a shower upstairs and a bath downstairs so am thinking of a megaflo type of tank. Any thoughts or suggestions about this or...

OK, I know condensation has been done many times on here - I have had a busy few days reading as many threads on here as I can..! My questions on this are as follows - I am about to buy a 1930's house will solid walls and a very cold and slightly damp back bedroom and bathroom - both of...

We are about to buy a bungalow that has been extended into the roof to create some bedrooms. The plasterwork isn't too good and lots has been artexed which has to go. While I can access parts of the roof space there is plenty that I cannot get into and the owners have said several times that the...

We may be about to buy a house with artexed or textured ceilings throughout. There is bags of ceiling height so part of me says that boarding it all over then skimming it might be the best way forward but I have never tried to remove artex so don't know how hard it is. I am also unsure just how...