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Thanks for the advice on the re-plaster. I plan to lay terracotta tiles over the screed. Externally I have noticed a deterioration of the brickwork, mainly some flaking in parts and the appearance of saltpeter. I was going to clean it all off and wash it with a vinegar solution then use a...

hi Ree Thanks for the reply. The lot is coming out, kitchen unit's, tiles, cooker, skirting boards, architraving and all appliances including the fridge. right the way through to the downstairs toilet. It's split into two area's one I will make a utility room, the other the main...

Thanks for the advice, I'll weigh both options up, if I can patch repair and be sure that it will hold I will give it a try. I want to tile the floor eventually so reducing the thickness (currently 2cm) would be ideal.

First I want to apologies for asking the same question that's been asked over 100 times in a hundred different ways with lots of different answers but I just want to be 100% sure before I proceed. I live in an ex-local authority house, back in the day to stop the terraced houses burning down...

Thanks for the reply, I do sometimes make more work for myself than's necessary. The floor doesn't need to come up much, there's a difference of bout 5mm between the top of the cement and the top of the first row of bricks and 2 inches between the top of the bricks and the bottom of the...

I recently had a storm porch built, the floor is concrete and to floor it I thought I would use tiles but before I do that I need to level the floor. I was thinking of using some self leveling compound but before I do that, before the door there is a row of interior bricks with a dpm...

I'm trying to renovate my ex-council house and one thing that has always bugged me is that on the ground floor the livingroom floor (which is wooden floor boards) is about an inch lower then the flooring in the kitchen and utility area. I recently took down a wall to make the utility area a...

And the moral of this story is 1: Get a proper sparky in to sort this. (Which will please my girlfriend who keeps saying "I think we should get a plumer/gardener/electrician/plasterer/tiler... you name it for every houshold problem) 2: 10mm the circuit 3: don't just buy a switch cos they look...

Bloody hell, I go and make a cuppa and look what happens. Ok I'll try and answer everyones posts with just this one. The new switch I bought is infact rated a 20A, what can I say it looked the same as the old one so I bought it. The original switch was rated at 45A so I assume that the...

I'm not really much of an electician in fact I'm not an electician at all. My electric shower died on me, The thing was old and came with the lemhouse I bought 6 months ago. The thing was from the 70's and dort of knowing my way around electrics on a basic level I went to B&Q and bought a...