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  1. BobbyBrown

    Gas Fire to Log burner in a house built by monkeys

    Just bumping this thread to show the addition of a mantle Image by BobbyBrown posted 20 Aug 2015 at 5:34 PM I felt that there was something missing as there was no chimney breast to draw your eye. The oak was from a timber merchants and then finished / polished by hand. Fixings were bolts...
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  3. BobbyBrown

    1930's inglenook help please

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    1930's inglenook help please

    Hi ree, Thanks for the reply, you're exactly right, looks like a lath frame from the small amount I have knocked out of the corner. There was a fireplace at one stage but none of the three fireplaces in the property have a chimney breast, they are all located on a flat wall with the chimney...
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    1930's inglenook help please

    Hi all, I have a 1930's house which has a curved inglenook upstairs and downstairs. It looks pretty naff so I'm looking at squaring it off and getting it replastered. My question though is what is behind the curves top left and right? Is it an easy job to knock it out and make square? A new...
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    Shower brackets, can someone point me in the right direction

    Hi, Unfortunately it's not, I've had the door off to clean it and there's no height adjustment
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    Shower brackets, can someone point me in the right direction

    Hi, The shower roller screen in my en-suite has been put in wrongly so that the door hangs at an angle. Are there any brackets around that have an adjustable height on them? Heres a picture of mine
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  10. BobbyBrown

    Has a carpenter ruined my loft - advice please

    please ignore that, its the cr*ppy filter my wife keeps putting on my iphone! The wire is actually orange and it plugs into a socket for the loft light (single pendant)
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    Has a carpenter ruined my loft - advice please

    Joists 3x2, heres how it's attached to parallel joists
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    Has a carpenter ruined my loft - advice please

    Hello, The journey of discovery around my house continues. Ive been moving some things around the loft so I can board a section out to take empty suitcases etc.. I've moved the insulation and found that two joists have been cut to make access for the loft hatch. It's a 1930's house and...
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  16. BobbyBrown

    Is this fixable

    Thanks. Thats made me feel better, the whole job spiralled from changing a radiator to a total room refurb! ..always the way.
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    Is this fixable

    I've got a plasterer coming in Tuesday (excellent work but foreign so communication is a problem), started tapping off the blown plaster and this is what i've ended up with. Thoughts and advice how to proceed would be appreciated
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