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Thanks, I'll go on a spider inspection tomorrow :evil:

Thanks for the info, I thought as much and will get a sparky in after I've done the groundwork. At the moment there is an oak floor laid which runs under the skirting, I don't particularly want to move any of this. My idea is to find out where the wall lies in the crawl space and drill abeam...

I'm renovating a room at the moment and it only has one double plug socket. I need another one on the other side of the room but this is where the problem starts. The wall where I want the new power socket only has a lighting switch located on it. It is an external wall so there are no other...

Hi, The chimney has been swept and a new, flexible liner and chimney pot installed. The gas supply was indeed capped at the branch which wasn't too far away. The constructional hearth is deep concrete that is very thick (unknown depth but about 2ft deep). The hearth I have bought is...

So I've been waiting for the hearth to be made and now the job is finally moving along. The skirting has been removed and the brickwork made sound. This is the hearth being sealed. Register plate is fitted and the hearth has been mortared in Boarding out the opening now...

Hi Dan, Yes I'm still here... i'll update you on the progress. Bricks were easily removed by hand from the recess and the whole area cleaned up. New Lintel As far as I'm up to now, not rushing anything as the summer's so nice 8) I've got a man coming to line the...

As an aside, I was hoping to keep the chamber lined with original bricks. Unfortunately the gas line has has been routed through one side and breeze blocks inserted, in place of original bricks.

So... The front room of our 1930's house is never used much so in a mission to restyle it, I've decided to remove the cheap, stone effect, fireplace and replace it with a wood burning stove. The previous owners have bodged pretty much every aspect of the house so I'm on a crusade to...