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Hello all, I've stripped our back bedroom of all old wallpaper and I'm down to the original plaster (house is nearly 100 years old). It's sound but quite sandy, so I've been pondering how to stabilise the plaster so that it is primed ready for new wallpaper to achieve good adhesion. What's...

You might get away with a little less soil but I wouldn't recommend it. 6 inch depth it will grow, but not well, 12 inches minimum I would advise. Less than 6 inches forget it, it will die. Yes, it's hard work. If you have a good number of concrete blocks, clean them as you lift them and...

If you could get 18 inches of soil depth under your turf that would be good. Dig out the area to the required depth, layer with soil and lightly compact it by healing it in every 4 inches of depth, fertilise, turf, water.

I just did a bathroom with Crema Marfil tiles from Wickes. Marble effect. Very impressed with them, they look more expensive than they were. Not on sale any more unfortunately but still only £20/m-ish.

Hello all, I want to board our loft so I'm looking at suitable products that will offer some insulation and a good solid floor, installed over mineral wool between joists. Combined foam and chipboard slabs are very expensive compared to using separate slabs of PIR and then boarding over with...

Hello all, I've fitted new mixer taps to a new bath and basin, they are the waterfall type. However, the pressure is far too high, such that when turned on fully the water will reach the other end of the bath!  I am aware that fitting ball restrictor will reduce the flow but not the...

Fugi silicone tool. ebay.

Hello all, I'm redoing the bathroom and will be using quite a large tile (400x300) on all walls. Two internal walls are plastered and are nowhere near flat, so to save me some pain later on I think it's best it comes off to be boarded to give me a nice flat surface to tile on and extra...

Lol. Fair enough. :D

Why didn't I like the answers? I didn't know what my options were and we've concluded a remote is the only realistic option, which is fine. Maybe I should have phrased my statement 'if you can't answer the question without spewing personal opinion on someone's choice of decor, why waste your...

I wonder how many of those 40,000 posts you've wasted being a grumpy sod, lol. If you can't answer the question why waste your time. :roll: Anyway, as an aside, the remote dimmers I have found seem suitable, but, is it possible to have one of these dimmers in series with a pull cord switch...

Google star kits. Can't see why they wouldn't work on a plastic ceiling. You drill tiny holes for individual fibre optic strands which are threaded through the ceiling to the loft then bunched together and LED light projected down each strand. Quite labour intensive but inherently simple. If...

Thanks for your input riveralt.

I take it you're not a fan of downlights? They light rooms well enough and are not designed to be used alone. I think they're good for workspaces in kitchens and bathrooms as they provide directed light if installed properly. No point having a light behind you casting shadows when you're...

1) I have downlights in the kitchen, it's lit pretty well. The bathroom is only 2.5 x 1.5. 2) Don't worry, any notifiable work will be carried out by an electrician. I wanted to know if it was even possible. I have found a product called Taptile, which looks good, if an expensive fix.

I'm planning a new bathroom, to be lit using downlights (x4) and a fibre optic 'starlight' ceiling (separate systems/circuits). I want to be able to dim the downlights to highlight the starlights when IN the bath. Is there such a switch that is zone 1 safe that's not a pull cord...

I think if you are expecting it to be suddenly silent, you will be disappointed with either product. If you go for the cheaper option you'll always wonder how much better it might have been with the proper acoustic stuff. If you go for the acoustic stuff you'll be getting the best possible...

I too liked the idea of decking and it was plan A way back when I first started thinking about doing the garden. It's cheaper and probably easier for a novice, and I liked wood tones in the garden. I turned away from it when it became obvious that it would turn into a slippery, green deathtrap...

Ease up on the watering now, every third day for the next 9 days at most, unless it's had a good bit of rain. Then stop. It should be able to cope on its own from then on, the weather is much milder now as well. Good job! As an aside, is there any particular reason you've chosen to go for...

That looks great! And growing well. The patch probably has a higher content of meadow grass in it. This is usually a lighter shade of green, which it seems to be here, and will grow differently to the rest. Can you see lots of seed heads in this patch? Don't worry too much, it will start to...