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Thanks for the help. Better late than never.

Pulled the carpet up to replace skirting. The new skirting is thicker than the old therefore the carpet does not quite fit back.. Can a carpet fitter trim a small amount off the carpet all around and refit or is this too small to trim. Thanks

Thanks. Is it ok to drill straight into the brick?

Looking for advice on the best way to fit skirting to this wall. Pulled off the old and most of the plaster had crumbled. The old skirting was nailed into the mortar joints. Was thinking clearing most of the loose plaster and 'no nailing' several wooden noggins to the brick then...

Stripped the skirting off in the bedroom in order to completely revamp it. However i want to keep the existing carpet. The new skirting is higher and thicker than the old therefore will sit over the carpet. Is this ok or will it look totally silly? Any problems if a new carpet was ever to...

No room for another sheet. Worst case is getting in the loft and fixing something from above. More of a patch job. Would have to fight my way thru the insulation though. Could i use several screws protruding out the frame/plasterboard just above ceiling level to use as a key. These will be...

Thanks. Im keen to learn a bit more about this for my own knowledge. So a new frame has gone up above the door and plasterboarded. It needs skimming to blend in with the rest of the wall. A gap as much as 1 inch in from the wall is showing but generally around half inch. Looking up...

Just knocked a fan light above a door out to create a flush look with the reat of the wall. Door frames went right up to roof and attached to a scrap bit of timber across 2 joists. Anyway I have built a small room above the door lining to fix a piece of plasterboard ready to be skimmed along...

Tidying up my window frames and resealing externally etc. I have removed a upvc strip from the top length of upstairs window frame which adjoins the soffit. The idea was to clean up, replace and reseal. It had started to come away anyway and after getting up the ladder, i noticed part of...

Bought a set of ladders of them a couple of weeks ago. Cheapest i had found was £115 with next day delivery. Got these for the same price with free next day delivery plus the stabiliser bar....ladders are great, with brilliant service...