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Property is circa 1890s so nothing seems to be square or flat. I want to replace the living room door but the door fits into the frame at the bottom but seems out at the top. The current door is wood with 15 glass panels The previous owners seem to have bent the door at the top so it...

Thanks for your reply. I think it's pine. Bog standard bought from Travis Perkins. I don't mind a bit darker as I know it will darken with age anyway, but it's the orangey look I want to avoid.

I'm in the process of replacing the victorian architrave around my windows. The wood i'm doing it with is pine i assume. I want to leave the sill and the architraves natural but not sure how to finish them. I've used tung oil on wood before but it turned my oak bureau a bit orangey so I'm a...

Thanks very much. will do. :D

Hiya, I had my walls skimmed about 2 weeks ago and want to put on a first mist coat either tonight (doubtful) or tomorrow. The walls seem very powdery, ie my hands come away white if I run them across the wall. Shall I wipe them down with a damp cloth, or will they be ok to paint straight onto...

Thanks for that. I've managed to do the front of the chimney breast using that sort of method now. Now for the rest of the room.... lol

Thanks Joe, I was looking at those scrapers the other day. Given the whole property is floor to ceiling in woodchip it is probably a very good investment. What about the wallpaper stripper solution for what's left on my front room walls? The actual paper came off in big strips, but I'm left...

Thanks for your reply. I've just had a look at that and it looks good. i'm starting to really dislike the bloke that did all the "diy" in here. By the time I get it all sorted I'll be really for retirement

Just moved in to 1900s property. It's decorated as a Mecca to woodchip. It's everywhere. Removed the paper in the front room but it's left all the brown gluey paper all over the walls. The plaster is a mixture of mainly old roughish type paster and some new. This brown gluey paper just...

Thanks Robbie. Will go and have a look for some.

Have just bought a circa 1900 property. It's not really been looked after and is covered in overpainted woodchip everywhere. Started removing the paper around the wooden window frames. It's coming off really easily but was hiding gaps between the window frames and the interior walls. (I've...

Hi there. Many thanks for that post. It's been really useful. I've been rendered completely inactive by the scale of work that needs doing in the flat in general, but thought it was time I pulled my finger out and started looking into things.

Hi, I've just moved into a first floor flat - circa 1900. A previous owner converted the loft and used it as an office, but it can't be used for anything apart from storage at the moment as it would fail building regs. It's got a laid floor and velux windows, plaster boarded walls etc...

Many thanks for that.

Hi thanks for that. Will they get actually put ladder up and get up on the roof? All I really want is a quote for the repairs but they don't seem to want to do this, so I don't know whats reasonable to expect or not.

Hi thanks for your reply. The Surveyor did detail the issues with the roof, and didn't say I needed a futher report. In the part of the survey that stated any action it said "engage the services of a roofing contractor to over haul roof, making the repairs as listed." The roofers are saying...

Hi there. I'm in the process of buying a property. the Survey threw up a few issues with the roof, ie: a couple of slipped tiles and some light coming in around the chimney. They also mentioned the guttering. I have been advised to get quotes for the repairs and have called a few roofing...

Thanks for that. I suppose it may need new sockets etc, and the plumbing will have to be rerouted and the gas supply, and water pipes. Can't ask the neighbours up the road about cost etc as they didn't do the work. I suppose the best thing would be to get some people around to look at cost...

Hello, I just wanted to get some intitial ideas about swapping the existing kitchen into the bedroom next door, which is bigger. It's a first floor flat conversion. The boiler, gas and sink etc are obviously a consideration. The bedroom has an outside wall facing the garden. I've seen a...

Hiya, thanks both of you for your replies. So my options are: install a pump and ban anyone from flushing the loo or turning on a bathroom tap whilst someone is showering, or ditch the shower altogether and write it off to inexperience? What shower could I get given my circs (if any) ...