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Hi, I'm doing a bit of a refurb on our sash windows, and plan to put new locks in. On the sash windows we've done so far, we have used fitch fasteners - we like these as they help reduce the rattles. But then with the other windows we've pulled them out, replaced broken panes and put in...

Erm, no I would not! Thanks Tony, seems that is a pretty definite answer to my question.

Hi! obviously we won't be attempting any of this ourselves but I'd love some expert opinions on this :) Currently we have a downstairs bathroom with a boiler in it. Sometime this year we want to move the bathroom upstairs into our back bedroom. This back bedroom currently has a hot...

Thanks foxhole, that halfords pin gadget might be very handy for the trickier curved beading. Thanks also wingcoax - I was just worried that the beading wouldn't fit over the top properly. Now we just need to choose what pretty pattern to get cut!

I had to google a cross pein hammer - never heard of one! Is the logic that I'll be less likely to smash the glass that way? I assume that I should be able to get one from the builders' merchant around the corner? When I replaced some panes in the window I used some glazing pushes (I think...

Thank you foxhole - you come to my rescue once again! You've not given me the answer I want :) but I can see what you mean about the putty loosening and I guess I'd better do the job properly.

I've replaced broken panes in windows before and managed well (got lots of tips on here!). They are sash windows and I had to use the linseed putty on the outside bit. The next project is to put new glass into the door - there is horrible ripple-y glass there now and I want something...

Hi all, yet another question about my sash windows :) We've pulled out the sashes (THAT bit was quite easy!) and, after quite a long time scraping, I've removed the broken pane of glass. I was planning to stick a new one in and finish it off with linseed oil putty. The putty around the...

For anyone who's interested: I emailed them and they suggested that sofseal would be better for noise reduction and to stop rattling. So thanks again for the idea to look into that! They've also suggested self adheisive flexislide for the meeting rails (as I'm too much of a wimp to use a...

I was looking at their weatherstripping/weatherpile thing. The main reason we're doing this is to stop them rattling and to reduce the noise from the street, so maybe the sofseal would be better for that.

Thank you AEC1, I've just had a look on there and it does seem like a one-stop-shop for everything I need. And they have next day delivery! I'd also forgotton that I wanted some draught proofing type stuff and they seem to have some very good ideas there too. Wish me luck!

Thank you foxhole. The sash pulleys on those two sites look well cheap (in a good way!). So I guess I'm overthinking this ... are they all much of a muchness and I might as well just get whatever?

Hello all! this weekend we plan to start on refurbishing sash window #1 (out of 5). We're planning to take the sashes out of the boxes, replace the existing and missing sash cords, maybe get away with the existing weights, replace some broken panes, do some painting and hopefully put it all...

Yup - I've made hats out of paper mache before. Shoving a bit of soggy newspaper between the floorboards should be easy peasy. Making it look good/not getting it all over the walls as well/keeping it in place for more than a month - well, those things are probably not quite so simple!

And was anything interesting ever found, ladylola? I love the idea, but doubt that our victorian terrace will throw up anything interesting. Thanks for the suction suggestions. I might look at hiring something like that. Otherwise, maybe I can just use filler in the hope that at least when...

Before I can do anything about the gaps between my floorboards, I should probably at least try to give them a bit of a clean first. In fact, some of them are so filled up with dirt that I doubt I'd be able to fit any draughtproofing down there (and no, I do not consider a layer of dirt to be a...

Hi! Does anyone have any experience or an opinion on buying pine slivers from the old pine company? I'm looking into options for filling gaps. I'm considering using papermache + woodfiller (yes, I know but it is cheap and easy), draughtex, stopgap and slivers of pine. What has put me off...

Thank you for the link to the website - it looks like it might be very useful. I guess I thought that I would do one stage a time - I mean, replace all the broken panes, then do all the minor repairs, then sand and paint them all. For some reason it hadn't really occurred to me to just focus...

Wow, pricey! OK, perhaps hire doesn't seem so bad after all.

I hope to do some work on our sash windows. Some of them are painted shut, some of the panes are cracked, some of the woodwork is rotten and they need painting. Sod's law means that all the ground floor ones are fine - it is only the upstairs windows that have the problem. I don't much...