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Thanks yes I've looked on yell.com etc and phoned a few for quotes but not knowing them or their work it's always a risk. Just wondered if anyone had any personal recommendations.

We've uncovered a nice fireplace in our 1897 terraced house which we need plastering along with a ceiling skim and some plastering of the walls in the living room. Looking for any recommendations please, thanks. We're in Okehampton.

Good call, hadn't thought of doing it like that. The concrete bricks would obviously have to be on a bed of mortar but would I have to fill in between the bricks as well to make the pointing? Also, as the constructional hearth is at the moment slightly lower than the solid floor (it slopes...

I've completed my constructional hearth and am now looking at building a raised hearth a single layer of bricks high. I've laid out the bricks to give an idea of how it would look, obviously I've got to do something about the gap in the middle, maybe cut some bricks down or turn two...

Thanks both for your replies. I won't be removing any mortar unnecessarily, I just want to remove the stuff that's obviously loose and then repoint that area. There are some bits which obviously need repointing as it has already fallen out so I'll concentrate on that first. Going a little off...

Brilliant, cheers. I'll get digging. I've been looking at Hanson dry mix cement, just add water stuff. They've got multi-purpose concrete, instant concrete and 40N concrete, does it matter which one I use? And do I need to put a steel re-bar or mesh in there to reinforce it? Also, worth me...

I'm looking to restore this old fireplace, I've raised a few other questions about it on this forum but this one relates to cleaning up the wall and re-pointing. I've started scraping the remains of the old lime plaster off the wall and that's coming off quite easily. What I'd like to know...

Thanks for your reply Richard, we will be using a HETAS installer to fit the stove, register plate, flue, pot and certify it but I wanted to save a bit of money by getting the hearth and brickwork sorted first. I've had a look through some of the links you posted but a lot of them are about...

I've recently uncovered and opened up the fireplace in our living room. Upon digging out all the backfill i've come to realise there's no solid constructional hearth, the concrete floor ends at the fireplace opening. I've dug out 2" below the concrete floor so far and can see what I guess...

+1 for Halford Professional - Top stuff http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_173083_langId_-1_categoryId_255215 This is the one i've got. Never pay full price though, every so often they have a promotion and they come down to...

I've been researching lime mortar myself recently as I need to repoint the fireplace I've just uncovered. These guys's seem quite helpful: http://www.lime-mortars.co.uk/lime-mortar They do a range of mixes and colours and will also match what you've got currently if necessary.

I'm sure someone will answer this better than me but I've been doing research recently and will be having a multi-fuel stove fitted in the next month or so. If you're having a stove fitted then yes you will need a flue liner fitted, this usually forms the bulk of the material cost and man...

I'd go for it. I've recently ripped out an old kitchen, laid new floor and fitted base and wall units myself and I don't consider myself as a natural or particularly skilled DIY'er. So it probably took me 2-3 times as long but I like to do my research, get all the materials I need, follow...