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This isn't actually my chimney, but it's pretty much identical brickwork - an arch lintel, a double-width layer of bricks at each side. On the subject of keying in, I was considering using screw-in ties like these? As long as my breeze-block courses don't line up with my brick courses...

Hi all, A rare one this - I can find loads of people wanting to get rid of chimney breasts, but I need to make mine bigger! I'm fitting a wood burner and would like to make the chimney breast deeper so that (a) I can install fitted cupboards either side, and (b) the hearth doesn't stick...

From my own experience when this has happened, I've always ended up drilling it out. I was under the impression the screw extractors were only any use where the head of the screw was still attached but worn out? Any screws that come free with stuff (or even worse free wall plugs!) immediately...

Hi all, Would really appreciate some help with some oak veneer doors I'm busy fitting - for some reason the panels are loose and slide around! Is there a 'standard' procedure to fix this? Never come across this before, and the doors rattle like hell when they're closed. Many thanks in...

Hi all, Can anyone enlighten me the difference between Danish oil and Finishing oil? So far I've done two oak doors and two rooms of oak skirting off of Liberon finishing oil, I've just as an experiment tried a third door with Danish oil and at first glance can't see a difference! Also, is...

That is affirmative - just to be clear, I'm not looking to do the thing "on the cheap", I'm really looking for a way of breaking up some of the cost so that I can do now the stuff that stops us getting our living room habitable, the space under our floor is accessible via a crawlspace, so the...

Hi all, I'm in the process of renovating my home (mid 30s semi detached), and am looking at installing underfloor heating downstairs. We've got a suspended timber floor, currently with foam insulation fitted between the joists directly under the floorboards, so I'm after something like the...

The frames are currently dark stained wood, which we're about to paint white, but I'm worried it'll be difficult to paint around the black seals, and I think the stripper I've used to get the stain / varnish out may have affected the seals. :S Russ

Hi all, Can anyone advise if it's possible to: a) Replace the seals around a double glazed window between the glass and the frame b) Are these seals available in colours other than black? The windows are pretty old - they're a solid timber frame, with white plastic for the movable...

Hi all, A quick update - I contacted the company involved, and it's now all sorted. I was able to pick out offcuts that were perfect for what I need (it's a small box room nursery-to-be), I had to pay a tenner for the delivery, and at the same time they picked up and refunded me for the piece...

Hi all, I've recently (two months back) had some oak skirting delivered from a timber merchants, I've only just got round to fitting it due to health issues, and found out that one of the 4 meter lengths is just plain ugly. It's got no clear grain pattern, and has loads of really dark almost...

Hi all, I'm trying to fit some solid oak skirting using a screw digger and plug cutter - I've been able to cut the holes and screw the boards to the wall. The trouble is, when I did a test piece I fitted a plug and when I applied finishing oil (Colron) over the top of it I got a black ring...

Hi all, Does anyone here have any experience using Komar wall murals? We're thinking of using the below mural in a guest room, picking out the sky blue and the pinish grey as colours to use elsewhere in the room...

People's Front of Judea? Splitters! 8) Russ, Judean People's Front.

I personally get all mine from Wickes, they've been alright. The one time they did cock up a delivery, they offered a subsequent free delivery and 10% discount on the order in compensation. Russ

That's exactly our place! I'm so tempted to rip out all the walls and replace with stud, but we can't cope with any more demolition. :roll: Thanks to all for your advice on this thread, really reassuring to know i'm not on the wrong track with removing and replacing this particular wall...

We've had a surveyor in before on an unrelated issue who spotted that one of our joists supporting the second floor has bowed - he doesn't think it's going to move any further, but I'm guessing having a 4 square metres of brickword on top of it isn't helping things! The wall in question sits on...

The joists run perpendicular to the wall - that is they run from the front face of the house, over the wall in question, then over another wall in the bathroom then back to the rear of the property. Not sure if this is in one span or not (I can find out). Thanks, Russ

Hi all, Can anyone advise whether the wall highlighted in red below (above a stairwell) is normally holding up the ceiling above? We're in a fairly standard 1930s semi. The wall highlighted in red is showing some pretty serious cracks, and we'd like to if possible remove and replace...