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hi I am hoping to knock through my longe and dinning room, but also wanted to split the rooms in the winter/privacy have decided intially to go for french doors and have been quoted £800 (for the knock thru loadbearing wall etc, but me buy the doors). I have though of a better idea the...

yeah your right about staying away from the radaitor idea, I am only going to board over the opening of the fire and not bothered about the flooring so the concrete idea i better for me as it wont be seen and I might decide to go back to a fire later on.

at the moment I am not intending to have a fireplace in the room, I am just going to board over the fireplce and carpet over the old hearth site for for space as I dont use this room anyway. I may later on move the radiator over this site or go for a wall hung fire. Maybe I should use this to...

hi i have just removed a 1940s tiled fireplace and hearth, I am left with a 3/4inch gap between the floorboards and the constructional hearth underneath, I obviously want to bring this up to the same level. What type of cement should I use, I have tried a bag of 5kg of cement mix but as you can...

Ok then will leave well alone thanks

I have a 1930s semi with bay windows. I want to raise the height of the downstairs bay window ceiling so that it matches the ceiling of them room and make the room look bigger. I am hoping to do it myself. I just want to know if it is possible as i dont want to remove all that plaster only to...

co-incidently I have someone interested in it and is willing to come and take it out, therefore a saved a lot of hard work

In wish to remove one of these and break it up. Are these made from solid concrete or is it hollow with concrete only in the shape of the surround behind the tiles? If so would it be possible to smash it up in situ? rather than take off the wall? thanks in advance

thanks was thinking that the second option would be better, the door would therefore be much lighter with the smaller glass panel so should not cause much grief with the door dropping.

I have an awful 2XG half glass style front door on my house but I want to convert it to change both the glass and panel for a full length panel like a clinton style without buying anew front door. I know this is a bit drastic but could a cut throught the centeal rail where the letterbox is and...

I have just had my boiler installed in the bathroom where the old airing cupboard was, next to the bath, the boiler starts where the length of the bath finishes in zone 2. I know that I need a cupboard around it to cover the electrics but is it possible to only build a cupboard below the...

hi I have a semi with the orginal cast iron soil pipe fitted. I have just noticed that whenever I flush the toilet the pipe outside starts to weep/drip slowly at where the pipe branches from the wall and connects to the stack at the socket see pic below with arrow. I dont wont to go to...

I know that around 2004/5 for twin and earth cable the new colours blue and brown came out just before part p came in but did this also happen for the wiring in consumer units on sale as well? I have noticed that the internal wiring from the neutral bar and rcd isolater etc has also changed in...

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