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Now the bedroom's about finished, I want to paint my terrace, as it looks like it's not been done for a while. I just wondered how I should prepare the surface? It's already painted white, and I'm going to paint the same colour. There are a few places where the paint has flaked off a bit, and a...

So it shouldn't be too much of an issue for my builder to do then? I haven't asked him about it yet, but I have to explain in French exactly what i want, so wanted to make sure it was possible first!

It's a 38mm thick worktop - 606mm deep. I guess I'll replace the whole piece, with the baton support underneath and the pole support at the other end. I don't think I'm going to be climbing on it, as there are cupboards above it, so hopefully it should be fine. Thanks for the help!

Not sure if I should post this here - hope so! I want to replace a piece of worktop in my new flat. The kitchen is an Ikea kitchen, so I can buy the worktop to match no problems. I'm just not sure what is best to do. The current piece of worktop is about 70cm and has a unit of drawers...

Hope I'm posting this in the right section... In my new flat there's a very newly fitted kitchen (18 months old) and we want to extend a part of the worktop, as there's a whole half-wall that could be used for worktop but is currently "dead" space (the previous owners had a table there). The...

My apartment building has an intercom system connected to the doorbells for each flat. The handset we have in our flat is a bit rubbish and it's quite hard to hear what people are saying when they talk through it from the front door. Can we just replace our handset for a newer one, or would it...

OK, so I had my rubbish walls completely skimmed and some bits deeply filled where there were holes and things. Anyway, the room is now virtually dry, so I wanted to start painting at the weekend. As a first-time house-owner and DIY-er, I have a few questions: 1) I understand that I should put...

We just stripped a bedroom in our 1930s appartment and uncovered walls in a similar state. We ended up having the shot plaster removed, parts completely replastered and the whole lot skimmed. I would really recommend doing this, as we found that even part of the wall where there weren't cracks...

I'm having my bedroom walls/ceiling completely skimmed and re-plastered in places, as the walls are a bit rubbish underneath the 3 layers of wallpaper we've just stripped. My question is this: Can I paint directly onto the fresh plaster once it's dry or do I need to put up lining paper? If I can...

Well in my flat a feature wall is one that is painted a different colour to the others in a room. So for example, in my bedroom, I have one blue wall, and 3 creamy beige walls. We picked the most visible wall - the one behind the bed - as the "feature wall" as out of the 3 other walls, one has...

Most appliances these days are earthed - particularly things like TVs, DVD players, etc. If it has a fitted manufacturer's plug, chances are it is earthed. It's really very easy to change all the plug - you simply cut the old one off, strip the wire, and connect the new plug. European plugs only...

Thanks for the replies. I had a builder round last night and he reackons he can drain the system and move the radiator, as the wall needs re-rendered behind where there's been a damp problem in the past. I think you're right in that the plumber just wasn't fancying the job himself!!

I'm a bit new to this, so sorry for the dumb questions. I'm renovating my bedroom and the woodwork has 3 layers of gloss paint on it. What would be the best thing to get through the paint quickly? I've tried painting on a paint stripper, and that seems to still require a lot of scraping to get...

We've have just moved into a 1930s flat and this weekend have stripped off 3 layers of wallpaper in one room to find some walls in good condition, and some in need of some attention. In particular, we've found a slight hole just above the radiator. Our radiators are inset into the wall, and are...