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Thanks for the replies so far. Avonmouth - Sorry i might have not mentioned, it would be one of those showers which is basically a bath/shower mixer tap. So to have the shower on the opposite end i would need to ensure that the taps are on the opposite end (left hand side on the picture)...

Basically we have just removed a bath + tiles from the bathroom and we would like to install a bath shower riser, but the area where the taps originally were, are not suitable to install a shower because it is basically facing a window with a ledge. The only way i think this is possible is to...

ah right, thanks foxhole. will B+Q do custom size replacements doors? I thought they only did the doors that came with their units. thanks

ah right, it seems like it would work out to about £40 a door. Just wondering, is it advisable to use Melamine board as a kitchen unit door?

I am looking to refresh the kitchen unit doors with a new colour, but it seems as though they have been painted over a few times already. What would be the best way to put a new colour on them? i assume it would be a case of stripping them down somehow and starting from scratch? Thanks

Currently thinking of changing the paint colour of all the external windows. They were originally white and then paint over with magnolia (previous owner) I was just going to paint over the existing paint but then wasnt sure if it would be worth scraping/sanding the existing paint off first...

One of the door keeps on my composite door has been damaged and was just wondering if anybody knows where you are able to get individual replacements from? it is the keep for this lock that i am after: STV COBRA 2 SOLID BRASS HOOKS LOCKING SYSTEM i think the keep i need would be a claw...

Thinking of buying a house which is in need of some redecoration work, no wall coming down or anything like that. Just a fresh interior. Things that need doing will most likely consist of removing the: - Entire Kitchen (units, stove, flooring tiling) - Bathroom (bath, toiler, sink, flooring...

Didn't mean to twist your words, I was just taking them into context because if that was the real case then maybe in the future I shouldn't just base price as the deciding factor. But yeah I can see what you mean. Put it this way, you will know the 'right' way to do a job. I technically dont...

Yep I never really put that into consideration and that is indeed a valid point too if it is based 'purely' on price. But then the cheapest quote I had which I eventually went with was a 'Vaillant Advance' installer, to which I got 7 instead of 5 years warranty. None of the others had that...

Ok on one sense i can see what you mean but i think you have to take into account that I am the consumer in this standpoint. Builders, mechanics, engineers, plumbers all have a similar position when they charge a price. Its normally to quote a price based on the specifics of the job, and like...

I thought it was a case of the more quotes the better? lol

also not sure if its a coincidence or not but as i started to get more quotes in i started to understand more about what could/needed to be done. e.g. vertical flues, 15-22mm pipe, boiler warranties, boiler models, kw requirements, gas servicing requirements, rough pricing etc. Before the 1st...

Hi tony, I completely get what you mean, its like providing a face to the service which i guess can sometimes be a deciding factor. And yes you are able to spot things which may be out of the ordinary but I guess those costs can also be pre-approved on the quote? As in, giving a base price...

Hi Fred, Sorry I wouldn't know what is and isn't needed at all, hence me throwing the question on the forum. i'm guessing the columns would be expensive already?

Now the problem I have is that I need a boiler replacing in a 2nd property which is about 2.5 hours away, and to then have to go there and back every few days just to get quotes in would be a slight hassle. When they come to do a quote they tend to look at all the same things, exiting...

I was just wondering if there might be a rough guide in converting a normal sized window on the 1st floor into a juliette balcony? I understand that planning permission etc might be required which is something that will be a separate matter. But i was just wondering if they tend to be costly...

I am basically moving from a gravity fed system to a combi and my fitter mentioned that the current shower I have might not be a high pressure one and that similar shower mixers to mine have cartridges/filters which can be changed into high pressure ones, which would then save me the hassle of...