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Quick question about one of my oak work tops in the kitchen. I lifted the toaster off the surface today to give it a coat of Osmo oil and noticed that there a split/crack in the wood emanating from the edge of the worktop towards the centre of the surface. The split is only a few inches long and...

Thanks for the response Nige. Whilst you may be right, the thing that is odd and making me question if the feathers have failed, is the fact that it doesn't happen all the time. The chimney that had the "cross draught" has 4 different flues and yet the smoke only entered into one of the other...

Hi I hope someone can help me and this is the correct place to post this. We have an intermittent problem regarding the fireplaces in our house. We live in an old Victorian property that had fireplaces in most of the rooms. 7 fireplaces in total feeding into 2 main chimneys. We have sealed...

You are the customer, it is your house and you are paying for it so tell them what u want!! Just dont go back to them if you have problems.

We bought a house a year ago that needed gutted. Ultimately the house was supposedly "priced" to allow for alterations. However, based on the survey they valued the property at a certain price after the major urgent work was completed - the major work was significant damp inc DPC, dry rot, wood...

Hi,I think it sounds very expensive. I recently had 30+ sash windows reconditioned or replaced. The reconditioning included all the work you have indicated and I also had them re-decorated at same time (which I think is a v good idea as they are so difficult to do when in place). The cost was...

Whilst this is not oil based this is a satin finish for exterior wood. I used it on my sash windows and it appears to be v good. This may be the best option for you and you can colour mix it to whatever you want...

I folks I am looking for some advice. We have applied for and been successful in regards to getting planning for a roof terrace on our Victorian property in a conservation area. At this stage I have got architectural drawings but they don't answer a lot of the questions that I have! To give...

Hi Karis thanks for getting back to me and sorry I am only replying now but this is my first opportunity. I had heard of people suggesting silicon rather than grout. Why clear silicon though what does that actually look like? I would have assumed it would make more sense to use white. In...

I have nice Scottish Sandstone windowsills in our Vic era property, however, one in particular has developed a problem. There is a 6" hole in the flat top surface - the hole is about 5-10mm deep. The top of the sill sounds pretty much boast and I assume that the top layer of the brick is coming...

Yep all valid points but as I mentioned it can be done as my windows go to prove. My original frames were kept and we added extra weight to the original so they are slightly longer. Windows still fully open and aren't affected by extra length of weight. At the end of the day a good joiner will...

I have in the last 12 months had a joiner in reconditioning upwards of 30 sash windows in our property. Some of the sash's were rotten so they had to be replaced. The new sash windows were installed with DG units and the rest had the single glazing retained. The external noise levels from the DG...

Will do but will have to wait to tomorrow as the wee one is in bed now. Thanks though.

Hi I was hoping someone could help me with a problem. I finally got round to trying to install the plaster ceiling rose in my daughters bedroom and at the same time I was changing the pendant shade. The ceiling light hasn't worked for ages in her room but we only ever use lamps in the house so...

If you think you can do that amount of work for £40k then sadly there is a need for that! It is virtually a rebuild cost you are looking at and as an absolute minimum you are looking at about £100/sq ft for a very basic fit out and that only accounts for the "new" part, the cost to fix the...

I have recently moved into our home after spending 9 months doing fairly major work to it. One of the many jobs that needed done was sorting out the original sash windows. The house dates back to about 1895 and all the original sash windows and most of the original glass was still in place...

Sure George keep talking you just dig it deeper. Pot and kettles!

Something like the Duo-Tec 40he. Not the most recent model but the one from last year. Cheers for response so far. S

Bit of a stupid question probably but I know v little about gas boilers. With the fine weather we are having I have set out wireless thermostat to the off position as there is no need for heating. Can someone explain to me why my Baxi combi boiler sounds like it fires up for a period of time yet...