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The white coat is also acrylic not paint. You can get liners? See alot of American companies advertising it.

If it was me, I'd remove all the old tiles and grout lines leaving behind the old adhesive. Once this is done it should be pretty flat other than the old adhesive. You now have two options, you could tile directly over this. If you do, as its a small area I'd trowel the adhesive directly onto...

I'm not a builder but I'm pretty sure if they've blocked it up and dropped it down into the loft there should be visible vents on the chimney breast in a least one of the rooms below. This allows air to pass up and down the empty chimney preventing condensation and thus damp. What could of...

Just a quick one, the previous tiles that are or were down. Were any of them cracked, loose or was any of the grout cracked or loose? Being that this was previously tiled and if none of the above occurred the chipboard could be 22-25mm, could of been sealed and was in fact fine in the first...

Don't want to replace it as it's the only suitable bath I've found, and it only cost £2. The problem is its formed from black acrylic and has been coated white inside, there are some cracks in this white coat. Think I could live with the cracks rather than the new version of the bath...

It's difficult to put a price on it because I know in London prices vary alot. To cut the cost do you think you'd be able to baton and board the ceilings yourself? This would then make it just a scrim and scim, a one man job. The boards and battening would cost you about £70 to £80, and at...

Has anyone tried this with any success? And what product/kits are out there and the best to use? Any help would be great. Gob's

Looks good Mark, the only thing I would change if possible and it were me! is to not have the breakfast bar facing the wall, I'd have an overhang on the back of the main units coming out into the kitchen by the door and put the lost floor units in the space where the breakfast bar was. In...

You'll need to allow it to dry now and unfortunately sand down the paint affected and recoat. Gob's

I'd go to a local reclaims yard, my local one has plenty of old reclaimed timber of all sizes. A piece of an old ceiling or floor joist would do the trick. Sorry couldn't see you jpeg as link wasn't working. GARDINER'S RECLAIMED BUILDING MATERIALS Salvage & Reclamation Tel: 01782...

1. I aim to use 22mm thick boards, but how do I go about selecting which screws I need? ie what diameter and length should they be? The joists are 14cm deep so there is no problem regarding selecting a screw that is too long, but what sort of length should go through the boards to the joists...

Other than what you've said I don't think there's anything else you can do. Check that there is no wobble in the shelf once you've refastened it tightly with as large screws and raw plugs as it will allow, if there is movement you could try to put something in the holes in the back of the...

1. You've got the frame lined with thin pieces of wood that look routed ff on one edge. Did you buy these in this shape? Yes, you can get them in b&q for about 90p each for a 1m ish piece, I used this as the customer wanted to use pine slatted doors recessed in a bit, if you want it to look...

Obviously think of what your going to want to be putting in there to get an idea of what size door you want. As your using mdf you wont have o worry about making it to a specific size as you can cut it to fit after. First like you said construct a suitable size gap for the door using the...

From you description its difficult to tell what stage your at, I take it either the eaves were open and your constructing a false wall and door, or are you cutting into the eave space and just putting a door in? obviously different but something along these lines?

Could just be the seal on the waste extension has had its day, you could ensure its wiped clean and dry and run a bead of silicone round it which should seal it as there's no pressure on the water. Also double check the drip is definitely coming from there as it could quite easily be coming...

If when you turn it on water still comes thru but its cold its probably the heat element that's gone. You could check the switch for the low med high settings is properly aligned, sounds like a silly thing but twice now I've visited someones house to find the switch has come off and been put...