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Hi all I have ordered some new oak veneer doors for my house revamp and have the fitters coming in soon to fit the handles/latches and hinge to the frames. I have been told I will need to "seal" these doors. Any one got any good tips on the steps I should take to do this? Much appreciated

Hi, I know this is probably not the correct forum for this question, but there are no forums for Car Ports/Garages....so...... My wife would like to knock our old decrepit garage down and have a timber car port with a pitched roof built with stairs into the pitched roof (as the storage)...

Very true. This guy has worked for Structural Engineer companies and has a masters degree (though is not Istructe registered) I am probably being a bit tetchy about drastic work being carried out on an expensive purchase :)

Hi all, we are in the process of getting a structural engineer to do some calculations for steel supports as we are going to be knocking out supporting walls (hopefully) Any advice on what we should be asking the structural engineer? Qualifications, insurance etc? We know what walls we would...

syne, interesting ideas. I'm not a massive fan of one massive room so like the sitting room to be separate. Make heating each room quicker. Going to start on skimming, recarpeting and new inbuilt wardrobes in the bedrooms to start and then thing about downstairs after........

He's advised £800 I am new to all of this and really unsure of the approach to take with such matters. Trying to find a structural engineer is a challenge in itself!!

Hi all, We are looking to have some walls knocked down in our home to create more space and are likely to need a few steel supports as these walls are likely load bearing. We have a structural engineer who has advised on what may need to be done, but wants to come out and check the load path...

Well we are in and first job was to get a roofer in to repair a leak in the downstairs room, as the roof slopes down to first floor, found a massive hole in the roof felt and water was gushing in the corner ceiling. We had originally thought there may have been subsidence (as there are hairline...

Having just bought a new property that has, essentially, 3 bathrooms (upstairs bathroom, ensuite and downstairs bathroom) I was wondering what to do with the upstairs bathroom which is a decent size (7'10 x 12'5) though the exterior wall slopes (dormer bungalow converted upstairs) which has a...

Fantastic job. Looks very nice. Any idea how much it is valued at now you have it completed? (personal question I know!)

Hi all, I have posted a few times recently. My wife and I are about to complete on an extended bungalow (extended up into the roof to 30 years ago). We are going to be doing some extensive work over the next couple of years, including rebuilding garage and potentially re-designing the layout...

Hi, I've not got any pictures of the "potential underpinning" issue. It's all in the right side of the house as you face it and it's all mortar cracking, none of the bricks are cracked It looks like it was re-pointed at one time and has cracked again. Probably about 1.5 meters wide by 2 meters...

Here is the layout. The wall where the Hallway is we want to remove however, the far end (opposite the sink) is where the Boiler is housed and has a flue) will either need to be move(replaced with a new boiler) upstairs into the "study" adding a vent and making that a nice walk in airing...

thanks freddie and especially Hawkeye for approximations. I will try and draw up some plans of what we are intending to do, not in the house yet but should be within the next month. It's going to be a building site for a while :)

Ooops put this in the wrong forum area.... Me and the missus are in the process of buying a house (well a bungalow that had the roof converted to bedrooms/bathrooms) that is also a bit of a project too. We will have the following work that needs to be done and wondered if anyone had any...

Me and the missus are about to buy a house (well a bungalow that had the roof converted to bedrooms/bathrooms) that is also a bit of a project too. We will have the following work that needs to be done and wondered if anyone had any experience of how much these would likely cost (won't be doing...

You can only like one up. Once it catches and is screwed there is no gap to line the other up. God.knows how they did it when fitting it. I think I need konger screws. The finger plates look rubbish. Any advice on how to clean up the socket edges where I tiled? There are slight gaps in the...

Ive just unscrewed some electrical sockets and unwired them to fit some plate covers behind to hide tile gaps. Now i am having massive issues lining up the screws to put the socket back on. I get one in but cannot get the second to line up. So frustrating. Any advice?

Detlef, perfect. Thank you so much!!

Hi all, Not strictly an electrical question, but I have seen wall sockets with frames around them, I am interested in getting some of these as we have tiled our kitchen and there are slight gaps where the tile cutting has not as tight to the plug as we'd have liked, a frame over it would...