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I think i'm going to end up having to take out the old linings as they are so warped and the brick work to the left as they are old bricks on their sides and the wall is bowed / some bricks are crumbling. I'll then keep the existing wooden uprights (not in the picture) between the sections of...

Trying to fit some new doors in a Victorian house and it turns out the door frame openings are between 71 and 73 cm so normal size hollow doors I don't think will be possible. The current door linings are between 84 and 86 cm wide and 205cm high. Can I just replace these with normal door...

Hi Currently doing up an old Victoria terrace house and in the upstairs bedroom there are some large cracks in the skimmed wall which have previously been filled but you can hear the plaster is blown. In the middle of the wall there used to be a chimney breast and the cracks are running down...

Any advice anyone?

Apologies in advance, I originally posted this is the floors, stairs and lofts forum and think I should have posted it here instead. I'm sure some of my questions have been covered in previous posts but I haven't been able to find any. Got a mid-terrace Victorian house that I'm trying to...

Hi I'm sure some of my questions have been covered in previous posts but I haven't been able to find any. Got a mid-terrace Victorian house that I'm trying to refurbish. The master bedroom though has a bowing ceiling and a dipping floor. I'm guessing the best way to hide the ceiling...

Currently refurbishing a house and need a couple of tools. I've got a corded Bosch SDS drill http://www.carlisleglass.co.uk/Bosch-GBH-2-26-DFR-Rotary-Hammer-Drill.html but I think I need something with a bit more power to break up a 10m long x 30cm deep concrete slab running along the...