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I wish to open up an offshot kitchen in a Victorian terrace .My plan is to rempve the door and its frame,and widen the opening to about 1200mm,or about 4 foot.I plan to use a lintel spanning 1500mm ie five foot.Would this be feasible please and if not what is the alternative please?

I have a W/B boiler which is now 17 years old and it is going strong ,no recent repairs needed so I would hold on .You can always resell your PCB etc. if you swap in three years time.

I wish to buy six Victorian panelled doors(internal) and would like advice on what to offer.The doors are already stripped and seem well preserved.Thanks for reading.

I want to make an ensuite bathroom in a bedroom 12 x 12 foot.I wanted to know if there are any minimum sizes to adhere to and what others would recommend.I was thinking of a metre in width ,running the full length of the room(12ft).This would leave a room of 12 x 9 ft which could be used as a...

I have no wish to be contradictory but why will I require a structural engineer?I have already fitted 7" joists in my own home without trouble-after 15 years

I would probably use some 7" joists.bolted to the existing 5" ceiling joists.Thanks for your comments.

I hope to convert a loft but there are several unusual vertical members.They run vertically and are nailed to the side of the purlin(at the roof apex)They are approximately the dimension of a skirting board,and I cannot believe they would be load bearing since nthey have a narrow section and...

Thanks for your observations.I would be better either ripping out the hardboard underlay and tiles attached OR screw some hardboard/plywood over the top and starting again.

Make sure that you spread tiles for several days not 24 hours as Wickes suggest.Mine(tiles) started swelling after they had been laid and glued to board.

I recently bought some cork tiles from W*ck*s and foillowed their advice to leave cork in room for 24 hours.They were laid on primed hardboard but lifted,despite using the dedicated adhesive.I believe the tiles needed far more than 24 hours as the house is cold and unoccupied. I have the...

Is it better to use a shed or builders merchants,or even bespoke timer merchant.We have all three in Sheffield,but Wickes/BQ very dear for plywood it seems.Thanks for reading J

I need to purchase some architrave in UPVC to finish the tiling-the trim will be set at 90 degrees to the window and attach to the rebates.Any suggestions as how to source this material and how to attach using adhesive of some sort?

Thanks for the advice,Richard.So shall I offer them £100 and have done with it?

It is five years old.

I have the chance to buy a second hand kitchen,and for £300 I can get the kitchen I want plus oven ,hob,sink and extractor.I wondered if there are any problems fitting such a kitchen rather than using a flatpack.The equivalent kitchen from Wickes is the very basic Miami costing £400 plus a...

I have the chance to buy a second hand kitchen,and for £300 I can get the kitchen I want plus oven ,hob,sink and extractor.I wondered if there are any problems fitting such a kitchen rather than using a flatpack.The equivalent kitchen from Wickes is the very basic Miami costing £400 plus a...

many thanks john

Several rooms each 4m X 4m X 2.8 M to be skimmed in Sheffiled ,some boards some existing finish.Probably a day per room for spread and labourer-materials (multi-finish provided by self) Whats a fair price for 48 m sqr per room(4 rooms in all)?

I need to drain down CH system but there is drain valve at lowest point.I would like to make a radiator tail using a short length of copper with sevice valve in-line and solder the copper to female part of rad valve. 1. will this work ? 2.is there a better method of achieving a drain-down...

great idea thanks