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D&D plasterboard + Skimming is the easiest and cleanest way. However, you will lose some wall space usually 1.5-2cm and this sometimes can be a problem if there's a door frame on this wall. How big is the wall? If you are looking to paint on lining paper, I wouldn't bother skim the whole wall...

Looking at the floor plan, if the neighbour has positioned their sofa the same as the floor plan, they should also find it noisy to the sound of your cooking, kettle boiling, or microwave running? You can get a reasonable sound proofing if you are willing to lose about 5cm if wall. If you can...

I have set my eyes on intergas Eco RF 30 and found a plumber that can install it. He's happy for me to buy it but I'm not sure which fitting kit and flue should I go for. The plumber says any telescopic type with minimum 600mm should be fine but intergas website only has 520mm telescopic ones...

I have a wall in kitchen that's been stripped back to brick wall, electrician is chasing on this wall this week. I have arranged for plumber to install a new combi boiler the day after plastering is done but just realised I didn't account some times for plaster to dry. Should I ask plumber to...

LOL, what's the difference between club hammer and normal hammer (the type that comes in a full set of household toolbox)?

Hi all, One of our kitchen wall has 2 layers of tiles on it. The area is 3m wide of double tiles floor to ceiling. My small SDS drill doesn't seem powerful enough to remove 2 tiles in one go. Is manually removing first layer the only way to deal with it? Thanks.

Thanks all. I am on the 7th floor in a purposed build building. The WC waste pipe will be connected to existing toilet waste pipe in bathroom. No external connection. If I submit all work in 1 application, what happens if I decided not to do the WC? We are definitely opening the wall, but...

Thank you for the advice. I have structure engineer's calculation for the proposed opening, he says it's quite straight forward so I am hoping any trusted builder can make it happen asap so that I don't have spend more money rent as well as technical drawings for the full plan application. Do...

I am opening up a load bearing wall between kitchen and lounge and I am also installing an additional WC in a storage room (next to bathroom). I am not quiet sure how building notice works so would appreciate some pointer. So far the questions I have are: 1: Do I need to submit 2 building...

Thanks for the replies. I didn't unscrew the back box and decided to have EIRC. Lighting circuit turns out fine...lucky! There is a breakage in kitchen ring circuit but we are going to have all the socket rewired so that should be fine. for anyone who's interested, this is the cable behind...

Hi all, Just bought a flat that has artex ceilings tested positive for asbestos. Most of ceilings either have thick asbestos-free artex or been painted over in pretty good condition so we are happy not to disturb it. However, after removing 2 fitted wardrobes in our bedroom, it was revealed the...

I have opened up 2 switches and 1 socket but can’t see any conduit yet, I am hoping perhaps it’s hidden behind the wall so I will have to unscrew the back box before know anything for sure.

Thanks for the replies, much appreciate it. It's a relief to know full rewire isn't the only option. Will C1/C2/C3 code compromise the safety certificate for new circuit/socket installed? What are other implications for having unsatisfactory codes besides the risk? unable to have insurance?

Thanks, I'm on top floor and the lease says we can do it so long it complies with all building registration requirement and that's why structure engineer is involved. My other option is to proceed as if they are load bearing which apparently will cost a lot more than opening up ceiling first.

Electrician came round to do a quote for partial rewire. Basically I need a lot more sockets, new consumer unit and an extra new circuit for ktichen. I was going to leave the lighting circuit as it is but I was told the lighting circuit might be unsafe and advised to have a full rewire or EICR...

I want to remove walls between kitchen and lounge, structural engineer could not visually work out if the walls are load-bearing as all walls in the flat are solid walls. (it's a concrete purposed build building). He suggested to remove finishes to underside of ceiling back to underside of...