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Hi, I'm putting up a decorative plaster ceiling rose, which has a hole in the middle for the electrical ceiling rose to go in. This seems like a good idea at first, but the hole is only 85mm diameter, which is slightly narrower than any electrical ceiling rose I can find in screwfix / b&q...

Hi, I am going to sand my sitting room floor down to bare wood and the I want to use a clear varnish on. I want the varnish to be hard wearing and not show up scuff marks etc and not to got yellow over time. I've previously used this stuff and found it OK, so was going to use it again...

Hi, I'm fitting a fireplace and I can't find good instructions anywhere so I hope someone might help out. I have an existing open fireplace that works fine but the surround was really ugly so I have removed it. There is a ceramic fireback that is in good condition so I plan to leave it in...

I've had a look at that link- can't see any that specify they will fit in a 25mm box. Does anyone know of any that do fit in 25mm box? Cheers

Hi, Does anyone know of an HDMI faceplate that will fit into a 25mm back box? I've looked at a few but they generally all seem to need a much deeper back box. If anyone knows of any that will fit in a 25mm box (with a cable connected) that would be much appreciated Cheers

Hi The cable from the tv aerial on my roof comes down the outside of the building and then enters the sitting room through a hole drilled through the window frame. This is pretty messy as the TV is on the other side of the room, so I want to drill a new hole through the external wall so that...

Thanks Burnerman - expanding foam sounds like a good idea, hadnt thought of that, I think I'll give it a try

Hi, Here is a photo: Hopefully this helps explain a little bit. In the picture, you can see the holes in the wooden back. The back is about an inch off the wall. So the problem is that I can't put filler in there as it will just fall down the back of cupboard. Any clever ideas...

Hi, I've got built shelves in the alcoves either side of the chimney breast in my sitting room. The wall at the back and sides of the alcove is behind wooden panel, which I guess is about an inch or so off the wall, with decorative architrave at the front. There are several places where...

Hi I've got a suspended timber floor in the sitting room and I can get into the crawl space below the floor without taking any of the floor up, so I am planning to use spray foam insulation on the underside of the floor boards to cover any gaps and therefore stop drafts coming up between the...

Hi, I live in a Victorian terraced house. Bathroom and kitchen are at the back of the house, so waste pipes / drains all at the back of the property. I have a small room at the front of the house where I'd like to fit a toilet and sink. There is no way for the waste pipe to get from the...

Thanks Rob - I bought some anchors as you suggest and I was able to locate a stud, so one side of the cabinet is screwed into the stud, top and bottom and on the other side, I modified the cabinet so that it is screwed into 6 wall anchors - better safe than sorry Cabinet feels pretty solid to...

Hi One of the walls in my bathroom is a stud wall, the plasterboard is 12.5mm. I've got a bathroom cabinet that I want to put up on the wall and the ideal location for it is the stud wall (other 3 walls are solid walls.) I'm not usually a fan of screwing things to plasterboard walls - I...

Thanks for all the replys. So I just want to check this I've undersood stevethespreader's suggested approach - so I board over the ceiling and the plasterboard is cut an inch short of coming right up the cornice, and has a plaserboard edge bead all around the edge. This is then skimmed. Did...

Hi I've got several lath and plaster ceilings with large original victorian cornice. A couple of rooms have minor cracks in ceiling but nothing significant (i.e. ceiling is not coming away from the joists). I want to get new ceilings up as I work my way round each room but I've...

Hi, I've had my bathroom plastered (whole room including cieling), the plaster has had about a month to dry and I have bought dulux bathroom paint. I wondered if anyone has any advice on painting - someone I spoke to said I should water down the first coat of paint when going on to bare...

Hi, I'm putting up new plasterboard in a room, having taken out a stud wall. I've got a big tub of ready mixed plaster from B&Q. Can I use this when I tape and fill the joints? Is there any difference between this and plasterboard jointing compound? Cheers