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Also a wall mounted electric fire is going up here with the brackets to hold the fire screwed into the brickwork, the electric fire has a wide span & depth . l cannot be doing with taking all my nice plaster work back down :cry: , when in time we decorate again and it cracks/falls off l will...

opps :oops: l'm papering over the plaster will that hold it together so the plaster does not crack and fall off :wink:

No wind up... what can happen by using osb board instead of plaster board, it seem to have gone on ok.

l did'nt use plaster board, l used screws to put osb board on batten built frame then put one coat plaster on in coats..

If the lot comes off & your back to brick/block & don’t have the time to wait you can dot & dab MR plaster board & mechanically fix tile backer board in the wet areas & tile directly over that...

l'm plastering my chimney breast wall to cover where the coal fire was. l have boarded the opening up and it needs building up by 50mm to get it flush with the walls. l,m using one coat plaster and have put two coats on and have a final 10mm coat left to do, what l would like to ask you...

Can someone then tell me the best way to get the tiles off that are to the wall without making a right mess of the walls, or if l have no choice but to damage the walls to get the tiles off what is the best way. Chip at them with a bolster, smash the tiles with a lump hammer etc. Also what is...

l would like to put 2 flexible hoses from my bathroom sink taps to 15mm copper pipes, prefebly with a isolator valve on the flexible hose. What l would like to know is the size l need for the flexible hose, is it 15x1/2" , 15x3/4" or some other size..

My bathroom wall has tiles already on and l would like to put larger tiles up, the tiles already on will make a right mess trying to get them off as l've already tried taking one off and the adhesive on the tiles are taking the chunks of wall off with it.. So can l tile on top of these tiles...

Got[/url] hold of one of those Heavy duty scrappers and the woodchip paper is not coming off in strips but in small bits, and the scrapper digs into the walls sometimes taking chunks out of it :cry: ....l give up. How much are these perforators to buy.. do wickes/ b&q sell them..

Help chaps, l've got my hallway/landing to strip and it's got woodchip on the walls that's been there a long time(before l moved in). Anyway it's been painted l don't know how many times over the years and l want the stuff off the walls, can someone tell me the best method to use to get the...

My house walls are a nightmare, l need to put up a wooden baton so l can attach a curtain pole to it but the walls are concrete stones. l've tried masonry drill bits but they do not drill straight and go blunt leaving a bigger hole. Masonry nails just bend and glue is no good for the weight...

l'm putting laminate flooring down in my living room and have just took up the carpet which has underlay. Can l use this underlay to put my laminate flooring down on. Also where is the best place to start the flooring, l was thinking at the door as l have to doors into the living room...

Guys l need a bit more advice, like what do l look for in the loft to show if it's load bearing or not... :?

l want to take down a wall between my toilet and bathroom to make one big room but sure if it is load bearing. Can someone give me some advice and what to look for to check if it's ok to take down. l live in a 3 bed house and the toilet/bathroom wall is upstairs with only the attic/roof above....

Any reason to stay clear of PVA and glue size... l will do as you say and coat the walls with a thin paste solution, do l leave the paste to dry or can l put the wallpaper up straight away..

l've just stripped my living room walls ready for papering again and the walls are so dry, the paper l've just stripped off came off in sheets it was that easy. The house walls are concrete/stone with a skim of plaster but the walls seem so dry and the paste will just suck into the walls giving...

Thanks for the info Richard C.... Now if l use a drainage system on a impermeable driveway that covers more than 5 square metres l do not need planning permission... is this correct. Now if l use a drainage system at the end of the drive, the gutter grate type l thinking of... any ideas how...

What is permeable concrete, is it similar to ready mixed concrete delivered . Do these readymix companys delivery permeable concrete the same way and is it more expensive... It say's on the link Richard C sent that..... If the surface to be covered is more than five square metres planning...

l would like to do a concrete driveway in our garden but l'm sure l have seen somewhere that you cannot do concrete driveways for drainage reasons :roll: is this true or have l just imagened this.... If there are no such regs on concrete driveways then l could do with a little bit of advice...