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    Double glazing original 30s front door keeping original glas

    Sincerest apologies for hijacking, I honestly wasn't aware. I just thought since i'm in a similar position this would be an efficient use of a thread. I'll repost in a separate thread. Thanks.
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    Double glazing original 30s front door keeping original glas

    Hi, I'm replacing the single pane of glass glass in the upper half of a victorian porch door. The door sits behind the external front door. Does any one know what thickness/type of glass should I replace it with ? Many thanks in advance. yoocan
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    do you wish you have never started something.......?

    I would go for the Wilkinson brand paint stripper I've found that its much better than Nitromors. Also you won't be able to leave it for 24hrs, the paint has to be removed after about 15 minutes, otherwise the stripper will dry out and you'll be back where you started. Take care with whichever...
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    floor boards - sanding- gaps - and finish

    Hi, I'm hope to sand my floorboards in my hall and morning room and I have a few questions. The combined area is 18m2. The boards are all decent quality and quite smooth already. There are quite a few paint marks on the boards, and the gaps are quite small, <2mm. In the morning room part of...
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    floor boards - sanding- gaps - and finish

    Hi, I'm hope to sand my floorboards in my hall and morning room and I have a few questions. The combined area is 18m2. The boards are all decent quality and quite smooth already. There are quite a few paint marks on the boards, and the gaps are quite small, <2mm. In the morning room part of...
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    Bevel raised panel missing

    Many thanks for your input. The door used to be an external door following the porch but an external door has since ben placed infront of the porch, so its now an internal door. It was actually boxed in, i've just uncovered it this weekend and thought it would be nice to restore it. I...
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    Bevel raised panel missing

    Hi, Wonder if anyone knows how to make or obtain the encircled part of the door shown below: Thanks, yoocan
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    To widen or not to widen a window rebate

    Hi, I have a sound wooden window frame with a single pane of glass in it on the ground floor. The dimensions are ~1mx1m for the main window and ~0.5mx1m for the opening light. The rebate is ~18mm deep, for the main window and ~16mm for the light. I would like to replace the two single panes...
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