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Agree, it would take a long time sanding all the wood back. Better off buying skirting that is a little higher so it can over the any damaged plaster if you take the old skirting off.

Very nice, great job. Did you use plasterboard screws in the aqua board?

I agree with Nick, open up the wall between the kitchen and lounge. If you could, i would try and make the kitchen alittle wider, possibly upto the store.

Who are the people I should contact if the main outside water tap feeding the house is stuck and won't close? Thanks

just to add its a old plug in wylex board without rcds

Hello, The downstairs MCB ring main that controls the sockets keeps on tripping after around 4mins even when no appliances are plugged in? I've been told it could be a live and neutral wire touching somewhere?, can this fault be found with a plug in electrical tester? Any other tests i...

Thanks, so basically we can leave our immersion heater on constantly, and the thermostat will switch it on and off accordingly to the temperature.

Hi all, ive got a few questions regarding the hotwater cylinder and wonder if anyone can help. From what i see, there are two thermostates on a hot water cylinder. one connected to the immersion heater and another 1/3 of the way up the cylinder. When the immersion heater switch is flicked...

Hi All, I've been asked to fit light fittings to the ceiling in afew flats. Some have been solid concrete, some old plaster and others plasterboard. Before i fix any fittings ill drill a small pilot hole then screrw in with the appropriate fixings. Normally in these flats there's not loft...

Hi all, I just want to make sure I'm doing this correct. I've got a hot and cold pipes that are going in a solid uninsulated floor in the kitchen. I've dug down to the dpm layer, about 3 1/2" I was going to wrap the pipes with corrosion resistance tape and then add insulation around them...

Hi everyone, I've just moved into a new house, at the moment the understide of the staircase is covered with old crumbing plaster, that has broken away due to movement of the steps im guessing. I want to take all the old crumbling plaster off and start again. Would it be okay to use...

Hi All, I'm looking to install these in the two rooms, upstairs bedroom and another room downstairs. I looked in the 2006 building regs book and it says they should be installed above 1.7M high. Questions 1) Are the current regs the same, and do the new regs stipulate two should be...

Hi, Currently our small semi detached house had been extended to the side around 50% of the original size of the house. Permitted development states it's okay to extend half the size of the original house. If I want to extend more to the side, would that mean I have to apply for planning...

Thanks for the reply. I've been trying to contact my architect, but he doesn't seem to be asnwering...I'll continue ringing him, I just hope he hasn't gone opn holiday! I'm not sure if I've done this right, but to work out the extension in m3. I did 4.6m x 4.6m x 2.1m = 44.4m3 Then I...

Unless the council made a mistake, because the loft conversion wasn't massive, but just ok. It was going to have a dormer height of 2.1m.

Hi, Thanks for the reply guys. Just to confirm the architect sent in an application for a lawful development certificate. In the form where it says "information about the proposed use" he wrote Permitted Development. So basically the loft conversion has been drawn too big, and my...

Hi All, A architect applied for planning to have my loft converted into a liveable room with dormers. I just got the reply back from the council and they said its been refused. "The applicant is advised that the volume calculation from the drawings as submitted equates to a volume...

anyone?

Hi All, I was wondering how much would it cost to change my old lead pipe from the stop tap on the street to my boundary? Its actually only 30cm or so from my boundary also isit even worth changing?

:) I've just found a door at a good price. But it's a stained glass... would that look odd for a back door?