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Yes, Richard I see what you mean but I've found in the past that contractors, of whatever type, usually want to do their standard job, not just the parts you want them to do. I'll try a few tho' and see what response I get. Keith

Thanks for the advice. I've spoken to a couple of people at the council and the documents are the "Manual for Streets" which I gather is a dept of Transport publication, and a document the council itself has produced. Both, at first glance seem to have more to do with new estates/streets rather...

Hi. does anyone have any ideas on how to deal with this? My son & daughter own an old terraced house on a corner plot. At the top of the garden in 2008 they built a room with a car port underneath, and to make it more secure want to put a door on the front which will mean it becomes a garage...

Thanks for the replies folks and sorry for the delay in getting back to you, access to computer not possible over the week-end. The best bet seems to be the lime render which I assume will be cheaper than the branded product which seems bit expensive. This is in the kids house and I think...

Hi. I'm about to install a multifuel stove and have already seen various posts on the above with 2 names cropping up-Envirograf and vitcas, but I've recently spoken to someone who's used heat resistant plaster-not sure if 1 of the 2 mentioned-and he said his has still cracked. My question is...

OK Joe-90, thanks for that and to everyone else who replied. Keith

Thanks Micilin-the beam will be sanded but the only one distressed was me carrying it! I'm not so much worried about heat affecting the wood itself as affecting whatever finish I apply-I imagine some are more heat resistant than others. Keith

Is that a varnish? Presumably I'd apply it after applying the coloured dye. Is the watering down to give better penetration and for finish I presume I'd give it another coat undiluted. Keith

Thanks for the replies folks-not sure what I'll do. There definitely used to be something on the market for this but perhaps it's no longer available. One of the places I wanted it for is for an oak beam above a woodburning stove so whatever finish I apply will have to withstand a fair amount...

Hi folks, this is a query I posted on the decorating forum but with no joy so read no further if you've seen it there. I know wet plaster causes a black stain on bare oak and there's a product which can be used to prevent this. Does anyone know what it's called or who makes it? Thanks Keith

Hi folks. I am looking for the name of a product to apply to bare oak to prevent the black stains that wet plaster causes. I've used it before but can't remember the name or who makes it. Does anyone know of it? Thanks Keith

OK-thanks for help, both

Thanks PrenticeBoy-I wasn't aware of the point you make about electric cables but I shall not be wrapping them all around with the insulation. Does it make any difference whether the wiring is wall-side or room-side of the insulation? Keith

Hi everybody. I'm still renovating a 100+ years old house (last room now) and have a query on the type of insulation to use. One of the chimney breast alcoves is on the corner of the house and so is very cold-(2 outer walls, solid 9" brickwork). It also has the gas meter and associated pipework...

Thanks for all the responses everyone-should be able to get on with it now, just have to find someone to crimp the wires. Keith

Thanks for all the interest folks. As far as I could ascertain last night the socket hidden by the cupboard is not a spur so that option has gone. If I can extend the wires to allow the passageway socket to be raised up the wall a few inches, can I plaster over the joints and if so what method...

Probably not because the 2 sockets are on opposite sides of the same wall and just a few inches apart horizontally, as far as I can remember.

....I don't know that it is, but it's the only possibility I can think of that will allow me to get rid of the socket in the passageway without creating rather more work than I would like at the moment-but the skirting board will look a bit of a pig's ear of a job!! Keith

Under no circumstances should you leave it live and simply bury it. OK - message received and understood! However.... the plug in the kitchen is covered by the side of the cupboard not the back and I don't really want to start damaging the cupboard to the extent I would have to or...

Thanks for replying, Rebuke. The socket is a spur in a passageway and is supplied from a socket in the kitchen which is the other side of the wall, so the wires don't go under the floor. Unfortunately the socket in the kitchen is now covered by a cupboard so I can't get at it. If I can find out...