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Cheers guys, I've since discovered the beading is MDF but the colour / texture does blend quite well with my flooring. If I am to paint the beading then I guess it doesn't matter if it's MDF? Failing that - these wood quadrants you can get at the wood yards - do they really make a...

Hi all Thanks for your replies. Not sure why I don't really like the beading. The beading itself is as close to the hard wood floor colour as I could find. It's not MDF - I got it from Homebase and I think it's just called edging. Don't get me wrong it looks ok, it's just when you see...

Anyone at all??? :(

Hey Guys, Just some advice or pointers needed for the following if possible. Recently had some real wood flooring laid in my hall and lounge - very nice wood and rather than lift the skirting boards before hand I opted for beading / scotia to go around expansion gaps after (reason being I...

Ok guys many thanks for your help and advice. Gonna start tomorrow and invest in a quality scraper route! I'm out on Xmas do tonight so levelling tomorrow will be the last thing if you know what I mean!! Many Thanks :D

Yep sounds familliar! Just thinking actually I can't remember now as it's been a hard day in the office but if the areas are lower than the rest of the levelled wall I could try the smoothing over but if the areas are higher and uneven I could try using the old electric sander to make level...

I see your point and I realise that plastering in itself is an art. A very long time ago I went on a brick laying course as part of my Greenkeeping college and found that a challenge in itself. I suppose my thought is I have in the past carried out similar kinda smoothing over and most recently...

Hi Decided to take up the challenge of trying as best I can to 'smooth over' certain wall areas in my house. This must of happened when the previous owner lived here but some of the walls are uneven - in particular above the radiator area. I imagine that the plastering work that was carried...

Ok thanks a lot for the info, will keep you updated. Was reading a thread on this forum re purchasing windows on fleabay - so if I work out my measurements I might get myself a better deal as £250 + per window really isn't a feasible option at the moment. Thanks again!

Cheers for the info. So really then the only way round would be to replace the windows entirely - no idea on cost but presume we are talking thousands? - ball park figure - 2 bed mid terrace house (2 windows displayed on front, three / four windows at back. Thanks

Hi there Can anyone tell me whether it's possible to get mid frame add-ons to existing uPVC windows? Bit difficult to explain without drawing, but I have existing uPVC windows but like the idea of dividing the window pane up into segments without the massive cost of replacing them all...

Anyone have any ideas . advice? Would be greatly appreciated! Regards Nick

TBH I'm not sure, the property is old and by looking at the set up I would say apart from a few mods (Central heating unit thermostat is a Honeywell - not sure of model) here and there we are looking at at least 10 years+ I could be way out though. All of the pipework seems satisfactory and...

Hi there, Last night I tried to fix my bedroom radiator - in that it is only seeming to produce heat from the middle of the radiator downwards, the radiator also has a TVR (Thermostatic rad valve?) on one end. After trying to bleed the vents at the top (which I took off completely in the end...