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....one for the experts. Have I got this right? (never had this type of work done before) 10ft supporting wall between kitchen / dining room which we wish to remove down to kitchen counter level to create an open plan kitchen diner with a kitchen peninsular between (lower half of wall has...

Yes mate, unfortunately. Thanks for you help

Thanks Steve. Scratches and blemishes all over the shop :( Yes its MR, should I prime it first before skimming? If so what's best to get for such a small job? Also, for the top part of the radiator he left the bolts in. Must have done the plastering betweeen them with his fingers because it...

Hi all, I've been left with this, basically the area pictured is where the bottom brackets for my radiator are going. This is how it was left. Not sure why as I wasn't home. I could call the plasterer back but I'd rather put right myself. Would this be the best approach? 1. PVA 2. Bonding*...

Hello, Recently had a boiler moved and this was the state of the wall behind it. The cement around the breeze block is quite soft and breaks with a prod. The circular breeze above it came out of the flue hole where the boiler moved to and we used it to plug in the old flue hole. This is...

Cheers footprints, the boiler has now been moved :-)

Hi all, Looking for some advice please. Such as approx. cost (Northampton area), time to take, cost and feasibility/issues that could be raised. We wish to move our boiler (5 yrs old) from its current location into the loft space above it and on to another outer wall (approx. 15ft) The loft...

Thanks both, much appreciated :-)

Looking for some advice and guidance from the plastering experts :) Trying to prep what will become our utility room. The whole room needs a skim but its mainly the ceiling I'm concerned about. 1. Where I've removed a partitioned wall there's a depth miss match of about 3-5mm where there is...

Absolutely love this!

Thanks for the replies. @Ian H, yes I completely forgot. There's a large bay window on the other side. I've just uploaded another pic. Also forgot to mention the fire door between kitchen and the back door. Also going to have a studded wall with pocket door for the utility room. Thanks

Thanks Tony, that's possible and aesthetically much better. In the adjoining room we have a bathroom which is about to be renovated so it could all be done then. Cheers

Andrew, thanks for the reply. Can you see the pic now? (shows on my screen within my post, even after sigining out) Tks

Hi all, I've made some alterations to our annex bedroom and the more I think about it I worry that I would have needed some permission. Originally I thought the changes were minor enough not to warrant any, but now I'm thinking maybe I should. I've had a look on the planning portal site but...

Hi, Just revisiting this on my jobs list. Here's a picture from the bottom of the boiler, you can see where the pipe goes through the outer wall. Would the quick fit plastic plumbing pipes be adequate to use to rerun the pipe inside the house then back outside? Something like the John Guest...

It was a lot of effort and definately worth it. Not long after moving in we heard movement in the loft. Not surprising with the holes in the soffits. So as soon as we had the soffits and guttering done I hit the loft. I Found three dead rats, droppings and poison everywhere. So I ditched all...

Hi, Getting to our garden through our sliders we have to use one step. This is fine. We want to replace the sliders with Aluminium Bi-Folds. We've just been quoted and i've noticed that the spec of the door is low threshold and no weather rating. As the threshold from inside to outside is not...

Thanks EFLImpudence. I've finally got around to boarding so have put the electric cables underneath. Cheers

I'm not sure what to do here but I've recently lifted and binned 270mm of insulation and relaid 100mm with the intentions of putting a further 200mm down shortly. Previously my electric cables laid on top of the plaster board (running over the joists) and covered by the 270mm insulation. I've...

Hi, What's the general opinion of loft legs plus chipboard vs 2x4's across exisiting joists plus chipboard? We want the loft boarded for general light storage. There's quite a lot of height and I plan to get rid of the existing dead rodent infested insulation so I have a clean slate to work...