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Ah just down the road, what are the odds! Which merchants did you tend to favour when sourcing materials? Did you do much shopping around? Will take a look now, thanks. Yeah, its one of my main concerns. Wondering if there are cheaper alternatives I'd be more comfortable doing myself that...

I'm tempted to go the block route and have it rendered. It would save matching the bricks up it up but again rendering is a pricey job. Just depends how much it saves going the block route and whether there is enough there to cover that. I do love the aesthetic of a light render with some wood...

I'm guessing at that price its a 1 storey extension? That sounds really cheap, great effort! Any tips on keeping costs down?

Thanks Noseall, yeah wary of issues such as that. Its the sort of thing I'd be checking before buying the house. We have a huge sewer run under our current house and through the garden. One drain had been buried in our house under dirt and some decking! I rectified it when I put in a porcelain...

Hey everyone I’ve had a look round on the forums and can’t find any recent threads on this. Costs are always moving so that’s a big issue for me. We are looking to move soon but struggling to get the size we need for our price point. So one of the options is to get a smaller house and extend...

Thanks Wayners. Happy to do the reboarding and skimming. I’ve done that in my conservatory and got on ok. How is the mesh and plaster when it comes to ripping it out? Assume it’s not too bad as long as you find the nails?

Yeah. Judging by the rest of the house and things I’ve had to sort, they didn’t know what they were doing (or didn’t care). I’m tempted to rip that part out to be honest as it just looks terrible. Probably quicker to do that part that way.

Thanks Wayners. Is it worth scraping/sanding a bit to get it flat to make the skim easier? Getting one of those orbital sanders on a pole to sort some other rooms out anyway. Guessing for under the staircase it’s easier to just smash it. I’m less worried about that part as loft conversion was...

Photos attached. Something up with the coving as it’s almost flush in some spaces. Which means I’d have to take them off to skim it. Wouldn’t be an issue if wasn’t for the fact the walls are lining papered. I don’t get what they were going for with the stairs. Think I’m going to have to rip...

It is but I need to trim some of it back as they’ve done a weird take around the stairs where it goes over the wood slightly. I’ll upload some pictures later.

Hey everyone. I’ve read several threads but it mostly seems to be about removing plaster from brick or block walls. On my stairs and landing there is the swirl pattern for the ceiling. I’ve had it tested and it’s just plaster. No artex there. Or at least no asbestos present in the results...

Thanks Wayners. Appreciate the info. I guess it’s better to go too thin than too thick? Assuming back rolling is only done to make any touch ups easier?

I’ve got a load of 10 litre ones but I guess it depends how big the bag is. Do you go by manufacturer instructions for thinning the paint or is there a hard and fast rule when it comes to sprayers? Do you tend to back roll as well? I’m rolling the paint in the conservatory as we speak and it...

Good point on the wait time. Ah I don’t think I’ve spotted those before. I tried some tights earlier and nothing went through them so assume they were too thick. I’ll pop to Aldi tomorrow and give those a go. I am in the UK. I just don’t tend to go to supermarkets these days. Usually get them...

Thanks! Have you got a link? I’m not sure what you mean by veg bags. All I can think are the orange net ones you get onions in but that’d be too big to stop any flakes getting through.

Hi Hoping it’s a quick one. I’ve read the tips about using fine muslin or tights to strain paint. Is this still the go to method or is one of those stainless steel strainers a better option? Like this...

When you say standard foam. Do you mean the 3mm white foam ones like this: https://www.wickes.co.uk/UniBase-Bronze-PE-Foam-Flooring-Underlay---15m2/p/285383 Thanks

Hi Struggling to find answers as I’ve got different types of sub floor. I’ve asked before on underlay but spotted something else. Plan is to use the 12mm wickes laminate. We’ve got a conservatory with a concrete slab floor. I’m assuming best case for this is one of those underlays with a dpm...

Thanks. Yeah I’ve got a levelling kit Any idea what the difference is between round notch and square notch? I assumed square notch gives a better contact point.

Hi I’ve read through the sticky a number of times. It’s really helpful. I’m doing my first major diy tile job (hopefully this weekend). I’m just looking for a bit of confidence that my plan is solid. It’s a newly installed en suite that we’ve put in the dormer conversion. All done by myself and...