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We moved into an old terrace house. We share the sewer with our neighbour. There is currently a conservatory at the rear that wraps around the kitchen. In the conservatory is a manhole but it covered over with laminated floor so it's exact location is not known. We plan to convert the ground...

No. The 2nd picture is the house opposite.

I could ask the builder to re-lay them but I'm pretty sure he'll get the labourer to do it and he's a bit slap dash for my liking and that's besides the charge and VAT. If I can muster the guts, I should be able to do this. There a make shift roof ladder in place. Is it a 4:1 mix? I have a bit...

I have some scaffolding up because we're having a loft conversion and I noticed these coping stones that separate our house from next door. They look loose and I'd like to get them repaired or stabilised. But I don't know what the right name for them or what the process is to repair them. Any...

This is the way to go. I had completely overlooked covering the timbers. Maybe use expanding form on the back of the plasterboard to pack the board out so its flush.

We bought a bay window rad before we did the plastering. That was the first mistake as we put 50mm insulated plasterboard on the walls so the shape is slightly different now. The plumber fixed some 4x2 on the wall for the brackets before the plastering but it still short by about 5-12 mm. Any...

At the moment, I don't know what type of driver I'll get. A small flex outlet or architrave seem like the best options. I don't want to make a feature of it. However the cable runs vertical, the backboxes I've seen have a hole at the rear so the bottom fixing be very close to cable. Can I offset...

I've pulled some cables from a light switch to some alcoves. The idea is to have LEDs on the shelves in the alcoves. At the moment the cables are just poking out of the wall. I could connect them straight to a driver but it feels a bit unfinished. I think a socket or something would look better...

The other question I have is what brand and type of thermal board to use? I want the boards dot-and-daded to the wall to save space. As this is a solid wall, do I need to choice a specific kind of board? I was considering a 37mm Kingspan K118 but mostly because there name keeps coming up in my...

Thanks for the helpful reply. I hope to replace the ceiling too. As you've say, it's probably lathe and plaster, I suspect there's a sheet of plasterboard laid over it. When we get to do the room above, I'll fill the voids between the joists with Knauf or similar. I hope to do something similar...

That it will be ineffective or create damp/mould on the edges where it butt's up to the uninsulated walls.

Hello, [Short version] Can I put insulated plasterboard on one or two walls only on a room or must it be fitted to all the walls? We moved into a 1900(ish) terrace house. It has solid 9inch walls. We started "refurbishing" the front room which has a north facing wall and two party walls. On...

Hi, Whilst renovating our front room, we opened up the boarded over fireplace. We do not want a working fire, we'll probably remove the flue higher up but we do want an ornamental piece. There is a lintel inside, I was expecting a builders arch. I'm looking for ideas about fitting and general...

Thanks for all the replies. I've a mate that's a (retired) plumber and he's suggesting to stop the water, cut the lead and cap in somewhere in the front of the house, turn the water back on and see if next door has any water. The idea being we know if the tee is in the front garden or not. I...

Hi, We recently moved into a terrance house. Our main supply is lead and I'm looking to replace it. We share the supply with one neighbour next door so we'd also have our own supply and a meter. I have been tracing the pipe which enters our house, lifting floorboards and I've traced the pipe up...

Made me smirk but yeah slightly weird.

That video was perfect, totally answered my question, thanks. I notice he didn't wash with PVA before the first coat. I'm guessing that to aid breathability.

That is an impressive looking product I have to admit. In the end I did use an angle grinder. I got my wife to hold the hoover beside the area as I chased out. It wasn't too bad for dust in the end. I used an SDS chisel bit and a bolster for the rest. That was the tricky bit cos SDS is too...

I want to make good or pack out the plaster below the skirting line. There a couple of reasons why, I don't want 7" skirting. We're going to lift the floorboards and insulate (this is a ground floor, timber suspended) and I need a surface I can fix a membrane to. The existing surface would not...

I have a feeling that the bricks are not that robust. If you look at the image I attached, you'll see what I mean. I'm a bit worried that an SDS will crack or break the brick and leave me with a lot of making good to do. If I can cut the brick, I'll limit the potential damage. That's the theory...