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Hi all - We're looking to paint the downstairs rooms (receptions, kitchen/diner, shower room) and hall/landing in the same colour. (Don't worry, we'll be using 'accents' :wink: ) The colour we like at the mo is Natural Calico by Dulux. Are the Dulux Realife Family Rooms range of paints...

Hi all Need to make an urgent decision about shower tray which is due to be fitted into downstairs shower room this week :shock: . Originally requested that builder quote for installing stonecast/cast stone shower tray, as I read that this would be more suitable for any 'heavyweights'...

Not sure if this is the correct area to post this, but I'd appreciate any help/comments on the following, please: (a) Is there a recommended thickness for shower doors? The width of the shower tray will be the depth of the shower/wc room, so we won't need any side panels. We're considering...

Our builder asked us to give an on-the-spot preference on where we wanted our two Velux windows to be fitted :? . The width of the extension is 4.5m across, and the Velux windows measure approx 760 by 1000. Our french doors (LHS) are 1800 wide and the kitchen window (RHS) is 1300 wide...

Hello all We're having an extension built onto our kitchen. Now, the sides of the extension (e) are approx 250mm narrower on each side than the original building (k). When finished, the kitchen will be an L-shape, with the longest wall being the original kitchen wall joining to the new...

Hi all - Hubby and I are about to wallpaper over the stairs and in the hallway. We're quite competent, but haven't wallpapered for a while. Is there a best place to start? eg. longest drop first? Also, if we scrape off the old (slightly textured) paper very carefully, will we need to line...

Hi - Can anyone explain how to clean out a steam generator iron, please? I'm frequently getting brown gunge spitting out whenever I press the steam button. The model I have is the Tefal Pro Turbo Express. ISTR reading somewhere that descaling tablets/distilling (?) water shouldn't be used. The...

Hello - hopefully a simple question! Would you recommend getting a separate stand-alone insurance policy to cover any damage done during building works (builders are already insured), or would you 'risk' possibly opening a can of worms by asking your building insurance company for...

Hi - Is there really much difference between 100lb, 130lb and 150lb graded underlay? What would be best suited to a living room? Does it matter what type of carpet we lay (currently looking at 80% wool)? Thanks :)

Hello all! We're looking to buy a new thermostatic shower, and have read on this forum that Mira is a good brand. Can anyone please tell me the difference between the Mira Event XS and the Mira Excel EV? They seem to be roughly the same price (on eBay, anyway), but the Event seems to be...

Hello again all Thanks for your great advice on my previous post. After much deliberation with OH (and unexpected PW surveyor costs), we've had to forego the Vitodens condensing boiler, and have decided to go for one of Vaillant ones :( We currently have (I think) a traditional open...

Hi We currently live in a 3bed house, one upstairs bathroom/wc and 2 reception rooms with seven radiators throughout. (The washing machine is in the kitchen). Our current boiler must be about 20-odd years old, with a tank in the loft and cylinder in a bedroom. Every so often OH has to top up...

Hi guys. We're about to have a 3x4m kitchen extension built, and are planning to knock through the rooms downstairs, ie. internal doors btw front and rear rooms, and internal doors btw rear room and dining/kitchen extension. The front and rear rooms will definitely be carpeted, and I was...

Hello all! We'll be having a downstairs extension with shower/wc room very soon (hopefully) and are hearing nightmare stories about the amount of dust there will be. We're resigned to putting everything downstairs into storage somewhere, and obviously we know there'll be a lot of upheaval...

Hello all We've just been given a quote/estimate from a RIBA architect for c£4k :shock: (estimated build cost £25k) for a dormer loft conversion. This is at a discounted hourly rate. He has done a preliminary feasibility drawing at no charge, and the rest of the costs are broken down into...