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    Painting over Bathroom Tiles

    The thing it is a temporary makeover. The bath needs replacing but due to the size/dimensions of the bathroom - unless I start knocking down walls and blocking up doorways, I have to have a specially made bath. Whilst I am saving up for the specially made bath, I want to give the bathroom a...
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    Painting over Bathroom Tiles

    Hi For a temporary makeover (hopefully a couple of years), I want to paint over the bathroom tiles. I've bought Zinsser Bullseye 123 plus to prepare the tiles before painting. Can anyone tell me, should I re-grout the tiles before starting this project? And also, is there a specific...
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    Painting Bathroom Tiles

    Hi For a temporary makeover (hopefully a couple of years), I want to paint over the bathroom tiles. I've bought Zinsser Bullseye 123 plus to prepare the tiles before painting. Can anyone tell me, should I re-grout the tiles before starting this project? Many thanks
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    Re-Enammelling a Bath

    Thank you for all the replies. Its all helpful - thank you.
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    Re-Enammelling a Bath

    Has anyone on this forum done this? I was wondering what the results are like? I have an enamel bath which is about 50 years old. I was going to replace it but the width of the bath is a mere 650mm. The bathroom measurements won't allow for anything bigger. Many thanks for any feed...
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    Party Wall Act 1996

    Thank you. Much appreciated.
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    Party Wall Act 1996

    Do I only have to go down the surveyor route if my neighbour objects to the new extension? Basically, if by a miracle he is agreeable to the extension, do I just put my intentions in writing and state that any damages etc I will pay to have rectified etc? Many thanks
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    Party Wall Act 1996

    Hi I've just had some drawings done for a single storey extension. I live in a semi detached house and I am proposing to rebuild the boundary wall and it form part of the new garage. The current boundary wall is about 120 years old and needs rebuilding as it is in a very bad state. I...
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    Which DPM for Concrete Floor

    Originally, we had laminate flooring down for 15 years without any problem. It was put down by my husband and he lined the floor with this thick blue polythene sheeting which I think was at least a metre wide. Each section had a good overlap. There was no air pocket in between the membrane...
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    Which DPM for Concrete Floor

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    Which DPM for Concrete Floor

    Hi I need to redo the kitchen floor as it had been laid on concrete without a DPM. 3 years have gone by and the laminate is ruined! After googling, there appear to be lots of DPM products on rolls or packs of sheets, but they have different 'weights'. What do I need please? The area I...
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    Gable End Wall

    Hi there I've just been back down to look at the house. I think my mind was playing games with me. The wall isn't leaning out at all. At the very top of the house, the gable end is very slightly leaning - at the very very most, I think it would be a rebuild of the gable end. The house...
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    Gable End Wall

    I'm confident about the house. I know the row of houses well, I'm just trying to cover myself on a worse case scenario of rebuilding the one wall. Would you say it could be rebuilt by two brickies (or one plus a labourer) in two weeks plus materials etc?
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    Gable End Wall

    Hi, No the house is not rendered and there definitely aren't any cracks. I'm just looking at the worse case scenario of rebuilding one wall. I would not have thought it would cost anything like £30k when you can have a whole smallish house built for £65-70K. Any other opinions out...
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    Gable End Wall

    Hi I'm after buying a house which we've noticed is slightly leaning outwards on the gable end wall (I think that is the right name - basically it is the end wall in a row of terraces). I'm not sure what a surveyor would say about it and whether it would affect a mortgage offer. The house...
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    gaps and cracks in garden path/walkway

    No, not too worried about the looks, its a pathway along the side of a bungalow. Thanks everyone.
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    gaps and cracks in garden path/walkway

    Sorry, I'm going to sound silly here, mortar - that's the ready mixed stuff that goes between bricks? The pathway is sort of smallish stones set in some type of concrete - I thought it's called sand and ballast. Should I be mixing some small stones into the mix or do I buy bags of it ready...
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    gaps and cracks in garden path/walkway

    Hi Grateful for some advice please. My father has some gaps and cracks in the pathway but there are thick clumps of grass growing out of them. He's pulled it all out before but it grows back. I'm not sure how to describe the path but its probably a sand and balast mix. I'm thinking the...
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    All Materials for Engineered Wood Flooring

    Hello Before I commit to having a new floor put down, can someone tell me exactly what materials I would need as I want to make sure I can afford it. Obviously the Engineered Wood, but what else - underlay type product? Does the flooring get put down over the top of the original...
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    MDF Cladding

    Thanks so much for the detailed advice - it's really helpful. I've just had the walls skimmed so, I will use a spirit level rule to get my straight line and try the method of going straight onto the walls first. What happens when you get to a corner? Does the cladding join/meet flush. Or...
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