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If you can plaster walls, do basic carpentry, basic plumbing and fit kitchens then of course I will (no need to worry about doing the electrics I'll get my other husbands to do them....) :D

oops, silly little me again...I thought the ping was the microwave calling me back into the kitchen.

Funny you should say that - the kitchen is the next project... ...and I totally agree - ALL women should be at home, in the kitchen or ironing and leave the real jobs to our superior male counterparts :wink: How silly of me, a mere female, to think I could negotiate a price for a...

Thank you everyone for the honest opinions ( and for respecting my inferior gender and not using obscene words :oops: ). I'm just relieved that it doesn't appear to be me being unreasonable here. Whoever said that "ignorance is bliss" is a liar, especially when it comes to dealing with some...

I had someone come around and give a quote. He quoted £8500 for the job. In my opinion he has only completed half the job that we agreed and has received £4500 so far. He wants the other £4000 but I don't feel I should pay him. Am I being unreasonable? Here is a description of works that...

Oh yes, my old faithfuls Mr Hammer and Mrs Bolster - I thought I had seen the last of these for a while... Might board out my shed and garage with the left over materials just so I can prove to my 'professional' boarder that I can do a better job than him.... that is unless there is someone...

Paid for materials and now have 30 boards and 10 bags of adhesive in garage with no use for them, also paid him on Friday for 4 days work - fortunately I called him yesterday and told him we didn't want plasterboard anymore so he should not continue and should pick up his tools - he tried to...

Thanks Roy, Where the distance from wall to board edge has to be 25mm your way would be the way to go. But the brick walls were really very straight from top to bottom with no extruding bits. I prepared the walls myself, wire brushed them and pva'd them. They were in that good condition...

Thanks Richard, I was originally going to go with wet plaster as it's a 1920's house and I want to keep the solid feel but the boarder persuaded me that plasterboard was a better option because of the thermal qualities. Do you know why he might have put the boards so far from the wall, does...

I've just removed all the old lime and horsehair plaster from most of my house, back to bare walls and was persuaded that dot and dab would be the best way of making good (although I was and still am not 100% convinced). Anyway, I removed all of the architraves from doorways expecting the...