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I have purchased a fireplace like this. http://www.stovesareus.co.uk/catalog/gallery-brompton-fireplace-jubilee-arch-and-gas-fire-p-2400.html Limestone surround, cast iron insert, granite hearth, and I have the electric unit, not gas. I found a nice price and thought I'd be able to...

Thanks for your reply Chapi. I don't mind the hard work of it. And I had considered rendering ovr it afterwards, but I wanted to do the repointing from more of a structural point of view. Would I be right in assuming that render alone would not do that?

Does anyone else have any other helpful opinions?

Oh dear, is it really that bad? :( It had crossed my mind. Repointing seemed like cheaper and more achievable option, and one that I could do gradually over time. Even that I've never done before though. But I don't think I can afford to rebuild it totally. Plus I can't mess with the...

I moved in last year, and have an old brick outhouse at the bottom which I'd like to make better use of. I want to make a cleaner water tight environment, because at the moment, the roof leaks and the brickwork looks in a bad state. I intend to claim the outhouse as my den/cave project place...

I have a terrace house with the dining room leading to kitchen at the back. I have taken up all old flooring, including ceramic floor tiles in the kitchen. The kitchen floor is about 2.5m x 4.5m. The drop from the dining room to the kitchen is about 1cm to 1/2 inch. Is this too much for...

Can anyone advise on this? Here are some pics to help visualise what I'm trying to explain. Behind this is a passageway. Do I just need to remove a regular brick from the back (in the alleyway) that provdes air to the main chimney breast? Do I need to vent that old flue too? Pics

In the back room of my terrace house we had an old back boiler with fire in front. This has been removed and the (presumably) stainless steel flue has been cut in this recess. I plan to use this opening as a feature by plaster boarding the opening (obviously covering over where the flue comes...

I'm totally going for it with my bathroom, it's been gutted, even plaster off the walls, to be dot & dabbed. One thing I've started to worry about though, is the resin shower tray. I've only recently realised heard that I'd need an access hatch, to reach under the resin shower tray. As...

It's a ~100 year old terrace house. Just had an entire new roof, flashing etc and both chimney's re-pointed (by a different builder than the roofer), including the lowering and rebuild of the one which is affected here. (As it was well over 10ft tall!) Both were done a couple of months ago...

So I just get the cables straight plastered over? :shock:

Oh, I thought it was to do with Nail protection, so a nail isn't accidentally hammered through wires.

My electrician (Part-P Cert'd) reckons he's done the first fix part to now. So I can get things re-plastered and patched up. then he can put the 2nd fix fittings on. However, I found it strange that no capping has been put on, is this required?

OK, now you have me worried. Was planning on Dot & dab standard plasterboard to redo the whole bathroom, plus skim on top of course. :S

Gotcha, thanks for the advice. :) Another quicky. If I wanted a Built in thermostatic shower.... can they normally just bore/channel into the brick? Or does it always have to be built out with a bit of timber?

I've got a house which has/needs lots of renovation on it. These are the things I still need to get done, but in particular relation to the 2 plumbing works and plastering, I'm a but unsure about the best way of doing things. I'm sure if I asked the plasterer he'd say it would be better to...

I guess blinds for the Fakros are harder to come by in as much choice as Velux. :(

I can't decide.... and the prices are very similar. It'll be a Centre Hung window. Any experience good or bad with either? Any benefits to either? The main difference I can see is that the Fakro ones come with a handle at the bottom, which is probably easier to reach most of the time...

I'm thinking I will go with 2/3 downlights on the flat part of the roof, including over the shower, and then 2 wall lights over the bath. Assuming you can get wall lights rated for zone 1?

Steve, What do you mean by 'exposed' type? Any chance you could link to an example to help me out? Thanks, David