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As part of our house renovation we had some pipes that went into our dining room through to our downstairs toilet/bathroom removed and rerouted. As part of that work the radiator in the dining room was disconnected as the piping was going all over the place Now we want to have the radiator...

Hi all, I have just removed some horrible vinyl wall paper from our dining room and the walls behind have at some point been painted. The paint has flaked in places leaving it marginally uneven - were talking just paint level uneven. Would you just paint directly over, or is there anything...

hey all, Bit of advice needed? The Mrs & I have had some major alterations done to our house and are now in the process of tackling the living room and having the current gas fire in the living room altered. Currently we have an old fashioned gas fire with a brick surround in front of the...

We had a new pine staircase fitted a while back and just got around to staining it. Now on close inspection I can see that they have filled the screw holes with what looks like a plastic dowel filling. When staining over the wood and these dowels, the result is quite awful. Any one have any...

Hi all I have ordered some new oak veneer doors for my house revamp and have the fitters coming in soon to fit the handles/latches and hinge to the frames. I have been told I will need to "seal" these doors. Any one got any good tips on the steps I should take to do this? Much appreciated

Hi, I know this is probably not the correct forum for this question, but there are no forums for Car Ports/Garages....so...... My wife would like to knock our old decrepit garage down and have a timber car port with a pitched roof built with stairs into the pitched roof (as the storage)...

Hi all, we are in the process of getting a structural engineer to do some calculations for steel supports as we are going to be knocking out supporting walls (hopefully) Any advice on what we should be asking the structural engineer? Qualifications, insurance etc? We know what walls we would...

Hi all, We are looking to have some walls knocked down in our home to create more space and are likely to need a few steel supports as these walls are likely load bearing. We have a structural engineer who has advised on what may need to be done, but wants to come out and check the load path...

Having just bought a new property that has, essentially, 3 bathrooms (upstairs bathroom, ensuite and downstairs bathroom) I was wondering what to do with the upstairs bathroom which is a decent size (7'10 x 12'5) though the exterior wall slopes (dormer bungalow converted upstairs) which has a...

Hi all, I have posted a few times recently. My wife and I are about to complete on an extended bungalow (extended up into the roof to 30 years ago). We are going to be doing some extensive work over the next couple of years, including rebuilding garage and potentially re-designing the layout...

Ooops put this in the wrong forum area.... Me and the missus are in the process of buying a house (well a bungalow that had the roof converted to bedrooms/bathrooms) that is also a bit of a project too. We will have the following work that needs to be done and wondered if anyone had any...

Me and the missus are about to buy a house (well a bungalow that had the roof converted to bedrooms/bathrooms) that is also a bit of a project too. We will have the following work that needs to be done and wondered if anyone had any experience of how much these would likely cost (won't be doing...

Ive just unscrewed some electrical sockets and unwired them to fit some plate covers behind to hide tile gaps. Now i am having massive issues lining up the screws to put the socket back on. I get one in but cannot get the second to line up. So frustrating. Any advice?

Hi all, Not strictly an electrical question, but I have seen wall sockets with frames around them, I am interested in getting some of these as we have tiled our kitchen and there are slight gaps where the tile cutting has not as tight to the plug as we'd have liked, a frame over it would...

I had the artexing in my kitchen and bathroom skimmed to give a nice smooth surface recently. This was done about 5 weeks ago so has dried nicely. Now I have to paint it. I am seeing conflicting information about whether I should "prime" before painting or not? If so, what is a good primer...

Very basic question (and perhaps silly), we want to put downlights/spotlights into our newly renovated bathroom, but do we install the spotlights then get someone into skim or get it skimmed then install the lights?

Hi, in the process of revamping our bathroom and just curious if we should install the spot lights into the ceiling first, or get the ceiling skimmed first (to get rid of the hideous artexing. So skim and do lights or do lights then skim. My instinct tells me to get the ceiling skimmed first...

Hi, I am about to start tiling my bathroom. currently the walls are dry lined plaster board. Is it beneficial to remove the painted paper, revealing just the plaster board itself or leave it on?

Hi all, Just about to replace the bathroom, a complete overhaul will be done. Currently we have dry lined walls and you can see the paper coming away near the ceiling. I'd also like to get away from dry lined walls as they stain when wet. We currently have artexed ceilings and I want them...

I put some laminate flooring down in my kitchen/dining room and its looking real nice, except the edging which I have yet to lay down. The edging looks like this _____ | Where the | goes in the gap and the _____ lays along the floor. Some of the gaps between the laminate and the wall...