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Hi all, I need to replace my floorboards in my spare room, unfortunaltely I now realises that they run into the bathroom and do not stop at the stud wall. There are two joists on either side of the stud wall. Any ideas? bearing in mind I've bought new floorboards cut to the length of the...

Hi all I've pulled down a chimney flue on an external wall and rebuilt in brick with a knockout box in situ for power. I've chipped off all the plaster from the wall as it looked shocking. **My question is do I route the cable up to the knockout box on top of the brick work and plaster over...

In my spare room, I've got what I think was a flue for an old cooker. Like a mini chimney breast. There is nothing downstairs in the kitchen and the breast didn't go up to anything in the loft. Anyway I've started removing the thing but have come into tied in bricks these look like they are...

Hi, Removed some of that horrible polystyrene coving off my kitchen ceiling. Don't really fancy replacing the stuff. I'm looking at painting the walls and ceiling soon but am scared that the edges of the ceiling might not look too great. Sanded and scraped them to try and get rid of any...

Hi all now I have established what my floor is I'd like to attempt to level it for my laminate i n my 1930's ex council house. My first idea was to double up on underlay where it was at it's deepest but I'm not sure that's a good idea?? Secondly I wanted to look at self levelling. I've had...

Hi all, first off I'm a complete newcomer to this world of property owning and DIY. I've recently started looking at the flooring of my kitchen in a 1930's semi detached property. It has these thinish tiles on top of a black layer. I've removed a few with not too much effort but have...