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I have sanded down what looks like a pitch pine banister and i was thinking about using some Danish oil as protection and also in order to stain it a little darker. I want a traditional Georgian/Victorian dark rail and white spindles. Previously i have used colron...

I think it will be down to personal preference at the end of the day, and how much money your willing to throw at it. I had an original cast iron bath, shot blasted, re-enameled and finished in a kiln and it came out absolutely cock on. I am made up with it. Not sure on how long it is...

Morning. Just been looking at installing a MF ceiling in order to level out a ceiling as it is as bent as an arabs dagger. The room that I am looking to install the ceiling is a bedroom approximately 4m x 5m (see attached picture) and I am only looking to drop it a maximum of 150mm...

Thank you for the replies. Plan is to do two test patches under the cill were you won't be able to see the effects. Then decide which one I prefer and then complete that all over. At the moment, I feel like the wax is the effect I am after plus the fact that my spray painting...

I have recently had a cast iron fireplace sand blasted and polished. The fireplace is going to be put in a bedroom and used purely as a decorative item. Before removal of paint After its been worked on (minus the cill) My question is what is the best way to...

I assume that it is a basic question if your in the know but i want to get it right before i finish my ceiling off. In my kitchen i want to put a Sonos in a cupboard, then attach it to some speakers that will be sat in the ceiling. I need to route the cable in my ceiling fairly soon...

Thanks for the responses. Deluks ~ At the moment nothing has been fixed apart from the concrete slab and that i have 150mm left to fit everything in, to be level. mointainwalker ~ When I initially looked into the UFH and never installed it before, I was open to all methods of...

Morning, I am in the process of extending my kitchen into an old wash room and external toilet. Original floors have been dug up and filled with hardcore, compacted and levelled off with sand. I have added a layer of DPM and then added a 100mm slab of concrete. I have got another...

Did you manage to get sorted? There is a place at Croston called messengers, and they have something similar, not the same mind. Just been looking myself as some thieving twot has had mine away. http://www.stoneandconcrete.co.uk/index.html Not sure he'll be able to match...

Morning, Hoping to lay a concrete slab this weekend for my kitchen Just need a bit of advice before i set all my levels up. On top of the slab, I want to place insulation, underfloor heating, plywood and then tile on top of the ply. Insulation is going to be 100mm PIR...