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The flue pipe for my Valiant boiler isn't entirely airtight and is dripping from the joints. A few droplets dripping now and then wouldn't be a massive problem had it not been for the fact that they contain some kind of sulphur or rust and which stains the grout in my bathroom. All help would...

As you can see in the picture, my kitchen worktop has a chip in its surface. This is the typical cheap B&Q or IKEA type of worktop, a kind of dense chipboard with a fairly sturdy plastic surface (laminate?). I am not too bothered about the way it looks. Half of the area affected will be...

Hi, I took down the shaving light in my bathroom as I want to replace it with a newer model. I was quite surprised to find a sizeable hole behind the lamp. I guess I expected some kind of back box. In my bathroom the wire emerges from behind some kind of metal sheet, then runs free in the...

I know there is already plenty of advice online about removing excess adhesive, so sorry about starting new thread. But this problem has given me hours and hours of work with little results so all advice appreciated. When putting up shiny 25mm mesh backed mosaic tiles in my shower area I...

Before I painted the wall I removed some things that were screwed into it plus removing a load of decorative tiles. This left quite a few scars which I fixed using Polyfilla Fine Surface. I sanded this down proper so that everything was perfectly smooth. As far as I can remember the highly...

Please see below for pics of the horrible blue wall in my bathroom. The white patches are Polyfilla which I have sanded down. The blue paint has also been sanded down severely. The pink and brown patches are where the sanding went trough the top layers of paint and ended up exposing another...

I'm curious as most tiling guides never really specify this point. Do you usually attach the batten with nails or screws? If screws, do you go trough the trouble of drilling and using wall plugs? If not, are there alternatives? If you nail it, which nails do you use?

If you look at the picture below you'll see that I had to take out a wooden window sill next to my shower as moisture/damp had started seeping into the plaster. I intend to simply recast a new sill out of concrete by fixing plywood sheet to the wall and fill the empty space. I have been...

This morning I started hacking off old tiles in order to re-tile. But at the lower left side of the window the plaster is definitely moist. I suspected this to be honest as tiles were a bit wobbly in that area, but it still is an unpleasant thing to find. I am anxious to find and correct the...

When removing the wall cupboards in my kitchen the underside of the boxing for the ventilation pipe from the cooker hood was left open. And that was a good thing really since I now can see that the previous owner made some hasty and stupid solutions. The two pictures blow will hopefully give you...

I am doing a bit of redecorating in my flat and I want to cover two duct pipes, one in the kitchen and another in the bathroom. The previous owner had cover them with chipboard (which I had to remove) and since chipboard is light and cheap I presume that is what I will use a second time...

I know, I know, not another eggshell based thread you think.... but I can't see that anyone has answered this specific question before. I will paint my slightly tired old bathroom and kitchen in white eggshell either way, just to freshen things up a bit. But the tiles left by the previous...

In my new flat there are 5 internal doors I want to paint glossy white. Any advice on method and choice of products will be greatly appreciated. I have an overall tight budget for my redecoration, and I've got the impression that using high gloss paint can run quite expensive depending on...

I am looking to purchase a 1 bedroom flat in a block of flats built in London in 1990. It has previously had only one owner, who seems like a decent enough person. Whilst hoping to spend as little as possible on the exchange I also want peace of mind, i.e. to know for certain that what I buy...

A few days away from buying a flat built in 1990. It still has original tiles and bathroom suite. Looks OK to the eye and no smell of damp etc. Still, I think there is something that looks a bit risky: The shower is in the bathtub and the wall behind the bathtub has a window, i.e. you can in...

My project summed up in one sentence: Convert studio flat into one bedroom flat by moving kitchen units into main space and make kitchen space into bedroom. This forum is a great resource and I am posting this thread in the hope of getting as much feedback as possible. See below...

oops... sorry wrong sub forum