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A few days ago I had a quote to skim over artex ceilings. It worked out about £160 for a room 17ft x 12ft.

Many thanks for the advice so far. Here is another photo that should be a bit clearer when clicked on to make bigger: There will be tiles going on top of the plaster but I have not yet chosen them and I need to get the wall smooth in the mean time. What exactly should I buy to fill the...

This is how far I have got: I bought a few bath end panels from Bathstore for about £8 each and then cut to fit the recess. It was much cheaper to do that than to buy a WC unit + filler panel + worktop. I just have to put a tiny bit of flexible filler down the sides. The room isn't yet...

A neighbour has now written to say that they object to me having pillars at the end of my drive as one would encroach on their land by a few cm's... and be behind a big bush so they wouldn't have even seen it...

I have had a new bath fitted but pulling off the old tiles pulled away some of the plaster on 2 sides of the bath on the exteneral walls. See my photo here: I spoke to a plasterer who quoted £80 to do it. He said he would do a rough plaster layer, let it dry and then a fine layer on on...

Many thanks for your suggestion. I had hoped to see the pier caps in person before purchasing. I think I might just have to knock on doors to ask where people got theirs from.

I would like some Pier Caps that look like these and in the same size: http://www.metalmaniafabs.com/image_library/library/m/met/metalmaniafabs.com/orig_DSCF1870.jpg Do any of the main builders merchants stock them? I would also like the same bricks used for the pillars, anyone know...

Therefore your broadband internet connection may be shared with a number of different devices simultaneously... If you are going to use homeplugs on an Xbox & PS then you would be wise to try them out on your gaming PC before committing yourself to the cost of wiring an outbuilding with cat5...

You are correct about wifi stability but wired homeplugs are very stable and can go much faster than your broadband connection will be. To put it into perspective, you are sending and receiving game data around the world. Your PC, your internet connection, the servers where games are hosted...

You can only go as fast as your internet connection to and from your property will allow. What do you think the broadband speed will be to and from the property?

You don't seem to understand how they work. Modern homeplugs have very secure encryption built-in. The signal is encrypted between your homeplugs. Tens of millions have been sold and if there were any major concerns about them catching fire then they wouldn't be on sale. On the modern ones...

Homeplugs can be VERY secure for home networking. Those with an AV rating of 500 are good for streaming HD content. The new Devolo dLAN 650+ version is now available and is rated as great for long distances from your router so could be ideal for an outbuilding. See...

1. Perhaps buy a second-hand portacabin? A few years ago I looked to buy a house and a bloke had a portacabin in the garden. He did a great job with it. 2. Rather than cat 5 you could save a lot of money by buying a pair of AV500 rated homeglugs. They are fab!

If your sink & appliances are going in the same place as they were before, then perhaps you could put all the cabinets together yourself and have those in place but get someone in to fit the worktops, hob and plumbing.

Just to give people an update... Before: I had terrible hot water pressure around the bungalow from my gravity fed hot water tank. There was barely a dribble of hot water from the bath shower mixer taps. The cold was fine as it was direct from the mains. After fitting a Salamander ESP80...

I am fitting a lid. A couple of days ago a plumber said to me that he is often having to rip tiles off to repair and replace concealed cisterns. Regarding that photo, I would have floor tiles the same colour as the lower wall tiles. I would also change the upper level of tiles to be the same...