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    Terrible plaster finish

    Just having some plastering done and not too confident in the guys ability to provide a decent finish. The large areas are fine, but there are a lot of rough edges and corners. He's told me that after he's gone I can use filler on the rough bits and then sand it down, and sand down where he's...
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    Bath fitted with no feet?

    I've just had to take the side off my newly installed bath and have noticed that the plumbers have not fitted the feet to it. It's supported by a timber frame around the rim, but there is nothing at all supporting the base. Is that right?
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    Do I need tile trims?

    I have just ordered my new bathroom tiles, very pale sandy coloured ceramic, with dark grey to go in the shower. What I haven't ordered is any tile trims. We have them in our current bathroom, plastic ones, and they are ok, never really had an opinion on them before, but now I come to...
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    Ideal standard stuff any good?

    Please help, having decided on a bathroom range my husbands dad, ( who is a plumber) has said that ideal standard is not even up to mid range standard, but hasn't given us a brand he recommends instead. I've spent the last two weeks tearing my hair out trying to choose stuff, and now I'm...
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    Bath suitable for boxing in?

    I would like to have a boxed in bath, but don't like the look of the whole of the top being white, with just the tiling down the side. What I want is a rolled edge, and tiling under that and down the sides. I used to have an original rolled top steel bath in my old house that had been boxed in...
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    What heating system for extension? Advice please

    We are planning to build an extension on our side return, and then install bifold doors of approx 3 metres at the back of the house into the garden. The room with the bifold doors would be the playroom , with a utility room leading off and a large toy cupboard. I've been reading through old...
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    How small is too small for bedrooms?

    I just bought a very nice family home which we are about to do some work on before we move in, however too much white wine on valentines day and we find we will be needing an extra bedroom come November.. I was thinking of dividing the back bedroom up, taking just over a metre off the width...
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    Installing toilet in loft conversion

    I have just bought a house with an existing loft conversion and was wondering how easy it would be to partition it and install a toilet up there as well. The toilet would be on the same wall as the downstairs toilet, but not directly above it. I am fully intending to pay a professional to do...
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