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    wobbly walls

    Hello all, I have an attic room, some of the walls are sound, some move when you press them and some bits have crumbled completely. When we pulled all of the wall and ceiling paper off and big patch of wall came off with it. the house is 1901, is it lathe and plaster when there is lots of thin...
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    16mm or 25mm from consumer unit to consumer unit.

    First of all I will get an electrician to fit the new consumer unit. This post is about running a cable while I can still get to it easily. The current setup: Consumer unit downstairs feeds an 80amp fuse ( right next to downstairs cu) which feeds an upstairs consumer unit about 15meters...
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    i would like to fit a fire door

    Hello, i have suddenly become worried about a bedroom that my kids sleep in being next to the kitchen. we have smoke and heat alarms that are mains wired and wireless connected, but i am thinking about putting a 30 min fire door on to. would any one know how much it would cost to get someone to...
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    floating floor

    i need to sound proof the up stairs floor of my house to building regs standards. i have put rock wool inbetween the joists, will screw the floorboards down firmly. But then i have been told to put down a sound deadening matt. and then a floating floor on top of that. Is this right and can i buy...
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    replacing floorboards

    could anyone share with me the best place to get floorboards from for an old 1912 terraced house. I need to replace a few split and broken ones but the type sold in B+Q are too wide and not deep enough. (no one will see the end result, it will be covered) Thanks.
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