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Just layed a Nicoline bamboo plank floor in our new kitchen. It has scratched and dented very easily. Is it possible to easily sand it and apply some good varnish, I was thinking of the Ronseal Diamondhard. If so, what grade of sandpaper would you use on the sander?

Hi, if a wall has been skimmed unevenly, and the surface undulates as you pass your hand over it, is there a method for sanding it flat easily? My plasterer is not scraping with a straight edge as i would have expected and some walls are getting this effect due i would think to the small nature...

Does £1150 sound fair for the following work - £350 materials cost included. New extension - 2 bedrooms 4*2, partitions and ceilings already boarded. Kitchen 4*2 partition and ceiling already boarded. Conservatory, 4 metres of 600 dwarf wall, a 4*2 wall and a 2*2 wall. Thanks.

I have built a 50mm timber stud partition and lined it with 12.5mm plasterboard. I have bought ready made door frames and want to know how much they should project beyond the face of the plasterboard bearing in mind that the board will be skimmed. Do I leave them out until the plastering is...

I am installing a new CH system and have selected speedfit pipe for the radiator pipework. I have completed part of the system across the landing area and into 2 rads. I have stop ended the 22mm flow and return at the boiler side and 1 of the 15mm fittings which is on its way into the kitchen. I...

I read a bit in the building regs today that says if the combi boiler I use has a particular type of ventilation then I wouldn't need to install a seperate fan in my new kitchen. Have I got this right and if so, is it a good idea and is it a special boiler or one that I would buy anyway? Thanks

I have fed the conservatory via a fused spur from the kitchen ring main. The first double socket is wired in 2.5mm as is the ring, can I wire the 2nd and final socket in 1.5mm? The 2 upstairs bedrooms (20m2 total area) are to be fed with a 2.5mm radial. Can the last socket in the run be in...

Another daft question, are 25mm ko boxes fitted on the surface of my blockwork correct when I will have 12.5mm plasterboard on dabs around them. I thought so, but see so much about chasing them in. :?: My BI is insisting on them being fitted at first fix electrical inspection before the boards...

I am about to wire my new extension, and would appreciate guidance on a couple of things I am getting hung up on. I would like to do the following setup, but am unsure if the 32a ring main is enough if there is going to be the washer/dishwasher/tumble drier on it 9kw = 35A or is this not...

Hi, does this sound like a reasonable configuration for a 2 bedroom, kitchen and conservatory extension? 12 way split load cu with 63a 30ma rcd. Ring 1 - single socket in garage, 2 double sockets in each bedroom, 2 work top double sockets in kitchen and double socket in conservatory to 32a...