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    Fire in Kitchen & smoke damage

    Christmas was going well until we had a chip pan fire in our 10 month old kitchen on boxing day. The cooker and units either side of the extractor are gone, and the rest of the units are black, as are the walls and ceilings. does anyone have any experience of how this should be tackled, we...
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    Painting a grubby path, advice please.

    Hi, I have a concrete path from my back door which is about 10ftx3ft. Its between two single story extensions and is north facing so never gets any sun and is often damp, so always goes green and horrible. Can i paint it with something that will help to keep the green away or make it easier...
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    Hard sell tactics ????

    We are hoping to have a loft conversion done and have had a couple of quotes from builders and loft conversion companies that i phoned. I also registered with a 'find a builder site' where you put in details of the job then builders contact you if they are interested. We had a call and...
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    Written contract with builder

    Not sure if this is in the correct place but we are going to have a loft conversion done and wondered where is the best place to get a contract for me and builder to sign so we both know where we stand etc. many thanks Paul
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    Is there any need to..

    Use a tanking system round a bath that has a shower over one end :? . I'm in the process of fitting my new bathroom with has been re plasterboarded and skimmed and i will have a shower over the bath. many thanks, Paul
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    Underfloor heating advice please

    Here goes, my kitchen is a 30yr old single story flat roof extension which is 5 inches lower than the house, and there is no heating at all. I am having a pitched roof put on and a new kitchen, and at the same time the floor raised to meet the rest of the house. I want to have a wet...
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    Removing glue from old cork tiles.

    Whats the best to remove glue from wood floor, its like contact glue or evostick,used to glue cork tiles. cheers Paul
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    New bathroom floor, quick advice please.

    Just started to completely rip out the bathroom so it will be an empty shell. Going to have vinyl floor, but should the vinyl be layed before the new toilet and vanity unit go in and them placed on top or after they have been fitted. cheers Paul
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    Knocking pipes

    Not sure if this should be in here or the appliance section, but it concerns both so here goes. When our washing machine is filling it causes a pipe to knock somewhere as soon as the filling stops. When it fills with short bursts you get several knocks in a row as it fills and stops several...
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    BAL WP1 WATERPROOF SHOWER KIT

    I'm going to re tile my en suit shower which has tiles on 3 sides down onto a shower tray. The old tiles will be taken off and i'm assuming there will be plaster board under. Should i use the above kit and can it be used with a shower tray as opposed to a tiled floor wet room style, or should i...
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    Shower advice please

    firstly Hello as i'm new here. I'm after a bit of advice to help me make my mind up. I'm soon to renew our onsuite bathroom shower which has a Mira thermostatically controlled valve/mixer, anyway the pressure is not good and i could pee harder than the shower so was thinking of having a 2 bar...
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