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    Ancient layers - Lime, cement, filler and - How to prep for plaster?

    We stripped the lining paper because it was beyond salvageable and we have some nasty surprises underneath. So the entire house appears to have been plastered/rendered with a cement product (see the grey on the left) and although most the walls are fine, it has failed on the chimney breast and...
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    No room for wiring a run of integrated appliances.

    On one wall we will have three base units each containing an appliance, so I'm unsure where to place the electrics as there are no free base cupboards for sockets. The run will be: Fridge/freezer | Cooker & induction hob (integrated microwave above) | fridge/freezer. Fridge/freezers The...
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    Worktop with majority under-counter appliances

    Our current kitchen plan involves a run of fridge, freezer, sink cabinet, then washing machine, all under-counter and integrated (See attached image) This means that the countertop will mainly rest on the single sink cabinet. To the far right there will be boxed in pipes with a spacer piece on...
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    Window & door replacement with a cavity wall.

    We want to replace our backdoor and adjacent window, I've attached an image of the current setup. We are thinking about french doors, perhaps with a side panel to allow the doors to open wider as the outside yard is quite narrow. The initial quotes I have received sound crazy, along the lines...
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    Bespoke Shower Screen

    Our bath will be in a corner where the protruding wall is not as deep as the bath, so the bath will be proud about 20cm. As we want a shower screen above the bath it ideally needs to wrap around the protruding corner but also be on a hinge to allow access to the bath from that end, as the toilet...
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    Custom Fridge Freezer Integration

    We live in a small split level house on an incline, extended and divided into two flats, creating some "unique" spaces. In order to create more space in our kitchen for a table and chairs I'm looking to move our fridge freezer. We have two options, under counter or in a recess in the hallway...
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    Mortar/Cement to Use on Raised Brick Bed

    First post, hello everyone! We have just bought our first flat and I'm currently making a few changes to the garden. Next to the raised bed with bamboo in it (see pic below), there was a raised bed with a bay plant in it that I have just removed to add a little extra space to the small lawn we...
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