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I am wondering if anyone can shed some light on this situation. Renovating a 2 bed Victorian terrace in London. Currently the living area is all open plan with a small entrance area. We want to reinstate the corridor (up to the start of the stairs) by putting a stud wall up straight across...

Currently renovating and in our living room seems to be a complete mix of stuff. Some walls are skimmed whilst right next to it appears to be lining paper that's been painted to blend in. Thinking about getting the whole lot skimmed but before we do one wall has got a few bubbles on in 3...

Recently ripped out the knackered old base rail + hand rail from our landing. Whoever did it before had only half supported the off centre base rail with a bit of trim. If i line the new base rail up with the middle of the newel post at the top of the stairs then it sits away from the...

Having our bathroom redone soon and want to insulate the room as it was freezing last winter. It's a standard two bed Victorian terrace with the bathroom on top of the kitchen at the back of the house. It measures, 2.7x3.1m. The two exterior walls are 9" brick. In his quote the builder has...

Stripping the bathroom before having it redone. I've shut off both the hot and cold water valves to the bath but there's still a slow stream of water coming out of the tap. They're pretty tight and i'm hesitant to turn them any tighter in case something gives. Having read around it seems...

Recently moved house and finished redoing the bedroom. Previous owner sensibly had a strip of timber above the window for the rail to attach to but we decided it looked better without. Had some issues getting standard screws to hold but I got there in the end. After a few weeks it's come...

I've found a few threads that have covered his issue before I want to check i'm along the right lines. Removed some 180mm skirting, logically i'd replace with some the same size or bigger but I have sourced some cheap 170mm from a trade supplier that will match the rest of the house. Some...

In the process of renovating first home and had a little accident prising the skirting off a stud wall. Watched some videos but want to check what i'm doing is along the right lines. We've got a plasterer coming in to skim but I thought i'd repair it so it's ready for him and saves £. Is it...

Hi, First time doing this so it's all new to me. Need to remove a radiator as re-plastering the walls and changing the skirting. One end of the radiator is has a TRV valve, which i've taken off and fitted a decorator's cap. This seems to have isolated the radiator that end as it no longer...