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Hi, Thanks for the reply. I read many threads like this. No-one seems to do into any detail of if such a hole can effect the wall. No-one has concerns about making a 45 degree 7 inch round hole through a 13" double block solid 1930's load bearing exterior wall?

Hi, I need to get a hole made through my ground floor kitchen wall for a 7 inch diameter flue pipe. I've looked all over the web and people seem to just get busy with the drill. My concern is, the hole needs to be at a 45 degree angle, not horizontal through the wall. My walls are...

Hi, Thanks. It's a good suggestion and would be safest I guess. The only problem is that it's a pebble dash house and it'll look gash as they won't be able to match the render. If I could diamond drill a perfect hole, it'd be neater I think.

Hi, I see this done in so many places I really didn't give it much concern, but now I'm having second thoughts. In my 1930's solid block wall house, I'm installing a Rayburn solid fuel range. I need to put a flue through the wall (no chimney in kitchen). This would entail...

No MF on their already. Not sure what it is under the paint, but it's not MF. I guess it's a cement render. Really I was hoping to get a similar product to multi finish I could skim a thin coat on as I'm fairly sure I can get a good finish like that. It just needs to be suitable for exterior use.

:) It's a 2 floor house. The front door is set back into the halway in the centre front of the house about 1M so you have a covered area (by the first floor), but with wind blowing into the porch it does get wet with driving rain. I'm only looking to put a couple mm over the sides to fill...

Hi, I've gotten OK at skimming the internal walls with multifinish but now want to skim over the 2 small porch sides that are semi covered (sort of an innie-outie porch) as they've accumilated a lot of bumps over the last 70 years. Pretty sure I can't use MF for this due to the fact it can...

Hi, I'm just decorating the hallway in my 1930's house. I pulled up the original carpet and underlay today to start laying some laminate flooring, but the floor is far too uneven. The concrete has blown in several sections. about .5sqm of it sounds as if it is deteched from any base below...

Hi, Lots of threads on this topic! I'm just trying to see if ideas are viable at the moment. I have a 2 story 1920/30's house with 2 chimneys back to back against an interior wall. I want to convert one room into my kitchen and install a rayburn/aga. The chimney breast is not wide...

Hi, I've fitted these in our property. From what I've read, you should almost certainly line it. Make sure you get a multi fuel linner and not a gas or oil liner as they won't cope with the heat. The heat from a modern stove is far more than the open fire the chimney was disigned for...

Hi, I'm about to redo my bathroom. I've been putting insulation backed plaster board in other rooms as I go as the old house has solid walls. I thought I'd use the wedi board type in the bathroom due to the moisture. My question really is, should I skim it or can I tile right over it...

Hi, I've a large amount of brilliant white emulsion that I want to use to paint some rooms, but it's just a little too white for me. Rather than waste it, can anyone suggest a colour to mix with it to make it slightly more grey? We had a nice white called 'independance' before (slightly...

Thanks for the tips. I've already learnt not to stand under the trowel! :) Richard C, how do you tackle the splitting the ceiling into 2 parts?

Hi, I'm in the process of re-plastering most of the interior of our 1930's house. I seem to be getting the hang of walls quite well, but have not tackled a ceiling yet. What I'm not sure of, what do people use to get themselves high enough to plaster the ceiling? I've heard of but do...

Hi, I'm after a bit of advice. I laid laminate flooring in our previous flat, and now in a few rooms of our house. I've been pleased with it's durability, even the £7 a pack B&Q special offer stuff! I've dropped hammers on it, alsorts, it just doesn't break. Now I'm at the stage where...

Hi, thanks. I'm not on mainland UK, and there is no actual minimum capacity . 1000Gals is quoted as normal and is the current recommended min size

Hi, I'm after some ideas / advice really. I'm building a new cesspit. All we are alowed here are catchment pits, no treatment or discahrge etc at all by law. We have a semi above ground concrete pit in poor condition at the moment. I want it completely underground. I've dug a big...