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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, 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...

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'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...

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, 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...