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Well, we've agreed some remedials, so looks like all will be well. The main thing is that the worktop joins are good - the bits and pieces can be sorted out without too much delay to the project. Thanks all for your opinions.

It was for labour only. Chippy plus his labourer.

Nope - you aren't missing anything. All I wanted to establish is whether I'm now dealing with over sensitivity because of the attempt to hide the damage to the sink unit (he is remediating that) or whether there are genuine concerns. Hence the question as to whether the cuts to the hob unit...

That seems fair enough. I suppose then that the next question is whether the amount of grazing etc is acceptable / usual or whether this is too much of a hack. Iain

Hi All, Have just used a Chippy to install worktops and am concerned about the quality of the work done. Brief was to install a horseshoe worktop with island to the right hand side, cut and fit end panels and backboard, and fit additional straight worktop in the utility area. Concerns were...

Hi All, We are installing a new kitchen, and I have an extractor fan problem. The kitchen has fixed ducting which passes through the extension to the exterior wall. This is inaccessible to change as it bends up from the kitchen and travels under the first floor bedroom (which has fitted...

Thanks folks, These bricks have no nibs as far as I can see, and are only slightly rounded, so that's not an issue. I was mainly concerned as to whether they would cement together properly in a wall without collapsing. Iain

Hi all, I am intending to build a Barbeque in the garden and have loads of red paver bricks. Anyone know whether mortar will hold these together well enough, or will they just collapse without having the standard brick hollow? Iain

hi all, Following some building works and moving of the main drain to a new location, I now have the remains of an approximately 6inch thick concrete "base" (about 2m each side) with a rough 1m gap down the middle where the builders took out the old drain, in front of my new French doors...

Are the connectors fully home? They are sometimes awkward B**ers to click into place (there's a kind of double click with mine).

Hi all, Am fitting a new kitchen (have done a couple before). However I have never bothered with decorative architrave over the top of the wall units before. My problem is that I have a 4.5m run on one side of the kitchen, which necessitates a straight joint between two pieces of the...

That's not dissimmilar to my old kitchen. I believe they are supplied by "backuvalorry". Main difference is that many of the units in my old kitchen had been saturated in fat and oil. Oh the fun ripping the units out...

Wouldn't brown paper be rather prone to noise? Second question though - Can I cover right up to the top of the eaves, or do I need to leave space for airflow?

Hi all, I am part way through a major redecoration project and we have just rewired the lighting upstairs. This is a 1930s semi with an unfelted roof, so naturally a lot of dust and rubbish ends up on anything stored in the attic. The previous owners had tried to combat this by nailing up...

That's not a bad idea. There's enough room to get some spray in. It's scraping the mould off that's the conundrum. Cheers Iain

It's the removing the mould bit that is the difficulty. It is behind the sink unit which I cannot easily get at without taking out half of the kitchen. The chipboard flooring has dreid out now (it has been a month with air passing over and around it). The main problem is how to get at the...