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Hi, I'm decorating my dining room which has coving, picture rails and skirting boards. I'm planning on putting lining paper on the walls to smooth out imperfections and then emulsioning the walls. All the coving and woodwork I'll be doing in silk. As some of the skirting has been...

Hi, I've taken some tiles off my bathroom wall and have noticed that the wall underneath looks quite damp. You can actually see tracks where water has been running. Although I've never noticed any drips as such in the kitchen below.... but I've not decorated/investigated that one yet. The...

Hi, I knocked together the attached diagram of my back garden. I'm currently laying out the patio (the pale yellow area) and am thinking of creating a raised bed along one side of the garden. I thought about using it for growing herbs and vegetables. I'm not particularly green fingered but...

Can anyone explain how plaster coving is actually done? I don't mean the stick on variety we have these days I mean the type of coving in older houses. My house is 1920's or 30's and most of the rooms have original covings. Some are more ornate than others. When I was in a solicitors...

Hi, As part of my renovations some of the rooms will need to be re-plastered. I wondered whether there was any easy way of adding insulation as part of the re-plastering? I've looked at a couple of sites and found products like this: Gryproc Thermal Larfarge ThermalK Are these...

I'm just doing some research into some renovation work. My property is about 1920's - not particularly old. The original door and surround is still in place. The door and surround have a number of stained glass windows and i'd like to get them encapsulated and make the door a feature -...

Hi, I'm about to get some prices from local builders for some pointing. When I bought the house it was picked up on the survey as being something that needed attention... and I figure its best to do it before I get my new double glazing fitted. What I'm unsure about is exactly what I...

Hi, I am in the middle of some building work to join an exisitng brick outhouse with my house.... I'm not sure of the proper terminology here... the walls to the outhouse are 2 layers of brick with no cavity. Approx. 200mm thick. I've had some plans drawn up... and have been given the...