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Hi all, I have a real fireplace which was made into a decorative fireplace before I bought the house. I've pulled all the plaster off the back and sides to expose the brickwork again in order to use a fire basket. The problem I have is that where the brickwork meets the plaster that is on the...

Hi All, I want to open up my fireplace int he front room but previously, someone has installed a sleeper as the lintel. Looking inside the chimney, the sleeper is exposed and is slightly charred. Do I need to change this out for a heat proof concrete one? Also, does anyone have any good...

Hi All, I have an Acer which I bought earlier in the year. It is in a big pot and is probably around 2-3 feet high. It appears to not be doing very well at all as the leaves have pretty much all turned brown. The trunk is all in good order so it's not like it's dying completely Its in...

Hi All, hope you can help me.. I have Solid oak window and door frames which were fitted last year. When they were purchased fromt he supplier, I was advsed to use linseed oil on them once fitted - which I did. It has just taken me 6 days to sand the lot back to wood after the linseed oil...

Hi all, i'm looking at ordering some Antique oak engineered board and was looking at using Depron underlay. It will go onto a concrete floor in my dining room. Can this also go into my bathroom which is next to the dining room? Its an old house but has an extension which is probably built in...

Hello all, I have just discovered from lifting the carpet in my new house, that the hallway has quarry tiles laid, this continues into the kitchen. Trouble is, the carpet fitters have stuck the carpet grippers to it with adhesive plus where people have decorated int he past, it has paint...

Hi all, hope I'm in the right section?! I want to paint the outside of my house, it is all brickwork and rendering but where the soffits have been fitted under the guttering,there is a big gap which is probably around 2/3 fingers width away from the wall. What would be th best thing to fill...

Hi all, I found that BandQ were selling off some turf they had obviously had in the warehouse for a fair while! I have got it home and have laid about half of it so far. Now...it has obviously gone a bit black and mouldy in places and matted and is not very green right now, most people I...

Hi There, I have recently completely dug my back garden over, when I moved in last november it was well overgrown and where the grass had got so long and ended up laying over, it had turned into a mat of grass with nothing actually underneath it growing. It's a nice sandy loam so wasn't...

Hi, I have read some bits about burying cable so understand the ruling about 600mm trench, sand, cable,tape,backfill,tape,backfill... I want to run two strip lights and two double sockets within the shed. What I need to know is, the shed is approx 12m away from the house, what advise do...

Hi, I have a piece of what I can see is Oak built into the wall above my fireplace. Some plank has decided to paint this piece of wood black with what I can figure out to be emulsion. Any tips on how I can get this off and get it back to the original colour/wood? I've used Nitromoors before but...

Hi all, I've just moved into a 40's built house, it was re-plastered and decorated before the sale, has had some damp proofing done but not all the way around the house, I've managed to cover up a large hole in the roof which isn't felted but I'm beginning to find mould patches, largely along...

Hi all, I\\\'ve just moved into a house, it is a 1940\\\'s built house and still has what I would consider to be the original roof. I moved in last week and have noticed that there is a damp spot on one of the walls in the spare room (which is an outer wall). This is adjacent to an old...