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We're just finishing our kitchen and are hoping that we can afford something like Karndean on the floor. The fitter has already told us we need to screed the floor but has suggested that we fit the kitchen units first, then they'll just screed to just under them, rather than doing the whole...

I'm about to buy a large (1023 x 750) splashback for my new kitchen but feel a bit lost when it comes to the depth needed. Is there a minimum depth, which gives you a good finish? I've been given a price on a 0.7cm deep one but it seems a bit slim when compared to other websites. Also...

Calm down folks! I was simply asking if we were within our rights to ask him to pay for the cost of someone else doing any repairs necessary. Clearly I can't expect him to pay for someone else to look over his work - something I want, not the plumber! Having waited (without complaint)...

We recently had a new boiler and bathroom suite fitted and used a recommended plumber. Now that we have builders on site removing ceilings downstairs for other work, they have found a catalogue of disasters. This includes having the shower waste pipe going up over (yes up!) under the...

We've got a top on the chimney pot and some metal work in the chimney so bits don't fall down.

Do you think an extractor is really a needed in a kitchen where the cooker sits beneath an open chimney? If so does anyone know of any slimline extractors that I might be able to fit in? Many thanks

I got a quote yesterday for similar work - approx 3 days, labour & materials £860.

We are renovating our old kitchen and intend to put our cooker into the recess of the old chimney breast. Our builder started on site yesterday and told us that there is a minimum height requirement above the cooker, which our chimney breast falls under - and we therefore need to take out the...

The idea was just to leave the chimney open - we have had it swept.

We are renovating our old kitchen and have taken off the plaster over an old chimney breast to find a nice old (high) chimney recess behind it. The thought was that we would keep the chimney open and instead of putting back in a fire & hearth we would use the space for our range (new style...