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    Porch door: Centred or Offset?

    Hi all, I have a 1930's Semi with a porch door which currently has a sliding door in it, the actual 'front' door is centred behind this with two panels either side. I want to replace the existing sliding door which has an aluminium frame with a new PVC door but am struggling with pro's and...
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    Re-cycled parquet re-laying

    Cheers for the advice. Two further questions. 1. How do I get the bitumen off without damaging the tongues or blocks? 2. Where in the room do you start? do you work out from the middle, or lay the parallel wall blocks first? Thanks
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    Re-cycled parquet re-laying

    Hi, looking for some advice on re-laying a parquet floor. A house demolition has liberated some parquet floor which was originally layed on concrete using bitumen. I would like to relay in a house on top of floorboards and wondered if this was possible? The house a 1930's semi had originally...
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    PLasterboard in Bay Windows - strengthening

    Good News.. Having done some extensive investigation i have managed to rectify the problem with some hard work! 1st I requested the Blind man (ha ha) to advise me where he would be fitting the blinds in relation to the bay ceiling (to cover up any screw heads!) 2nd. I located the ceiling...
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    PLasterboard in Bay Windows - strengthening

    Hi all! We have a 1930's house with a bay window in the front bedrooms. During installation of double glazing the bay ceiling was replaced with plasterboard.. however they have not attached the front of the plasterboard to the front of the bay.. therefore we cannot install curtains/blinds...
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