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Thanks for the advice roughcaster. If we get a dry weekend in the next couple of weeks I'll give it a go and post a pic, so everybody can laugh at my amateur attempts. :D

Hi, The back door to my house is rendered in a thin 2mm approx render. I have striped the black paint off and It has blown in places and needs patching. I have read up on render mixes, 3:1, 4:1, scratch coat, top coat etc. This render is so thin at about 2mm that it will be a single coat...

Thanks Zampa, I have some weather shield grey undercoat for the front door so I'll use that for the back door too if I have enough left over. I'll have a look at the Dulux colour mixing gloss range. failing that, Farrow and Ball have a French Gray oil full gloss and Fired earth have a...

Hi all, I have 2 new exterior doors, front and back. having read paint information here, I'm painting the front door black with Dulux weathersheild gloss. I wish to paint the back door a French grey colour. Unfortunately Dulux do not do a grey weathersheild gloss. Could anybody...

Thanks for your reply seco. Currently there is no access to the drains via a grate. This means that whenever I clean the windows or have a bucket of water etc that I need to empty, it has to go on the garden. I thought a yard gully would be useful and wondered how big a job it is to install?

Hi, Currently all wastes in the house (bath, basin and kitchen sink & dishwasher) run into the soil pipe which runs down the outside wall and into the ground. Next to where the soil pipe enters the ground I have an external tap. There is no drain or gully underneath the tap or indeed in my...

Hi, I have recently removed an old coal fireplace and back boiler. The fireplace has been opened up and a gas pipe installed ready for a gas free standing stove. The chimney breast has been re-plastered on the outside and the inner sides have been rendered with sand & cement. To leave a nice...

Thanks diy_darren. I'll have a better idea of what order to do things when the plumber / sparkie /builder has a look round and I chat to him about the work that is required. Hopefully he'll let me know what would make his life easier. Then I'll know whether to get the damp course installers...

Hi all, I have just bought an old 2 up 2 down terraced house that needs completely modernising. I have been busily smashing things up and now need to think about the order of work. I'll be getting professionals in to do most of the main things so as to a) maintain standards b) minimise time...