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On the positive side, they don't look too bad. Cracks will be caused by movement and the treatment really depends upon how much movement there is in the ceiling. Try giving it a gentle push (from below obv), see what happens and report back. Could you tell us how old the house is and/or...

So my list of numbers is now... 1. Optician 2. Osteopath 3. Plasterer 4. Psychiatrist Skimming my own ceiling is going to cost a fortune in phone calls alone. :cry:

As someone who is preparing to skim his first ceiling, the first number on my list is the Osteopath and then it's the Plasterer; just like in the Yellow Pages. :)

I should declare that I am purely an amateur... ....but I can do 10x better than that. It looks like a load of mud thrown on the walls by a bunch of 5 year olds. My understanding is that if the plastering was to be done to a 'rough' finish, then this should have been specified at the...

Thanks for the reply. Q1 is a good question. For some reason, the dormer was constructed so that there is/was no access from the main loft space. Completely inaccessible dead space. Victorians eh? :roll: The plaster in that part of the ceiling was not in a good condition because of...

Hi. I'd really appreciate any advice anyone might have. I have an 1880 Victorian House and I'm working on my bedroom. It has a dormer window and to insulate the dead space above, I've taken down about 1/3 of the whole ceiling and put plasterboard back up. Given the house's age, the...

Thanks for the reply ...yeah, I'm sort of coming out of denial about that - it's not helped by being a bit gobsmacked that such a basic device can fail on a 10 year timescale...still stranger things happen at sea. do you have experience / anything in mind re and external timer - I hadn't...

Wondered if anyone could help me out on this one...any suggestions greatly appreciated. I have (for my sins) an Ariston EuroCombi SX20 MFFICE with manual programmer/timer (part 569294). The programmer/timer is not keeping good time and, generally, running slow - it's actually erratic...

Alot of shops stock a range of mouldings so it's worth a look around. In my experience, the problem is how you end up attaching the moulding to the skirting or wall (unless it's just quadrant) because these mouldings tend not to be flat edged. If your walls are flat and even you may get away...

Hi all, I have internal 4 panel wooden doors which are about 84 x 36" (and 45 mm thick - sorry for mixed measurements) and I'm having real problems sourcing appropriate new ones without raised (bevel edged panels). I'd really like to stick with panels that are ~20 mm thick with a nice...

Thanks for the responses, much appreciated I think that this is undoubtedly true, with the stress on the word decent. When I look through old joinery texts (as you do ':shock:'), you find loads of variety of pine but few are available today. Like I said, on the basis of this excellent site...

Hi there, I'm a newbie and would really appreciate some help. I've got a late Victorian house which has a fair bit of facing wood which is getting towards needing to be replaced (i.e. it's rotted) and I'm also considering making up some windows. I'd like to replace it with a fairly durable...