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Hi all, The outer walls of my house are concrete, and one particular wall in one of the bedrooms has accumulated a fair amount of drill holes over the years, mainly from putting up battening to create a false wall for hiding cables as well as a TV bracket and a shelf for two Technics turntables...

I had my bedroom skimmed recently, all four walls and ceiling. After it had dried out I put a watered-down (about 20%) coat of emulsion on, no problems. I was putting my second top coat on the other day, when I noticed what looked like a gloopy blob of paint on an area I'd painted about 5...

Hello all. We're redecorating our kitchen and I wanted to pick your brains regarding lighting. Previously, the whole room was lit by one 4' fluorescent strip light, with a 58w bulb. We're having the ceiling replaced, and for the moment we're just using a floor-standing uplighter with a...

The fence that sits on the slope between us and our neighbour is in a bit of disrepair. It's not of the best quality anyway (timber posts stuck in the soil with spikes and flimsy panels) so I thought I'd have a go at fixing it properly, with slotted concrete posts and some decent panels. I...

Currently our house has underfloor heating (no radiators anywhere in the house) and an immersion tank in an upstairs cupboard for heating the water, but my Dad is considering switching to gas. We're doing our house up at the mo so now would probably be a good time to get everything...

I'm about to build a stud wall, and while I'm confident working with wood, I have never plasterboarded anything in my life. I'm keen to give it a go, but I never underestimate any task (I've made that mistake before!), so I wanted to ask the pro's some questions first. 1. Is there any...

Hello all. I want to add a plug socket in my bedroom and since I know nothing about electrics I would like some advice! There is a plug socket a few metres away, so would the normal procedure be to run a cable from that one to the new location or does it not work like that? Also, it...

The main wall in my bedroom is solid concrete and I want to build a stud wall on top of it. The reason for this is that I want to put a TV and speakers on the wall (and hide all the cabling) and fit a plug socket, and a stud wall would make all of this much easier. I've never built one, and I am...

Hello all. I am in the process of redecorating my bedroom and I am looking at ways of routing cables behind the walls. All of the walls apart from one are plasterboard. So to investigate I cut a hole in one of the smaller walls, and found what seems to be some kind of cardboard lattice...

Hello all, I am redecorating a bedroom and the walls could do with a skim of plaster but I'm unsure what I need to do to prepare. I know zip about DIY, and I've got so many questions whizzing around in my head I don't know where to begin. Three of the four walls are plasterboard, and one...