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HOPEFULLY a quick question.... We want to re-paint the walls in a spare room, but when we painted it a couple of years back with some matt paint it all crazed up. We since found out this was most likely because the original paint was vinyl silk. Anyhow, we just lived with the crazed...

Next stage in the decorating task is the wallpapering, the end is in sight! I've papered before, so not a complete novice. Whats the best way to avoid unsightly shrinkage gaps between strips of paper, if they are to occur at all? The paper we are using is quite highly textured, unpasted...

After fitting the wood floor, the plan was to fit new skirtings all round. We have already purchased, softwood Torus skirting from wickes (14mmx120mm) which we have primed and painted in readiness. HOWEVER, after reading too much on the forum, I'm worried that the skirting may warp/cup over...

We have 30 sq m of engineered wood floor in 14 packs, I've opened the tops and ends of the packs and stacked them on top of each other in two piles in the room they are to be laid. I wasn't sure whether I needed to stack them with spacers between the packs or not, the manufacturers...

I will shortly be laying our wood floor thru the two rooms in the photo... ... should I incorporate a threshold or cork-filled expansion gap in the arch way? There is no door between the two rooms and the distance would be about 8 meters, the planks are to be laid vertically with...

I want to replace a SG pane with a DG panel in a wood frame. The hole size is 550mmx1100mm, what size should I get the unit made to allow for any expansion in the wooden frame, I was thinking 5mm all round? In case you are wondering why I don't replace the window with a full UPVC one, the...

This type of question seems to come up repeatedly, but I couldn't really deduce an answer. I'm fiiting some Kahrs engineered flooring over our concrete floor, not a new build, is dry as it should be, no ufh, it will be 'floating' and about 26m2 in total. I know I need an underlay with a dpm, but...

So we've stripped the wallpaper from the walls and done our absolute best to remove all traces of paste using scrapers/hot water/sugar soap and then lightly sanded the surface. We are now left with painted walls, no idea what type of paint it is or the age of it. Before we apply the new Dulux...

We are about to start re-decorating the downstairs but need some advice on how best to go about installing some extraction to overcome the excessive condensation we get during the winter months. In the winter the upstairs windows flood with condensation overnight. All windows are double glazed...

Our back porch has an aluminium sliding patio door. Unfortunately, over the years the sill has rotted out allowing the bottom runner to sag, deform, wear and make using the door something you have to do with care to prevent it falling out! I was hoping I could get an off-the-shelf job from...

We have a couple of spot lights in the bedroom that were fitted about 5/6 years ago. They take GU10 lamps which never seemed to last long and after a couple of replacements we gave up and they haven't been used for several years. Last night I fitted an compatible 240V LED lamp into the...

I'm part way thru building a cabinet that has a front panel to be silver in color. The panel is made from MDF, the edges have been sealed with pva/water and it has had five or six coats of acrylic undercoat so is now luvverly and smooth. For the top color coat, I was originally going to...

I've got to do some butt joints with 18mm MDF, the parts fitted to a very rigid frame so will not twist or flex, the edges will be fully sealed, and the face will have a multiple layers of primer, paint and gloss top coat. I can't help but feel the joint will show thru and that I should do...

I'm constructing a stand that is to have three doors on the front. I would really like to use some from of concealed hinge, but not sure what would be best. The doors are 'inset' rather than 'overlaid' BUT they have an additional decorative layer on the front which means they are not flush...

Before christmas our existing boiler (Ideal W) started leaking. After looking at the problem and taking everything into consideration along with the forums advice we decided to order a replacement, a Valiant eco-tec which has not yet arrived, but thats not a problem. Since the problem first...

I'm about to order either the 415 or 418 as a replacement boiler to by old Ideal W on the reccomendation of the forum. Can this utilise the existing timer/thermostat controls I have that basically just supply a 240V on/off signal to the boiler? (I read that the boiler needs it's own permanent...

It's been decided our current boiler is not worth reparing so I'm looking for some recommendations on a replacement. The current boiler is an 'Ideal W RS450', 14KW, open vented system. Capacity wise it is more than ample. Due to it's position, any replacement can't be fitted more than...

The last couple of days, our boiler has been throwing the trip. It's an 'older' boiler, a Stelrad Ideal W. Being older it's easy to diagnose and fix I hope! I've traced the problem to the boiler, and on opening the small 'control' box found the thermostat control, a suppressor and the...