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Hi there, Thanks for the replies. I think the plasterboard should be OK. The boiler is a small combi boiler. The lath and plaster wall is looking quite tired. I wanted to basically put it on the plasterboard wall (which is a partition stud wall at right angles) as then it would be easier...

Hi, I'm getting a new boiler fitted soon, and I have a couple of places to put it. What i wondered was whether it's OK to attach it to a plasterboard stud wall? my other option is a crumbly lathe and plaster wall (which really ought to be replastered...). Your advice would be much...

Hi My living room has sanded and varnished wooden floorboards. I've been moving furniture around alot, and as a consequence, the floorboards are all marked and scrached. To get it looking nice again can i just re-varnish it or will i have to sand it back again and then varnish it?!? Cheers...

I'd quite like to sort it out properly (although I would really like to avoid stripping all the paint off if at all possible!!!). I'm not sure if it is the original plaster however as it doesn't look the same as the original plaster on other walls, and these walls do not have a problem with...

I want to repaint my living room which at the moment is just painted plaster. There are a few patches of flaking paint that I have sanded down, but since washing the walls with sugar soap, these patches have become much, much worse. The flat is about 100 years old. Anybody got any suggestions...

Thanks for the reply Peter. I currently do not have a shower, and I don't know who did all the plumbing in the flat as it was done by the previous owner. But it is possible to move the storage tank into the loft space, is that right?

I have a cold water storage tank directly above my bathroom (on top of a false ceiling) which means my ceiling in the bathroom is very low. Because of this, I don't have enough room for a shower above the bath, so I wondered whether it would be possible to move the tank somewhere else (e.g...