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Hi guys, I bought a newly renovated, 1900 traditional mid terrace house around 5 years ago. The builder dot n dabbed the plasterboard to front external wall and I am now starting to penetrating damp through the "dabs" on bottom metre of wall. I really don't want to take the lot down and have...

Hi, I am restorating my 100 year old house and have had the upstairs replastered after removing all the old skirting and arcs. Stupidly after having it replastered I have now noticed that the old door frames upstairs are all warped and out of shape quite significantly, with one side being...

Hi, Replacing door arcs in my old house and realised after taking the old arc's off that the door frames are all really out of shape with none of the corners being 90 degree. One end is higher than the other so the top part of the frame is at an angle. Unfortunately I just had the wall...

Hi, I'm renewing the arcs and skirts throughout the house and wa wandering what peoples thoughts were on whether to go for the primed mdf versions or solid wood versions? What are the pros and cons of both? Cheers

Hi, Are moving into a 1800 home and doing a bit of work on it first. One idea was to install recessed spotlights on the ceilings. What are the pro's and cons to this type of lighting? Also we have a handyman doing alot of the work and says he will be able to install the spotlights. I...

Hi, I live in a 1900 midterrace house in leeds. I am thinking on removing the flagstone flooring in my basement diggin down about 8 inches and then laying, menbrane, insulation covered by a concrete screed. I have dug a test hole beside the front wall to see how far down the footings...

Hi guys, I am going to waterproof/ paint the small level of exposed brickwork at the bottom of my external wall. My neighbours was originally done with black bitumen paint which is what I was going to use. Having searched a few other posts on this forum i'm not sure if this is the best thing...

Hi, the plasterboard in my house was put up using the dot dab method and i was wandering if its possible for me to insulate the outside walls somehow. I was thinking of any injection type insulation that would work for this, like some sort of spray on insulation which i could use by drilling...

I have two chimney stacks, one at the front of the house and one at the back. The front one starts in the lounge and goes through one upstairs bedroom. The back one starts in the kitchen and goes through the other upstairs bedroom. Each chimney stack has two chimney pots so I imagine that...

Hi, I have an unused chimney stack in my houes. It goes from my living room and up through bedroom. The fireplace has been plasterboarded closed. Now I know that unused chimney stack should be ventilated but was wandering wha the best way to go about this is. Should I just cut away some...

Hi, At present there is no ventilation in my kitchen which i understand is against building regs f so want to get some in asap. I am going to extract my kitchen hood to outside and also put in a small extractor. My question is, what type of extrator is best a time delayed or one with a...

Hi, Does it matter which side of a radiator the flow and return are on. On most of my rads in the house the flow is on the right hand side where the TVR is but on one of my rads i've noticed that the flow and return are round round the other way amd the flow goes into the left hand side...

Hi, I recently gravelled an area of my garden and all the local cats are using it to take dumps on! Whats the best thing to use on gravel to stop this happening? Cheers

Hi guys, Have had a quote of £120 for the removal and replacement of an old cast iron downpipe with a new plastic one. Does anyone know if this is around about the going rate for this type of job or is a bit pricey?? Thanks

I have had some conflicting advice regarding my basement ventilation. At the moment I have two large air brick vents at either side of large basement (front and back of house) but there is still alot of damp in there so was thinking of putting in an extractor fan over one of the vents...

Hi, Im planning on coating my decking with decking oil this weekend. Whats the best, quickest, way to apply it. Do you use a standard mop??

Hi guys, looking to wall mount an lcd and need to find at least one wood stud to fix it to. How do i find it without having to buy an electric wood stud finder. I've tried bangin it with my hand but cannot know for definate where it is

Hi guys, i'm going to attempt to re-do the flashing on this part of my roof. I've done a bit of research and understand the basic of what i have to do from the link below. http://www.leadsheetassociation.org.uk/html/1401.html My question is who do i fix the soakers, what holds them in...

Hi guys, I have decided to re-point my basement walls to try and stop the water ingression. My house is 100 years old and the mortar has totally rotten away/fallen out in some areas. As the property is old is it correct that i have to use an old style mortar mix to use as the new, harder...

Hi Guys, I have some damp issues in my basement and is the rear wall which is the worst. My basement is about 5.5ft below ground level. On the outside of the wall i have about 2ft of dirt which is continually sodden, then i'm into someone elses land. My question is, is there anything i...