renovation

Help please. My parents have bought a 1960s bungalow and are currently having the loft converted by a builder. Due to downscaling of the original plans (which had been for a big dormer and RSJ in the ridge etc), they have somehow ended up in a very tricky situation whereby a small dormer has...

As part of our home renovations our builders have installed new French doors with the Georgian bars set within the sealed glass. However, upon opening and closing the doors the bars move and wobble quite frantically - are they supposed to do this? Many thanks! Candice

i have socket in living room but only 2 and as kid coming with konsoles and dvds players then i will need more my question is should i prefer extension lead or additional sockets this maybe method by rewiring? which one is better and long lasting it will have to i will also tell builder to hide...

Hi all, Very likely to be buying a small bungalow with the following layout - but it doesn't quite work for us as efficiently as I think it might! Ideas for improvement (versus likely cost) most welcome! It needs a full redecoration anyway and we will be able do the alterations before before...

Hi all. This is my first post so apologies if in the wrong place etc but thanks in advance for any advice. I have owned the house about 18 months, this is my first renovation so learning as I go! The upstairs bathroom has an old chimney breast tucked into the corner. There is no downstairs...

Hi we are new first time home owners in our back bedroom there is efflorescence which is pushing the paint off. There is a small crack in the render but it’s not significant and the render doesn’t appear to be blown, it’s also not affecting the whole wall just mainly one corner and underneath...

I'm in the process of completing the purchase of a house. It's an end terrace with a very dated single skin brick lean-to that's been added to end terrace side of the house. There's a door from the kitchen leading to it and it's used by the current owners as storage. However it's in pretty bad...

I have this crazy fantasy of buying my first flat and turning it into this wonderful home. I have found this flat in south east London near where I am living with my mother now. It has a south facing garden however, it is one hell of a fixer upper. See below the plans and pictures of what it...

I am intending to move house later this year and was intending to buy a house that needs renovating and has space to extend. I intend to remove any gas supply for various reasons including the gradual move away from gas and the fact that although I cannot generate my own gas, I can generate...

hi all, i recently bought a link detached house and have the floor plan as attached. We would like to have a bedroom downstairs with open plan kitchen. any ideas or suggestion on how to achieve without extending. Not worried about converting the garage as well. Thanks in advance

Hello everyone. I'm hoping someone could assist me with a bit of a dilemma. Around 2020, we carried out some renovation to our 1930's semi-detached home. As part of the renovation, the whole ground underfloor, which is suspended with a metre or less drop, was insulated with mineral/rock wool...

Hello all, I would love a couple of pointers please ‍(y) I live in a 1980’s built house with an external chuted brick/block built fireplace. It has already had one modification done to it prior to me moving in, the original was a floor to lintel opening - using a redbank lintel (I excavated...

I am at the early stages of considering renovation of a rubble stone semi detached two-up two-down. The corners of the building are in a poor state of repair. I note that next door has quoins whereas the one I’m looking at does not. Googling has so far failed to answer my question conclusively...

Hi! We are buying a house and we believe this is artex but I'm kind of hoping someone can tell me its textured paint or something! Its flaking away in places. We'll have an asbestos check done when we get the keys anyway but I'm getting impatient and doing as much research as I can beforehand!

Renovating our Victorian London terrace. The front garden was built up way too high so we have dig down to below the air brick and plan to lay permeable membrane and then cover with gravel. We have come across what looks like an old drain in front of the air brick (photo attached) but we can’t...

Hi all, Currently renovating 1930s house and started removing some plaster from a bricked up fire place to open in back up. Part way up the plaster changes from what looks like normal multi-finish to what looks like multi-finish with asbestos within it? Was asbestos ever used in wet plaster...

I’m going to insulate the voids between the ground floor and 1st floor of our house with sheeps wool laid onto either a breathable membrane or a wire net. Has anyone experience of doing this with a Victorian property? Or would you like to throw your advice in? I’m aware that our house is a...

I did a full home renovation before moving into my new family home. Cost me around £85k out of pocket at the moment (ie life savings) It would have been the best decision of my life, had I picked the correct builder. Instead, I'm spiralling into depression due to the project never ending and...

Hello DIYNot members! I would like to give the external door I have a new coat of paint, but I am not sure of what material it is made of: it looks like painted metal to me: What type of door could it be, and what paiting options are available for it? Thank you in advance!

Hi there, I have started my first renovation and will be living in the property myself, so attention to detail is paramount to me. In the lounge, I am going to be leaving the centre of the ceiling exposed but there are some white areas around the sides and through part of the middle (I'm not...