• Looking for a smarter way to manage your heating this winter? We’ve been testing the new Aqara Radiator Thermostat W600 to see how quiet, accurate and easy it is to use around the home. Click here read our review.

walls

  1. T

    Should I use polystyrene or plaster coving?

    Me and my fiancé have just bought a house and we're thinking about some DIY improvements. A friend of ours suggested putting up coving in the lounge but I started looking into it and I'm just so confused. I've watched a million videos on how to actually put it up and that. But how do I know...
  2. J

    Reinforcing boundary wall footings

    Some general guidance please. To the rear boundary of my garden is a 1.8m high concrete block wall which is on the other side of the boundary line i.e. it is my neighbor's property and he insists that it remains untouched. It's footings are circa 200mm deep. I don't know how wide the footings...
  3. G

    Block Shed Advice

    Hi, First time poster, so go easy. :) I'm just about to start building a single skin block shed approx. 3.7m x 2.5m. I'm comfortable with laying blocks as I have done various small projects in the past, but this is the biggest "building" that I have built. My question is would it be advisable...
  4. M

    Removing old paint from walls

    We are decorating the downstairs of our 1930's house and have removed the 'skirting boards' - plain wood about 12 inches tall - as well as dado rails. Both of these have previously been painted with a dark wood stain and then overprinted with gloss paint. We now have 3 lines of thick...
Back
Top