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LorenClayton
Having an Impact
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Hello This has been an ongoing saga for the past year since I bought this house. At that time, building inspector had said shower had a slight leak ...

AngelaJane
Just Starting Out
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I'm preparing to line my garage with cement sheet, and have gotten as far as putting some corflute against the tin, before adding some batts and then ...

Vitriolum
Growing in Experience
5 replies

Hi, We'd like to have more of a thermal barrier on this north side wall, on the sides of the window, for now there are these batts that looks pretty ...

ohce
Just Starting Out
2 replies

  Hi folks, I’ve had our 40-year-old timber windows replaced with aluminium ones, as a result wooden architraves were removed and the galvanized stee ...

miraperry
Finding My Feet
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Can these be used to line bathroom walls?di we need to waterproof them?

miraperry
Finding My Feet
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Hi all, hope you can help. I bought a heritage terrace last year. Previous owner told us The walls were not preped before painting, now peeling, dr ...

ironchieftain
Finding My Feet
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I have renovated the laundry recently, including retiling the floors and single tile height around the walls. It might not have been the smartest deci ...

sujoy_kb
Growing in Experience
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Hi, I am looking to create a stone cladded feature wall in my living room. However, the wall is made out of brick which has "dry wall". What steps s ...

TryingMyBest
Just Starting Out
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I am trying to retrofit an open-plan bathroom into an old timber floor house. I need to create falls but want to minimise screed thicknesses. Can I bo ...

Charley3
Just Starting Out
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I am renovating a room that was built as an attachment on the back of my garage, probably as a DIY job in the '70s. The plasterboard ceiling was att ...

shisch
Just Starting Out
2 replies

Hello I am about to renovate our kitchen using Kaboodle cabinetry. There will be a corner pantry with an oven tower on the left side, and base cabinet ...

toby8
Cultivating a Following
8 replies

Hi folks in a pickle and hoping someone on here can provide some suggestions for measures within my control. A year ago I bought into a1966 block ...

Lennock
Finding My Feet
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Hi what is the best glue to stick specrite acoustics panels to a wall. It’s a wooden wall and will also be using a nail gun. thanks

M3gz
Just Starting Out
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Kitchen : White laminex cabinets....reasonably good condition considering age of kitchen. Plain doors.....wanting to change to 'Shaker' by adding ...

maccifo
Cultivating a Following
1 reply

Good morning. We have a new project in the pipeline to renovate an old fire place and modernize the house. Although the rustic brick veneer walls ar ...

KimMcFadden
Just Starting Out
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Hi I am renovation a kitchenette and need to remove the backsplash tiles or cut the plasterboard where they are and replace it. I am struggling to re ...

RMB1
Just Starting Out
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   Hi all I have started stripping the paint off my interior walls to repaint due to the previous paint flaking and not really adhering to the rende ...

EllaAnderson79
Just Starting Out
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     I have just removed the drawer-fronts and door-fronts from our kitchen cabinets. They were previously vinyl-wrapped, but I have removed the vi ...

s14664
Finding My Feet
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Hi all, I just moved into a new house and there is no space for dishwasher atm. I found there is a base cabinet on the right side of the sink with a ...

PaulieP
Just Starting Out
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Does anyone know how we can identify and source older architraves? We have done a small reno and need to match our current older architraves      ...

gregaldous
Growing in Experience
9 replies

Hi there, I have some slightly uneven surfaces on my walls (see pic - small chips in plaster, old paint, etc) and I want to prepare them for painting. ...

maync
Finding My Feet
3 replies

Basically aiming for a DIY shower de-and re-instal. Some advice would really be appreciated for this DIY project. Things to watch out for. First I'm p ...

Divya22
Just Starting Out
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Hi, first time poster though I read a lot of other people’s posts! I want to give my kitchen (I live in an apartment) a bit of a glow up and to look ...

gregaldous
Growing in Experience
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     hi there, I have this fireplace, the chimney has been taken out and there was an old gas heater installed. I would like to replace the damaged ...

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