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Wish I could have gone the overboarding route given the mess of taking down but needed full rewire, replumb and insulation added plus it had started to bow in several places I had to bite the bullet. Thankfully the horrible jobs are out the way and I've got lots of carpentry ahead!

Thistle hardwall which is for medium/high suction ie old bricks. Finding a plasterer to use that was few and far between as they all seem to like doing 5 day courses with dot and dab 🤦🏻‍♂️

Good luck with the renovation, I started my 12m project 18m ago and still have at least a year to go 😂😂

It was a complete back to brick job, full wet plaster ie not board and skim. In a few areas we were able to keep original skirting and architrave and plastered up to it but the bedrooms were knackered

Love this forum. Great idea/solution, many thanks!

Renovating an Edwardian property where the plaster has blown. Used three different plasterers (recommended by people on local FB groups) and found all three to be pretty poor. The ones that did the bedrooms applied thin stripwood to the existing casing as they had made the replacement plaster...

Thank you all, super useful and many solutions. Think my first port of call will be trying Atlantic Timber as PINE CORNICE 21MM X 93MM X 2.1M for 10 quid is hardly any different to what an equivalent plain length would cost me. Regardless of the success there, I am going to look further into a...

Unfortunately a bit too far this one. That said, we have friends in Durham so if I get invited up it might work 😂

A 3hr round trip so not out of the question, not heard of them but their site is very impressive, thanks 👍

Coincidentally just on their website last night and was thinking the same re 2.1m lengths and ease of delivery. I have a few 2.3m areas but will all be painted so think I'll get away with an odd join. Howden/kitchen stuff I've had a look at. Definitely not ruling out but not found a design that...

Unfortunately no joy. I'm in the hills and their delivery vehicles are too big to get here. Bizarrely they said I couldn't go them and collect either. The hunt continues. Have found a few more places online but will struggle with delivery. Ideally need a Yorkshire/Lancashire merchant that will...

That's brilliant Doug and only a short drive from me, many thanks

Building MDF wardrobes and want to finish them off with cornice at the top. Not overly fussed about material (as will be painted) but assume for stability reasons I am best sourcing wood versions and not plaster/hybrid etc. However, I am struggling to find places that sell it, maybe I'm...

Gone back to the drawing board on a few bits but now have better idea of what I want. My only struggle at this stage is sourcing birch ply, tried the 4 local timber yards and best I can get is hardwood plywood. That's potentially ok for the carcass which will be painted but I'd like...

At the beginning of this renovation we knocked through a box room that adjoined the master bedroom with a plan to eventually turn it into a walk-in wardrobe. Now that time has come and it's been a fairly major research project for something I initially perceived to be quite simple. Anyway, the...

I'm looking forward to hearing the rats scuttling around it 😂😂

Cheers mate. Yeah was hard work, legs and knees covered in bruises (should have worn knee pads) but happy with the end result. Learnt a lot. Was about 1.5 days to get 80% of it down then best part of another 2-3 days for the cuts around edges, doorways, fireplaces etc. My 2 big lessons for the...

Just realised I hadn't posted an update. Master & dressing complete. Will attack the other bedrooms once this room fully complete (wife's orders!)

Thanks mate, picture below with a lick of paint to get a better sense of the finish, will do 2nd fix wiring next week

Thanks all, basically the floor already has 9mm plywood screwed down over existing floorboards and is flat within limitations (3mm over 2m). I should have picked my flooring product first as as per Recipio/Jones comment, manufacturers recommendations answered the question and in this instance...