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Thanks Ozi! Really helpful :)

A little off topic but maybe someone knows? How would you fill/repair this wide shallow defect in plaster? The plaster is over concrete not onto plasterboard. Ideas much appreciated as always! Thanks, R

Hello, Bit of an odd one! We employed a carpenter to fit our doors. Unfortunately I arrived home to realise he'd done so upside down. The door frames are old so the carpenter pared them down bespoke to fit each uneven frame. He also fitted the door knobs, meaning it will be very tricky now to...

Hello, I'm looking to buy pine for skirting, architraves and window sills. I went along to my local timber merchant but they couldn't offer samples and had a small selection. I looked at some places online but had the same issue plus very expensive delivery costs. Does anyone know a timber...

This is really great advice thank you. Its actually really timely as well because we've just had a disheartening time stripping back paint (which we discovered is lead based) from some old door frames to try to save them, realising they are really not that well made. My gut instinct when I first...

Thank you!

Hello, My husband and I are renovating our first property together (a 1970s place). We removed the old radiators and have exposed the floor boards. We had a plumber round about fitting new radiators and he suggested holding fire on sanding down the floorboards in these rooms in case he has to...

That is so helpful thank you! That makes a lot more sense, I was picturing the strips as smaller than they should be. There's a service cupboard with gas/electric meters under the stairs with the same floor boards inside, so I might use some from there so they are a similar age. Thank you again...

How do you stop the wood strips from falling through, just by choosing those which are flush with the gap, or by putting glue on them first?

This is incredibly helpful thank you all so much! Sorry for the slow reply its my first post so needed authorization and I didn't realise it had gone live. I will give this a try thank you :)

Hi all. We are self-renovating a 1970s property (our first). We found floorboards under the carpet, redwood pine in good condition. We have sanded them down (belt sander, to 180 grit). We filled with sawdust and a cellulose wood filler but got lots of shrinkage resulting in gaps and holes...