Home DIY

I was looking at this again last night. Also rly like those tiles

cheers man. the leak went away all on it's own... should i be worried?

Fired Earth

Client's own. They know what they like.

Your TV cabinet is done! I'm waiting for some little feet but once they arrive you're welcome to come and collect it.

Your TV cabinet is done! I'm waiting for some little feet but once they arrive you're welcome to come and collect it.

amaze! will message tomorrow.

I heard the wood was some of the highest quality ;)

Ah ok - I looked at their tiles for the kitchen floor

Some lovely work DBR, but that NW10 stairwell remodelling is an act of utter vandalism. Why don't the owners smash up the lovely encaustic tiles while they are at it?

http://www.davidblairross.com/nw10stairs/

Why do people not buy modern houses if they want to live in modern houses? There are precious few Victorian ones with all their original features intact as it is.

apologies for repeating myself - does anyone have recommendations for North London window supplier and fitter?

In answer to my own question, I can now whole heartedly recommend Wembley Windows

If it makes you feel any better, we had to have a section of handrail made (London Handrails were great). They didn't have a cutter for that particular pattern so I sent them a slice and they ground a spindle moulding tool for it. They now have it in their archive.

The conclusion was that its very hard to make dark/orange boards lighter with osmo, you kind of need to work with the shade you have.

This is unsurprising as that's what it says on the label ;)

But yeah, the colour you get with Osmo Polyx depends on the colour of your boards. If they are orangey that's what you'll get.

I've not used the raw but it is meant to help lighten.

Are you looking at Originalstyle.com for the tiles? They do some amazing ones, genuine replacements but pricey of course.

Did some plastering yesterday, not as hard as everyone makes out...

@dbr do you offer replacement doors for already fit kitchens? Well into those ones posted above...

pics please, lit from the side :)

HAAA... oh don't worry, I'm not stealing anyones jobs yet... but its not hideous...

Correct. It's basically impossible to make red wood floors look like whitewashed douglas fir. We tried a patch of our unidentified red wood parquet with Osmo raw and it ended up looking limed, with whiter grain, like this:

Only have this bad pic on my phone... this is one coat... no sanding or owt... first go at this ever... obviously needs further work. And this is on Wood not a flat wall...

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Yep, I can do. Those ones were pretty trick really, linoleum laminated onto solid oak.

http://www.londonmosaic.com/ is your friend.
I have a load of them waiting to go onto my hallway floor when I've levelled it.

Wooden worktops: the triumph of aesthetics (and possibly cost) over practicality. Cabinetry is beautiful. PM'd you.

Ohhhh wonderful... shall I give you an email to talk costs? I quite fancy some ply...

I thought Stevie Wonder had retired!

Looks pretty straight, not bad for a first attempt.

HA. Thanks. Had to plaster on to the wood uprights in the drywall which I now wonder might have been a mistake.

Quite enjoyed doing it, if I had the time/money I would well be into doing more DIY bits and bobs.

I don't like to be a hater but you're really gonna struggle to get that nice. My tuppence, firstly what product is that? It's not plaster and I can't think of anything that'll adhere to wood even with a good wash of PVA. So I hope you stuck a sheet of EML under there (metal lattice stuff) but I can see you didn't use corner beading either which'll mean the edges won't be straight and will chip to buggerey if you breath on them. You'll need to feather much further back from the edge too, even if you're orbital sanding. A good rule of thumb is have it looking square and level and as perfect as poss at every stage because it's seriously hard to 'save' a job, that's where the pro's earn their keep. Sorry for being a critic but a couple of YouTube videos before you attacked that might've helped.

Thanks for chipping in chuckle bags!

Lets see...

1. Using PVA is even more cowboy than I'd attempt, so nah, metal gubbings instead.
   
2. It says plaster on the packet, so I'm guessing its plaster.
   
3. I used metal edged tape for corners, so all good.
   
4. Yeah, did a Youtube.
   
   

Gave a couple of buts a quick sand this morning and was happy with the results, a quick super thin skim should do it, and I never claimed to be a Pro...