Home DIY

This is how you remove plaster from the first floor of a house...

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This is how you remove plaster from the first floor of a house (with enough room to park a tractor trailer out the front)...

FTFY. Good luck doing that anywhere inside the M25 :)

Good point... Not sure I would get a parking permit on my tractor...

And the render starts to come off.

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It's broken your house.
Or is that the way it works? You turn it on its side and shake it?

On another note: my backyard slopes, which is good when it rains.
However, my drying racks are unstable. And more so if it's windy. I like drying my clothes outdoor because environment. Though you know, PM10 etc and oh I bore myself.

I don't have space for a line, nor do I want a retractable one. Because it'll clutter up what space I have.

Wall mounted things. How would they work? Or some sort of hook on the wall to stabilise my existing racks.

Clearly, I need to get out more.

Oh wow, that stone wall! It's gonna look lovely.

Sadly what you aren't seeing is the massive cracks in the walls that we have to repair...

I was going to get one of these when we were looking at a place with more limited outside space.

http://www.lordsathome.com/brabantia-wallfix-wall-mounted-dryer-24m.html

Can anyone give me an idea of a guideline price for plumber to move a radiator sink and washing machine? Will all be be going 2 metres further along the current supply/waste pipes and I will be installing everything in position ahead of time.

Reposting due to being ignored. Can any tradies tell me whether these prices look reasonable, based on the info given? Ta!

Essentially having a new kitchen fitted and floor fitted. Total floor area is ~28m2.
Plumbing (new sink, dishwasher, dis/reconnect water softener etc) £280.00
Electrics (moving hob location, changing to induction, possible fitting under electric floor heating, 2 new spot lights and 2 new pendants) £700.00
Tile the kitchen floor area (approx half total area) £740.25 (ties not included)
Fit engineered wood floor to dining area (approx half total area) £396.10 (wood floor not included)
Fit kitchen supplied by you (pre-assembed carcasses) £1450.00 (not including worktop)
Underfloor heating mat 200w inc touchscreen thermostat: kitchen only £445.00
Entire area £795.95

So £3741/4091 approx, depending on whether we have electric mats under just the kitchen or across whole area. Note, we do not have the depth for wet underfloor and it will not be our sole/primary heat source - just a comfort thing for cold tiles of a winter's morn.

Depends where you are in the country. If you get it finished under £8k all included then you're in the right ballpark. Looks like that quote would get you there.

You could easily spend £30k on a space that size in London so it's all relative.

Do you have a tin roof?

I wish... that roof is currently asbestos. It will be coming down in a few weeks and being replaced with a slate one.

Sounds reasonable, assuming it's done to a good standard.

@Chalfie

I have a Brabantia spinning one that goes into a hole in the ground. It just pulls out and has a nice cover for storing it if you don't want the clutter. I just laid it down on its side over winter.

Hammering the spike receptacle into the ground was bloody hard work with a rubber mallet, but a sledge hammer would make short shrift of it.

There is a little plastic cover that is over the receptacle when you have the dryer out. You can mow over this.

It fits three loads of washing on easily.

http://www.argos.co.uk/product/4504595

Yeah we used to have one. New yard arrangement and slabs mean 8 don't think i want to do that.
I miss our rotary drier.

Wall mounts do look pretty cool, but i don't know if you can get them to rotate.

I'd be happy if it was just a drying rack if that makes sense.

http://lordsathome.com/brabantia-wallfix-wall-mounted-dryer-24m.html

That's the same one I posted. Doesn't rotate but looks nice and neat when folded away.

Is it a total pain in the arse to disconnect a toilet / bath / sink yourself in order to give yourself a bit of space to retile the bathroom? I've checked a few videos and it looks fairly easy as long as the pipes are flexible...

No, if you have shut-off valves on your water feeds it's easy.

If you don't have them you should shut the water off and fit some so that you can easily disconnect them in the future to replace washers or stop an overflowing cistern.

Sometimes putting them back together is more challenging. I use LS-X on the joints which pretty much guarantees they will stay watertight. You can have problems with rubber or fibre washers perishing or not seating properly.

Don't put LSX on the joints

Bit of interior design/ style advice needed. We have quite orange parquet in the lounge and hallway - possibly teak, though the sanding guys wasn't sure. It's lovely and we want to keep it, but we would also like to put wood down in the kitchen to replace the naff tiles and struggling with the transition. Any ideas on going between quite different wood styles?

I think two contrasting things side by side can look really good - it's when it's half hearted that it can look a bit muddled.