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Thanks for all the advice folks - the new puppy isn't a forgone conclusion yet, my wife is talking about it but it may not come to anything this year (but I like to be prepared) I have a friend who's a roofer and he's giving me some 'breather membrane' - he said it's waterproof but air...

Real skirting is what I'll be making - but I don't have time for that at the moment. I'll profile oak on my router table and oil it before the final fitting. I don't like screws when the wood is oiled as plugs never match the grain properly and I can always see them. For unpainted skirting I...

That was the info I was after - thanks 👍 - I won't seal the ply then. The other reason I want to get the ply down is that it's a ground floor room with a couple of old rugs on the floor and over the winter, when the wind was blowing directly towards the airbricks, we could feel cold draughts...

I want to get the skirting installed so the ply needs to go down first. I tend to remove skirting then wallpaper down to below the top of skirting level, then install the skirting so that it overlaps the paper - a bit of masking tape and caulk along the top of the skirting makes for a lovely...

We are currently renovating our house room by room and I'm going to be starting on a room that will be used as a home office. Initially it's going to be carpeted with a cheap end-of-roll that is currently sitting in the garage but, when funds allow (probably early next year), we want to get some...