DIY Weekends
15 posts
Digging the front path down below the damp-proof course
3 June 2025The real fix for our damp front wall was a spade, a weekend and a tonne of gravel. How we lowered the ground and what the readings did next.
Testing an Artex ceiling for asbestos before anyone touched it
19 April 2025The back bedroom ceiling had swirly Artex from the 1980s. Why we tested a sample first, what it cost, what came back and how the ceiling got covered.
Stripping woodchip wallpaper from the front room: steamer, scraper and regret
8 March 2025Three weekends, a £27 steamer and a lot of soggy paper. What was under the woodchip in our front room and what we'd do differently next time.