Alle Folgen

First look at the house and plans, with garden designer Ann-Marie giving ideas for planning the front garden. The kitchen removal is started and replacing old windows. Plus tips on filling cracked plaster, how to fix a leaky tap, curing squeaky floorboards, and replacing a broken roof tile.

Old chimney stack, flue and liner removal, clearing the old kitchen continues, digging the porch foundations, and rear garden design ideas. Plus tips on replacing a broken patio slab, capping old pipework, sawing wood sheets, and how to stop stairs from squeaking.

Staircase removal, plans for the conservatory and garden design, and digging the conservatory foundations. Plus tips on glazing, creating a mitre box, how to change a plug.

Creating a new front entrance and blocking up the old one. Visiting the factory where the new staircase is being built. Plus tips on glazing a front door and fitting the letterbox and hinges.

Pouring the concrete for the conservatory and porch foundations, and work begins on the renovation of the master bedroom with tips on dismantling old cupboards, wallpaper stripping and removing old carpets. Plus mixing bricklaying mortar, removing skirting boards, and how to fit a front door and frame.

Clearing the back garden, removing a fireplace, and building work is started on the porch and conservatory. Plus tips on repairing pointing, putting up a shelf, repairing a damaged wall corner and how to fit a mortice lock. Also, the neighbours come for a look around.

The new staircase arrives and installing it begins, work starts on updating the brickwork facing of the house, and Phil runs through the plans for the new kitchen,. Plus tips on emergency pipe fixing, preparing a door for painting, and fitting an extractor fan.

The kitchen floor needs further excavation, work continues on the new staircase, and the conservatory floor base is poured. Tips on fitting a front door lock and a doorbell, removing an old radiator, and gloss painting a door.

Progress on the back garden and front brickwork facing, the staircase construction continues, and the old window is removed ready for conservatory french doors. Tips on chasing out walls for electric cabling, stripping turf, installing an airbrick, fitting staircase balustrade, using a chop-saw and putting up a mirror.

Progress on the porch and kitchen wall removal, how to prepare a wooden floor for tiling, and an explanation of how to survey your garden. With tips on how to replace a broken floorboard, easy ways to draught-proof floorboard gaps, finishing off a loft hatch, and tips on using wall plugs.

Progress on the staircase and kitchen wall removal. With tips on fixing a bannister, replacing a damaged doorframe, removing a hot water tank and its plumbing, and replacing a heating system.

Progress on the kitchen and wall removal, fitting the new heating system, and loft insulation. With tips on joining pipework, fitting a garden tap, matching bricks, the first phase of rendering outside brickwork, and re-hanging a door.

Progress on the kitchen, bedroom cupboard wall removal. Tips on plastering techniques, removing an internal wall, a brush masterclass, and handy tips from special guest Harry Greene.

Progress on the kitchen, guttering, and how to construct a stud partition wall. Tips on plasterboarding a ceiling, replacing guttering and downpipe and installing a water but, and a visit to an antique reclamation yard and a bathroom showroom.

Update on the kitchen, rendering and garden, with various home security and safety ideas, including a step-by-step guide on how to fit a security lock to a double-glazed window. Tips on rendering, and digging a garden rainwater soakaway.

Progress on the kitchen installation, the porch roof, rendering, the staircase and the garden soakaway. Tips on mixing plaster and making-good a ceiling, electrics and fitting an outdoor security light, and building a kitchen cupboard carcass.

The conservatory construction starts and there's updates on the bedroom renovations, rendering, fitting the kitchen units and porch. Tips on replacing an electric socket and a pull light switch, and everything you need to know about screws!

Ann-Marie Powell explains the garden design, and there's updates on the conservatory construction and the kitchen unit installation. Also tips on putting up alcove shelving, installing a down-light, and fitting a door-liner.

General update on the work so far, with tips on installing an outside power socket, fitting kitchen door hinges, false door fronts and installing an extractor fan. There's an explanation on plumbing "crossbonding", and sanding products. There's also a visit to a kitchen showroom.

The team finish off the porch roof and there's updates on the mains water, living room, kitchen and conservatory. Plus tips on how to repair holes in plasterboard walls, fitting a sink waste-system, fitting a hob, concealing pipework, and a masterclass on electric nail guns.

Updates on the porch doors, kitchen, heating system, outside, and work starts on the bathroom and soil stack pipework. Tips on how to cover up ugly pipework, fitting a radiator, installing a new bath and the best way to fit a mixer tap to a kitchen sink.

Ann-Marie Powell visits to see how the outdoor work is progressing and draw out the plans for the garden, the living room window is removed. Tips on kitchen finishing touches, fitting a toilet cistern, removing architrave and there's a masterclass in jointing wood.

The topsoil is delivered, the conservatory french doors are fitted, and the living room doors are installed. There's tips on fitting a floating sink, putting up architrave and fitting door furniture, and planning foundations for a patio.

There's updates on the conservatory, living room and outdoor groundwork, the loft, and a visit from a chimney sweep. Tips on sanding floorboards, laying patio foundations, sanding window boards, hanging lining paper, and how to fit a bath panel.

Updates on the patio foundation, conservatory, bathroom, and the hot tub is installed. Tips on fitting coving, repairing wall damage, tiling a bathroom wall, and there's more handy tips from special guest Harry Greene.

There's an update on the outside ground work, the conservatory flooring is laid, the garden deck base is built, and the pond liner is installed. Tips on bathroom tile grouting, bath fitments, using power saws, and fitting a shower unit.

The driveway is installed, the path is started, garden decking is put down, and further work done on kitchen. Tips on installing garden fencing, spray-painting radiators, stripping wire, finishing touches for the kitchen, and child-proofing kitchens.

Updates on the brick path, garden pond, conservatory radiators, bathroom, and rooms are plastered and filled. There's tips for painting walls and ceilings, fitting coving, plumbing in a washing machine, and fitting doors to built-in appliances.

The chimney flue is installed and new fireplace unveiled, and updates on the paths. Tips on making a door for an under-stairs cupboard, repairing parquet flooring, fitting a shower screen, and installing a peep-hole in a door.

There's loads of general finishing off, the paths are completed, wall lights installed, and a final "before and after" tour of the house. Tips on how to cut bricks like a pro, planting a tree, and a masterclass on timber.