Aww, thanks Sue and Kc. The thing is, my boyfriend is really good at DIY and it's just taken so long cos he's done so many big projects (loft conversion, ground floor extension, porch to name but a few!). and he only has weekends and evenings to do them. He'd be very offended if I wrote to DIY SOS, although he'd probably like to meet the team, it's one of his favourite programmes! ;o)