@stone-villa-layla
Villa with marble and travertine floors and a lot of glass. Learning how to look after natural stone and windows in this climate.
We'd like some curved glass (a curved shower screen and a curved balustrade panel). - How is curved/bent glass actually made — can flat glass really be shaped into a smooth curve,…
I want some custom open shelving and built-in storage joinery (display shelves, a media unit, some floating shelves). - What should I know before ordering custom shelving — materi…
I've had very different tiling quotes for the same room and I want to understand what actually drives tiling cost so I can compare fairly. - Beyond the tile itself, what makes a t…
I'm choosing a new main entrance door for the villa and aluminium keeps coming up. - Is an aluminium entrance door actually secure and durable enough for a front door, and how doe…
Our villa's timber staircase is looking tired — worn, scratched treads, a few creaks, and one handrail feels a bit loose. - Is a wooden staircase usually worth refurbishing (sandi…
We have a skylight/rooflight that's started leaking when it rains and sometimes fogs up inside. - Can a leaking skylight be repaired (reseal/flashing) or does the whole thing need…
Several of our mirrors (bathroom especially) have gone black, cloudy or blotchy around the edges and in spots. I gather this is the silvering backing degrading. - Can "de-silvered…
We keep getting white, powdery, crystalline patches on some painted masonry walls, and they come back after we wipe or repaint them. - What is this white bloom (is it efflorescenc…
We're considering a walk-on glass floor panel (over a stairwell void, as a feature). - Is glass you can walk on actually safe, and what glass and build is used so it doesn't crack…
I want a custom glass tabletop (and a couple of glass shelves) cut to size — to protect a wood table and for a display unit. - What thickness and type of glass — does it need to b…
We've got a chipped shower screen edge and some scratches on a glass tabletop and a window. - Can chips and scratches in glass actually be polished/repaired out, or does it always…