Right, hi there everyone, newbie alert! I want to lay a laminate floor throughout my lounge and kitchen - it is quite open-plan so I think I need the same floor in both rooms. I have chosen the laminate that I want, but, in the kitchen, my back door sits too low and will scrape the surface of the wood. What can I do? The door is only too low by about 2mm, so would I be able to saw, shave, plane the bottom off? It's a uPVC door though, which I believe may give me some grief. Somebody suggested that I might be able to "lift" the door on it's hinges, but someone else said that wasn't possible. HSS lease out a door trimming saw, but I don't know if that will be uPVC-compatible - probably not. This is really important to me, so I would appreciate some help with this one. Does anyone have any other ideas that we haven't thought about? Someone did suggest using lino in the kitchen and laminate in the lounge, but then it is unlikely that the 2 floors will look the same. I could use lino in the kitchen and lounge, but that would look horrid I think! Another ideas was to embed a door mat in the area that the door swings, but the kitchen is only small so it might look a bit odd. I don't know... Please help :)

I have three glass block basement windows that I want to replace. My question is about the steps once I knock the blocks out. Do I build a frame in the opening with 1X2s and then screw the window into this frame? I am assuming I then caulk the inside and outside, and then install capping outside. The other question is can I buy the capping ready made and install it myself? Am I even close here? Thanks.