Recent content by Bratman91

The brick wall at the end of my garden is probably about 200 years old and the faces of the bricks are quite crumbly and powdery. The wall is quite solid in spite of its age but I would like to seal the external surface to prevent further wearing away. Would it be better to use a thinned PVA...

Thank you for responding. You have pretty well confirmed what I thought the correct solution was. I probably didn’t explain it properly but the original bulge was not a board lifting but a small lifting of the top surface of one board in just one place as though it was being pushed up from...

Thank you for replying to my post. Do you mean at the edge between boards or the edge where the boards meet the wall? All the boards are tightly locked together with no gaps between them except for the new board where there is a small gap to the adjacent boards. When walking on the area of the...

My lounge was fitted with high-quality engineered wood flooring. The floor was laid on an acoustic underlay and each board is firmly locked side, back and front to adjacent boards by tongue and grooves. After less than a year, one of the boards developed a bulge at its edge, which became raised...

Thank you all who have responded - some very useful information there!

About 6 years ago, I had an Ecoair DCW10 dehumidifier fitted high up on the wall of a small bathroom. For the first couple of years, it was very effective at keeping down condensation but, thereafter, was a constant problem with leaking water and extremely frequent sessions (every 5 or 10...

Thanks RandomGrinch and bernardgreen. I was looking for one of 100w rather than the 30w one but, if I can’t find one, I’ll try the double pole switch solution.

I have a couple of security lights with PIR sensors. However, they are fairly old and are failing, so I want to replace them. Both of them have halogen bulbs and switching the power off and on quickly, overrides the sensor/timer so that the light stays on. This is useful when, for example...

My deck is about 5 square metres in size; it is 8 years old and has been treated regularly with decking oil. However, it has become very dark and stained. Can anyone recommend a good decking stripper that would take it back to something like its original colour? I was looking at Ronseal Decking...

Sircerebus666, your comment has prompted me to do some research and I am almost certain that mine is a rolling code. I guess that rules out a clone device?

I have a Henderson electric roller door on my garage but have lost one of the two remote operating fobs. A new Henderson fob (if I can find one) is likely to cost around £50 but I have seen “clone” fobs at under £6. As I understand them, these simply clone the proper fob that I still have. I...

I am not a frequent user of this forum and do not know how to send a PM. Can u say how? Thanks.

Many thanks for your reply. I tried Rehau a few days ago and they said that they just orovide the plastic parts and then installers actually assemble the window (seemed a bit odd!) and that I would need to contact the installers. The installers had no idea how they had assembled them as it was...

I had Rehau Heritage uPVC double-glazed sash windows fitted in 2006. One of the windows will not remain in the raised position. The window frame has a thin nylon cord running down each side and fastening to the bottom of the window. On one side, the cord is very tight and the tension is pulling...

Now that sounds like a solution! Many thanks and also thanks for the link.