Recent content by gimchee

Slugbaby, can't drill through the tiles. I already tried and the heating engineer tried, think they need some sort of special tiler's drill bit.

Nige, it's only a month old. It was part of a Barcelona suite from B&Q. I thought close coupled loos were modern. I agree with you though, wish I had skipped it, those double traps are a right cow. Well, I ripped out the loo and the offending freshner cage was immediately visible. One good...

its definitely in there coz the pan empties very slowly after flushing. Thanks for your thoughts though.

the wife and daughter have both tried getting their hand over the trap but no success. I'm fearing the worst now, my pan is attached to porcelain tiles with sticks like s**t. I can't see another way though of getting that plastic thing out without removing the toilet.

its in between the double trap and I cant get my hand up an over the first trap.

Hi My daughter flushed one of those plastic freshner things down the toilet and I haven't a clue how I'm going to fish it out. I've a good idea it's wedged in the s bend of the loo. Please offer advice coz I'm gonna need a crap in the morning. Cheers Tony

Just a quick question hopefully someone can help me with. In one of my four terminal junction boxes on the lighting circuit there's no spare terminal for the earths. So they have been twisted together, without sleaving, outside the junction box. With not knowing if this was acceptable or...

Thanks for the replies...good to know I don't have to go to the extent of having the walls reskimmed.

Kitchen walls are down to old bare plaster which has lots of holes and dents in them. Don't want to reskim so was wondering if it's ok to line kitchen walls and then paint with a matt or soft sheen. Please advise if I'm going wrong.

hi Moz, The flashing was a narrow strip of felt (about 3 inches wide). It connected the wall to the top of my porch which is just a basic slab of concrete above the front door.

While scraping the front of my house the flashing above the concrete porch disintegrated. It seems to be part of the dpc so I'm guessing I better get round to replacing it before the damp weather closes in. I was wondering if there's a simple diy option to getting it fixed. Maybe a heavyduty...

I want to gloss my drainpipes with Dulux Weathershield exterior gloss. pretty sure a couple undercoats are needed but not sure what type or make of undercoat and also is rubbing down necessary to provide a key? I'd be completely lost without this forum...many thanks, once again!!!

Hi, Is it ok to use tung oil for external window frames? Any advice on prep - I'm thinking of sanding down, resealing the edges and then oiling or staining. It sounds to good to be true that no other prep is involved! Many thanks, Tony

Hi John, That sounds promising. Maybe the waterbased Dulux Weathershield sold in B&Q is not up to much. It was a little sampler pot I used and the whole lot went on very thinly. I think I'll nip over to the Dulux trade place. There seem to be many varieties of Weathershield on the market. My...

Hi, About to repaint the outside of my house which hasn't been done for about twenty five years. This resulted in me having to strip the entire top layer off except for a few stubborn patches here and there. I tried some Dulux Weathershield (waterbased) bought from B&Q on a sample area and...