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I've been converting a detached Victorian greenhouse into a garden room. The floor is fairly rough concrete slab (no damp-proof) with one end suspended and one resting on the ground. I had planned to paint the floor to start with at least, but I wonder about doing it better. There isn't really...

We get the same. Sometimes it will just turn on for hours...

I think I bought some of that last spring and never got round to it - but I do like the idea of a more scrubbable waterproof paint. Speaking of long-term... is it important to rip off the plaster, tiles etc or can you just hide it all behind a stud? We've all seen that the latter IS done quite...

We have a couple - the one in the ensuite turns on within a minute of the shower turning on, the one in the main bathroom frequently turns on before the bath finishes running. Though it depends on the weather, sometimes it doesn't. The bigger issue is I don't like it running while I'm in the...

Cheers (to both)... I'm not sure if it's regular paint, or just been painted a long time. It may even be the peeling areas are due to external damp - the house was repainted last year and the inside of this wall was already looking pretty tired. Either way the outside wall is now sorted and this...

Well it's a trickle fan that has manual boost and automatically boosts when it detects high humidity but I don't think anything will prevent condensation from a hot bath in a room with 3 exterior walls! So we clean all surfaces as thoroughly as possible, then treat with bleach or similar, then...

We have quite bad black mould on the walls of our bathroom (solid brick walls) that has slowly got worse despite a trickle ventilation fan (and a very draughty sash window!) and it has now spread to the ceiling. We periodically wipe the walls but the ceiling is artex or similar textured finish...

I can't push the pin down at all from the position in the photo. I think it may be slightly more open the more I work on it but it won't go back in. I was starting to wonder if there could be something physically blocking it inside - a bit of crud flowing around the system - but had imagined...

yes it's worked for 5 years at least without any problems. It's a tall vertical radiator, we have several of them - nothing fancy. This valve is the IN (checked that already) and based on the thread it is fairly new. When I grab the pin the pliers and wiggle it side-to-side a tiny bit I can...

Thanks - this is all DIY and typically I use softwood - I didn't have issues with power no the old Ryobi one (though depth was a bit erratic I never figured if that was the gun or my skills!) so I assume Dewalt's will be very similar. I have been panelling out a garden room and the issue in...

My old 2nd fix nailer (16g) died and I am thinking of migrating to the Dewalt version as I mostly run XR kit. They do two 16 tools (DCN660 and DCN662) which seem near-identical except one is straight and the other angled. Other than the fact I already have a bunch of straight 16g nails, having...

This is a video on a very similar model.. I think mine just has one extra screw or bolt but I don't want to just start removing everything I can find in case I can't get it back together . I'll investigate more, just hoped someone might have done this exact thing and save me additional...

It's apparently not an uncommon issue. It sounds like it's firing but it doesn't. No nail jam. I've seen several videos where they lubricate the slide/mechanism and it's a 5s job but you do need to remove the magazine; very easy but none are the same model exactly.

I have the R18N16G Airstrike battery nail gun from Ryobi. There's a misfire issue and I already ruled out a jam. All the advice suggests to remove the magazine and lubricate but I cannot find an exact guide for this model, I've removed all the obvious bolts and the damn thing won't come off, it...

we've already got the tyres... figured instead of our local garage swapping the tyres this time, they would fit the new rims and then put the winter tyres on - and then each spring/winter we just swap all 4 wheels (at a push I could myself though I don't really want to) @Mottie no idea. All...