Recent content by mstizomad

Hi, Our house has modern wiring, it also has a new metal Consumer Unit, with a split rail, 2 x RCD and SPD. The house has 2 lighting circuits, Ground Floor and First Floor. All the bulbs in the house are LED, but some are better quality LED bulbs and four of the bulbs are cheap large...

Thanks. We will return the 5mm green fibreboard and buy rolls of 3mm AcuStick self adhesive and acoustic underlay that is sold on several solid wood flooring websites.

Thanks for your reply. I think I will go for a semi-float option, which is mentioned by the manufacturer of my flooring and by several other solid wood specialists. They recommend a 3mm self adhesive underlay that floats on the sub floor, but sticks strongly to the oak boards. I will use my...

Hi there, I was wondering if you could help me? I have 18mm thick and 150mm wide solid oak tongue and groove flooring that comes in assorted lengths between 300mm and 1200mm. The room is stepped into 2 x areas that are 3.8m x 7.3m and 3.5m x 4.4m. The sub floor is self levelled and already has a...

Hi there, We have already bought our 18mm thick tongue and groove Solid Oak Flooring, that is pre oiled. It's also very heavy and weighs approx 700kg across 50 sq metres. It is currently being acclimatised for 7 days. The concrete sub floor has has been self levelled and is mostly very level...

Hi there, Thanks for your replies. Yes my friend told me that it was not a Ring Main and i looked at the Kitchen Sockets MCB and i do remember it being 16A. But i will check it again next time i go around, Cheers

Hi, I am NOT an electrician; but I spotted something that I thought was weird or bad practice. A friend had her house mostly rewired by electricians a few months ago. She already had a separate 32A MCB and circuit for Oven/Hobs with a 6mm T/E cable. And the electricians decided to use that...

Hi, Thanks for the reply. I have Silicone Silicate Render, which is different to K-Rend, but i will check out this forum for anything on painting Silicone. Cheers

Hi SFK, Thanks for your quick and helpful reply! Ok great, I will do that then. So do I set the IP, Subner Mask and Default Gateway on the Router all A’s the same from the main router? Many thanks

Hi, We have an office outbuilding that we want to share our homes high speed 200mb Virgin Media internet with. I would like to connect a second Wi-fi Router to our main Virgin Media Router using a 30m long underground Cat 6 Ethernet cable. Is this posisble? I have heard that this is possible...

Hi, Our house has been Clare with that external wall insulation stuff and rendered with a milder silicone based render. However it’s a creamy off white colour and also really dirty. We want to repaint the house in brilliant white. What paint should I use for repainting this render? Thanks

Hi, Thanks for the replies. The door doesn't really need filling. Just a really good clean and has minor shallow scratches. I will get a tin of Zinsser allcoat exterior Black Satin from Screwfix. Cheers

Hi, Thanks for your v informative reply! I have found this on ebay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ClimaxDigital-HEC50SL-1080P-3D-HDMI-Extender-by-Single-CAT6-50M-W-IR-LoopOut-UK/401220931928 I will try connecting both monitors then via the HDMI port. However, my second monitor does not have...

Hi, We have one of those modern composite front doors that is solid wood on inside and PVC on the outer faces. It's currently Black, but very worn and damaged and we want to repaint it Black again. Am i correct that i will need to give it a good clean and then paint with a B-I-N Primer first...

Hi, I have a Hikvision Turbo 8 channel 1080p CCTV DVR, which can export the feed via both a HDMI port and a VGA port at 1080p. I have two monitors connected to the DVR, one connected via a short 2m 1080p cable in the same room and one connected via a very long 15m VGA port. When i have the...