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Thanks guys. The Stuart Turner ones looks pretty reasonably priced too - I'll probably get one of those. Thanks again!

Hi, I'm looking for a recommendation for a whole house mains pump. It looks like Salamander are the leading brand but I've also read quite a lot of reviews of them failing early or becoming noisy. Does anyone have a recommended make/model that they tend to use? Many Thanks

Usually this is because water has gotten in the connector in the past, corroding the contacts. It will work fine if its left un-disturbed, but if you are to unplug it, then replug it, you can have problems as the terminals in to connector arn't making a good connection. Sounds like the earth pin...

Hi, I've just done the first coat on a rendered wall with Sandtext textured masonry paint. The colour is perfect - exactly the shade i was looking for, but the texture is really really fine. Is there anything i can add to the paint for the second coat to give it a coarser texture? I don't...

Great, thanks for the help :D

Thanks for the reply :) Is this something that would happen during setting or long-term? I.e. if once its set, the render is still good, can i assume the sand is probably OK to use for the rest of the render?

Hi there, I've just finished the first layer of render on our garage with a 4:1 ratio of sand to cement with a liquid plasticiser. I used wickes sharp sand for this layer since it said this was suitable for external rendering on the sacks. I'm now doing the second layer, and want a...

Hi there, I have bought some torch-on felt and torch-on underlay for my garage. It is approx 50 square meters in area. Approximatly how much gas am I going to need to order to do both layers? Many Thanks :)

Hi there, I've just about completed my garage construction, and finally have a roof on. The garage is a large double and the roof has an apex and a slope of approximatly 12degrees on either side. Its currently unfelted as I've just finished fitting all the OSBs on to the timber joists. The...