Recent content by zom414

After 2 years of living with a dark suede effect paint in the living room it's time for a change. My wife wants to go with white paint this time which will be on 3 walls and up the landing, the other wall will be re-papered later when she can figure out what she wants :) I've sanded the walls...

Hi there, I recently changed my Potterton PRT100 to the DT90E after reading some threads on here about the wiring etc. Term 1 to A and Term 2 to B with the neutral capped off. It all seems to be working although I do get quite loud clicks when the timer is off, not a constant clicking like...

Just an update. I showed the guy the problems and told him I wasn't happy with the work. He said he was sorry and it wouldn't happen again but I told him I didn't want him to do any more of the doors. He used some filler and planed the top of the door so it was straighter and moved it up a...

Thickness is the same as the other doors - 35mm. Does this mean the stops can stay on? If he can repair the door he's already put up or replaces it fine but I also need to know that he's not going to damage any more. Don't get me wrong, it does look good in place and I doubt anyone would...

The more I look at the door and think about it the less I want him to finish the job to be honest. What am I liable for if I tell him I don't want him to continue? Do I pay him for the work he's done but then I'll ask for a new door or do I say let's just call it quits? All I know is that I...

He has removed the stops, he said he'd have to do this for every door though. He's quoted £450 for the job of hanging 9 doors and all the fittings as well. I got several quotes and they were all roughly the same price. He had good feedback on his website and is local (only lives a couple of...

I'm looking for a bit of help and advice. I have a carpenter hanging some doors for me and he started this afternoon. He has put one door up and it does look miles better than the bog standard white one we had before. However, when I looked a bit closer after he'd gone I noticed a couple of...

Thanks. I'll have to wait a bit before I try this cos the freezer is quite full and I don't want to lose it all.

This freezer is just over 5 years old now and is playing up again. We first had it repaired when it was about 16 months old by Hotpoint who said it had a design fault, the fault caused the build up of ice in the freezer section. The engineer put a little heater in a foil bag type of thing in...

Thanks for the answers. So, when the guy comes back what should I tell him I want it pointing with?

We had our garden done last month with decking leading to a patio. It all looks fantastic and the garden is now useable (it was on a slope before). Just got a question about the patio grouting though. The mixture they put in was powder form and just swept between the slabs. He told me that...

Thanks but done the google search thing and not much out there (one I did find was £25 - bit more than I want to pay). Just wondered if anyone had personally bought some and could help.

The plastic ones are everwhere in diy stores. Like you said, loads of door plates but not may for switches.

I'm trying to find some chrome finger plates for around my light switches. I've found plenty of white & clear plastic ones but not having much luck with chrome. Does anyone make them? If anyone can point me in the right direction I'd be most grateful.

The house is 12 years old so I assume they were fitted when it was built. The square boxes are indeed sunk into the wall and the screws on both faceplates are the same distance apart. It's just the new faceplates are about 3mm too big and so wont fit together in a row as things stand. I'll...