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Can anyone recommend a good paintable exterior sealant for window frames? I am using Dulux Weathershield All Seasons (solvent based paint). Thanks.

Hello all, Posted this on the decorating forum but might get more joy here. I am in the process of doing up my concrete sills. They were in a really bad state with all the years of paint flaking off so I am stripping it all off. I have done most of it with a heat gun. I had pvc windows...

Hello all, I am in the process of doing up my concrete sills. They were in a really bad state with all the years of paint flaking off so I am stripping it all off. I have done most of it with a heat gun. I had pvc windows installed a few years ago and the installers seem to have used silicon to...

Hello, I just got a cast iron fireplace dipped and stripped of all its old paint with a view to putting it into my living room. It hasn't come up as well as i had hoped. there are still small traces of paint on parts so i'm going to take nitromorse and wire wool to those parts. But it's...

Hopefully some one can help me. The shower tray is in place and i have to now tile the walls and attach the door. Problem is the corner formed by the walls is bigger than aright angle (seems to be a fairly common problem). It runs out by full 1cm at the front edge of the tray. I realise...

I’m hoping some experts can help. I’m having some trouble with the plumbing in my bathroom. I have been renovating the house and the new B&Q bathroom suite only went in about 8 months ago. It’s a gravity fed system. So here goes: 1. The toilet (back to wall, concealed cistern) – when...

Hello all, Hoping some one here can help me. I've been trying to ring the RB helpline today but can't get through and was hoping to order the parts tonight. I want to put in a new set of balustrades into the house i have been renovating (theres nothing there at the minute). Heres my...

Hello, I have spent a very long time refurbishing my douglas fir herring bone parquet floor throughout the house. Its all patched, filled and sanded. I put on Juncker Pro Seal to emphasise the natural colours (solvent based) and then followed that with HP Sport Lacquer semi gloss (water...

I have spent time patching and repairing the parquet floor which covers the whole ground floor of my new house. It is douglas fir in a herringbone pattern. I hired a drum sander (i know a continous belt sander is preferrable but i couldnt find any in Northern Ireland) and sanded the whole lot...