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I need to paint the walls and sand+varnish a woden floor. What sequence would you recommend? - sand, wait one day, varnish and paint walls OR - paint walls, sand, wait one day, varnish floor or any other suggestion?

Hi Blondini, exaclty what I needed! massively appreciated. thanks

Hi, we need to run a drain pressure test for the building contron inspector (final visit). I am told that he wants to seal the drains on one end and fill up the water circuits with water to check leaks. three questions: 1) It is a two storey semidetached house. I guess this will have to...

Breeze, from your answer I infer that 1) the only two wires on which I will be able a voltage differential are the two wires that have to be connected to the pin 2 and 5. 2) there is a permanent voltage differential on those wires. i.e. whether the phone is in use or not 3) there are only two...

I have been left by the builders with an unconnected secondary telephone socket, which I would like to use. In other terms, I discovered that the wiring that comes out the box is not connected to the socket. From the little I know, to make it work I need to identify the two key wires and...

Thanks Farndon, And where would you get the earth assuming there are no wires closeby that can be deemed to be at the same potential as the earth? Do I have to get an extension from a well-know earth connection (i.e. from a socket inside the house (impractical!) or can I use something...

The problem is, as someone said, to identify a good earth point with confidence and in places where this cannot be extracted from the wiring. As an example, I am now trying to dentify live cables inside a messy connector box in the garden. As there are other boxes buried somewhere between...

Thank you for the speech on how to destroy the neon screwdriver. I was a 35 email thread launched some months ago where everyone rambles on destroying the neon screwdriver. Point WELL TAKEN! My question is another one: can you pleas tell me the best way to test a live connection. Can you...

Thanks for the help. Life is always more complex that this. I guess a meter can show 0-20V when measuring voltage either between two live wires or between two non live wires. Can anyone point to any white paper explaining all measures that can be done to identify live wires with...

No point in saying neon screwdrivers are not to be used. But can you pls point me to a good doc explaining how to identify live cables (and some theory if possible? The multimeter I used measures the amplitude of the AC, but does not identify which cable is live. it is a digital tester, Are...

Thanks, OK, I will change the battery. Any suggestion for the better (and easy to find) replacement than the orange model that Gardtec installed in the first place. Also, does anybody know whether the 953 has an internal switch to switch the unit off? I didn't see anything apart from the...

The battery has been there for less than 4 years and has hardly been used as the system has always been connected to main electricity. What else can I check/test before replacing the battery? or make sure that the battery is gone? replacing the battery is not terribly simple given the...

I get the error "FUSE/BATTERY FAULT) on a Gadtec contour LCD RKP. This happens only when I switch off the electricity in the house and the alarm system runs off its battery, which a 12V PowerSonic PS-1270 inside a Gardtec 593 control unit. My assumption was that the battery was flat as the...

Bosch washing machine runs the main wash part of the program all right, then start rinsing for two/three minutes and stops! All buttons still work, but the machine does not move and the start button is dead. Need to wait about an hour, then press the start button again and I can get water...

Hi, Thanks for the comments. V. useful. I did try to call my electricity company asking for an isolator a while ago and talked to lots of people. Some of the people could not understand what an isolator exactly was (and why it is needed in a property) and the rest could not figure out...

Well, this is not DIY, as I will not get close to all this. I just need to know if the way to isolate the mains is by pulling the white fue in the picture (I am reattaching it). Apparently overseas isolators are different.

I am to replace the fusebox in my home with a modern CU and need to isolate the fusebox from the main electricity supply. However, the only isolator between the CU and the mains is what seems to be a ceramic "fuse" located inside a box between the electricity meter and the mains. (see white...

Need to varnish (clear) a newly installed hardwood (sapele?) balustrade (spindles and handrail). I am overwhelmed with information What's the best way to do it. What to use to prime? What to use to Varnish: oil (which one?); lasutect (?); just a clear varnish would do as well? Use rubber...

Lovely chat! ;-) Thanks for the help. I got to the heater but did not remove it from the drum as it is solidly stuck to it and did not seem a good idea to pull it off. I managed to pull a little cap from the back of the heater though (looks like a sensor as it has two wires attached to...

Where is the heater element? On the front? in the back?