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Well, it's been a hard slog but we're now at the carpet laying stage!! :) :) :) :) :) :) First of all, the 'old' walls below the picture rail: We cleaned one wall and half the adjacent wall back to the original 1935-ish plaster. The other half of that wall was recent plaster from which...

Bosswhite, What do you mean by 'stabilising solution'? Do you have a brand name for it? None of the shops or sheds I've spoken to recently even acknowledge its existence!

Blightymam, I've now got a litre of Zinsser Gardz on order, promised to arrive at a local shop tomorrow evening or Saturday morning. Following your post, I've attacked the wall in question using a piece of abrasive mesh (see photo) wrapped round a hard plastic sponge and kept wet. Image00003...

Hi there, all, Bosswhite, what do you mean by 'stabilising solution'? None of the shops or sheds I've spoken to recently even acknowledge its existence!

Hi there, Robbie and Blightymam, Thank you for your posts - I'm encouraged. Robbie, when I wrote that 'I've read the threads on here concerning PVA.', I meant that I'd hoisted in the warnings about PVA. I've read several mentions here on DIYnot concerning the Zinsser range but I'm not...

We live in a house built in 1935 and are redecorating a small bedroom. The ceiling and one wall have been repaired and plaster skimmed by our landlords (a housing association). They declined to skim the other three walls. So the rest is down to us. The plan is to use emulsion paint rather...

Please forgive me if I'm entering this discussion a bit late. The current posted problem appears to have been solved :) but I'll still offer the following for 'next time': The plastics industry has got quite clever with electro-plating so the chromium plated plastic waste fitting...

Because the liquid is packed separately! :lol:

In our area, they (we?) don't recycle all plastics, only some. The ones they don't take are ABS (e.g. old computer front panels) and foam polystyrene. Off-topic (but then we are anyway), it reminds me of the (true) story told me by a workmate a few years ago. One of his neighbours decided...

I thought 'the valleys' were the other end of Wales? :wink: :wink:

The NICEIC 'Snags and Solutions' book on Earthing and Bonding deals with this, it's snag #8. It says that 'Under no circumstances should an earthing clamp (complying with BS 951 or any other type) be attached to the lead sheath ... ' (my emphasis). The illustration shows the sort of clamp you...

I bought a kit comprising a lot of lengths of hollow dowel, just like pencils with no lead, plus a tapered cutter. Assuming that the screw-holes in the frame are too big (but in the right places) you open them out with the cutter in the electric drill. Then you use an office pencil sharpener...

I was able to get a replacement panel through a builder friend (and occasional employer) who did uPVC double glazing. The surprise came when I enquired about the progress of the order. He said I needed to specify the colour. 'White' I said. 'Which white?', he replied, 'There's a choice...

I still want to know, what is going to happen to this section of the Forum on P-day?

OK. So how about the case where there's a DIN-rail mounted bell transformer mounted within the CU, e.g. Crabtree 'Starbreaker' range? I think I know how I'd arrange it but how would you guys do it? Run the bell-wire (e.g. figure of eight) into the CU through a grommet but sleeve it within the...

Are you looking for a kit or for a set of plans? Go into W.H.Smiths and see if there are model boat magazines or model magazines that include boats. Some of the model magazines run a catalogue of plans available by mail order.