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Can anyone identify these fittings for the radiator end panels and how do they work? Do they pull off, Twist off or do you need a tool to remove them. They are driving me mad can't seem to get them off or on easily to decorate. Thanks

Hi looks like someone has painted thick paint on new plaster (Photo) I've stripped paper off and it's left this mess. It's in a prominent place above fireplace and dotted around the room. However the plaster is a good finish and I would prefer to paint rather than paper. How can I blend / fill...

I have these black / grey either slate or granite slabs laid in the garden by previous owner. They are 80x20 cm not sure what the material is slate or granite but I'm pretty certain it's non porous. They have come loose from the wall as you can see. How can I attach them? I have looked up and...

Hi The electrics have gone to my garage. It has it's own mini consumer unit with a 6 amp and a 16 amp circuit breaker. When I presss the test button nothing happens so I presume there is no power getting to it at all. All the house electrics are working except this. It runs from a Proteus Geyer...

Hi I have a Veritas 8 alarm in the house I have moved into. The 'Unset' light is lit. I enter my code and the unset light flashes 7 times and the Zone7 light lights up briefly the goes back to the same state. I have checked and there are only 6 detectors. I think someone may have set Zone 7 at...

Hi Can you overpaint Hammerite smooth with ordinairy trade Black gloss once it is cured? G.

Hi I have been asked to paint these metal gates. Each gate is 6' wide about 5' high there are two sets. They just have the factory undercoat on which is weathering and showing the galvanised through in parts I thought special metal primer on the galvanised areas and then CombiColor paint 2...

Hi I have some rather large Blisters to remove from fairly thick coats of paint and re-paint over. I don't really want to strip or burn the whole lot off. What is the best way to "Fill" the area where the blisters are removed so there is not so much visible difference in the thickness of the...

Hi I am going to join some IKEA wooden worktops at right angles to each other in my new kitchen. The worktops only have a very small rounded radius on the edge unlike the large post form radius found on normal chipboard worktops. Would I still need to use a worktop jig? I have a router but...

Hi I have a ProCombi 85 HE Think it is really a rebadged Vokera. The last two times I have run a bath I have noticed the boiler keeps on running for a few minutes after I have turned off the hot tap! It is set on DHW only the CH is off at the moment I haven't taken the cover off to check...

Hi Wife set on an IKEA kitchen. Looking at the specs. I can see they offer cover panels for the end of the cabinets, (I don't think the cabinets are colour matched). They give WxH but not the thickness! It's a bit of a squeeze to get the cabinets in in places, if they are 18mm thick an extra...

Hi Everyone I am looking into moving our washing machine into the garage. I was considering the water supply and noticed that even on a hot wash cycle the combi boiler never kicks in, as it would if you ran the hot tap. The machine seems to work fine but it is obviously only drawing cold...

Hi Everyone Can someone help me understand the term 'low suction?' I have some plasterboard to skim and I am confused as to what is meant by the term. To me it suggests a surface that wont suck much moisture out of the plaster i.e. low but surely cardboard will dry plaster quickly! Is it not...

Hi Had a new boiler fitted in a hurry by the vendor just b4 we moved in 'bout a year ago (condition of sale). Anyway on Friday had the old fusebox upgraded with a consumer unit. Took nearly every floorboard up on the circuit to find this !!! Under the floorboards the plumber had lifted to...

Hi Everyone Vokera HE Boiler Installed last year been running fine - 3 bed - 7 rads. Just had a radiator moved for room re-arrange. The plumber said there was no reason to drain down the whole system - he isolated all rads at both ends then - cut the pipes - did the business - re-connected...

Hi Got quite a large area like this in the kitchen I am decorating. I've stripped the paper off and it is patchy and flaking. What is the best way to paint over without the patches where the paint has come off showing? Is it possible to seal with PVA and then fill in just the depressions...

Hi It would really help if I could get these pipes through this joist without running miles of pipe!! The joists are 220mm x 50mm over 4.3 mtr span. I believe I can't notch them - but could I drill two 25mm holes in the centre to get them through? Photo shows where the partition has come...

Hi I am putting up a stud wall between the kitchen and living room. The pipes for the radiator run down the wall in some horrible looking trunking, also the trunking will be in the preferred way of the doorway I intend to put in. I am going to have to move the pipes anyway so is it O.K. to...

Hi Everyone Got a very nasty looking cable taking power to the garage. And a very old looking fuse box 'thing' - don't think it qualifies as a consumer unit! Unfortunately the cable runs under a small conservatory and the yard has been concreted over so I can't replace it using the same...

Hi Everyone I am replacing a bathroom sink that sits on top of a cabinet. The sink is really designed to sit on a pedestal so I wont be able to get at the screws that are up inside a recess to fix it on when it is sat on the tiled cabinet top. I thought I might sit it on a bead of silicon and...