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    Dowsil 785N White, is it still manufactured?

    It shows stockist but it's all 785+ and no 785N.
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    Dowsil 785N White, is it still manufactured?

    Since I cannot get 785N (locally), what is the next best Neutral curing silicone for acrylic shower tray/wet wall combo.
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    Dowsil 785N White, is it still manufactured?

    Cheers for reply, but more than half the price is delivery, will hold off to see if comes back in to the above.
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    Dowsil 785N White, is it still manufactured?

    Just doesn't seem to be in stock at Screwfix, Toolstation B&Q and Amazon, plenty of 785+ but no N, is it still being made. Did Google it but couldn't find info on it. Ta
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    Best ready mixed plaster for shower room?

    Will be starting this in the next few days, removing peeling paint from the shower room, new skim of plaster and repaint. I'm a novice when it comes to plastering and want the ready mixed kind for quickness and ease of use. What would be the most suitable ready mixed plaster for a shower room...
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    What is the wall thickness between two rooms?

    Cheers, no electric sockets on the walls either side, hot water tank in other room in a cupboard but pipework runs underneath that. Removed a fitted wardrobe, so got a rough idea where the studs are,
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    What is the wall thickness between two rooms?

    Moving a TV that I fixed to to a brick wall. Now the wife wants it moved to the other wall, which is plasterboard and the wall seperates two rooms. Now of course ideally it goes into the joists but in the off chance that I miss them, how thick is the wall that seperates the two rooms? The house...
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    Paint peeling in shower room

    Another question. Regarding putting on a mist coat over the plaster, thought I had white matt but turns out it's silk, however I do have a tin of matt but not white. Is it best to use the matt or can I get away with the silk. Cheers
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    Paint peeling in shower room

    It's paint for the most part, plasterboard where I went a bit rough with the scraper. Going to fill in the plasterboard bits, sand ituse Peel Stop to prime then mist coat and repaint and hopefully that'll work. Unlees you guys could suggest something else.
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    Paint peeling in shower room

    It's always been water based, variations of bathroom, anti mould paint. Always painted over existing without issues until now.
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    Paint peeling in shower room

    The pics are above the door and at the corner, but in future, keeping the window closed should help?
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    Paint peeling in shower room

    Any idea why condensation would cause this after all this time?
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    Paint peeling in shower room

    Few months back wife decides it's time for the en suite to be painted again, used the usual Dulux bathroom paint as have done the previous 3 or 4 times it has been done. This time though, the paint has started to crack and peel. Sanded off the cracked paint (didn't fill it) repainted and it's...
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    How to reset garage cable back into groove wheel?

    Cheers bud, all sorted, took less than a minute to fix.
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    How to reset garage cable back into groove wheel?

    Correct me if i'm (which I probably am). Will the spring just not go back to the original position if there is nothing to lock it?
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