Recent content by Bodjejob

Thanks John. What about the remnants of difficult to remove paint on the left and right panels of the step? Surely sanding that would be dangerous (if it were lead)?

Cheers John. Is it safe to sand the hell out of it if it's potentially lead (again I have no clue all I know property is 1940-60s)?

Image of partially stripped step below. I'm very new to DIY so apologies in advance for any silly questions. I am using a heatgun (350c) and ffp3 cheap mask (£5). I plan on painting over once stripped. The step (for example central section back) has very tricky to strip small parts of paint, ...

Is this dangerous?

Everytime the hot water is switched on the marker on the pressure gauge ( at least what I think is the pressure valve - see images below) points to the very far right of the red area (maximum pressure?). This happens relatively quickly, in a few hours or less. What is strange is that the...