Recent content by Dandal88

Hello, I've removed the old beading off my staircase skirting, as I plan to sand it all and paint it matte, leaving it as a square finish. Annoyingly, this was all an afterthought, AFTER we had all the walls skimmed with multifinsh. With the 10mm gap I've been with, I think most areas i think...

'Boilermate neither boils or is anyones mate' Yeah I think I'm going to upgrade. Which, by the sounds of it, won't be difficult. Thanks for your responses gents

Hello, I noticed an RCD had tripped on our dist board earlier on. Long story short, it stayed on when I reset it with the boiler switch off - I check the hot water cylinder which is where all cabling runs back to, and it was just soaked in the electrical box - water dripping off everything. Its...

If I can't find that information out, would priming between layers be worth doing if in doubt?

Hello, I've knocked a wall down between kitchen/dining room and have removed all flooring as we want to have all same flooring downstairs. See attached photos, the floors are slightly different levels, there's about a 15mm difference between the old floors at one end (see photo of the level)...

Hello, For a while we've noticed an intermittent smell of sewage on the top floor of our house (we moved in here September 2024). It doesn't really follow much of a pattern, and we can go weeks without smelling it. However - if I ever go up into the loft, it's always smelled...

Hello - I was an air-conditioning installer/service engineer for 11 years (I don't do it anymore). There really isn't much between them - Daikin/Mitsi Electric were both the market leaders when I worked in the industry, and importantly you can easily get spare parts quite easily for both parts...

Ah...I see...so it wouldn't be supporting joists etc? I work in M&E so my knowledge on structural stuff is quite limited

Hello everyone - I recently moved into a new house and am tearing into everything DIY wise. I want to remove this wall (circled in photos). I don't think it's load bearing, but want to pick people's brains before going any further. It's a stud wall - the rest was potentially all removed in the...