Recent content by Dianej

Thanks for all your advise, will try rubbing down and repainting. Many thanks Diane

No, sorry don't know how to put pictures on here! Do you think i should of watered down the first coat then? If so, i have done it wrong. I just stirred the paint as per instructions on side of tub. Shall i try scrapping the flaky bits off, washing with sugar soap and painting again? I wish i...

No, just stirred it and put the 1 coat of white and 1 of magnolia. It looks like the walls had been painted with silk previously but there is lots of bit here and there missing which came off with the wallpaper.

My wallpapering skills are not that good, so am going to try scrapping the bad bits off. They are only small bits that have lifted here and there. I used white matt Crown paint as the first coat and then magnolia Crown matt again over the top, and it needs another coat as it was green walls...

Can someone please advise me where i have gone wrong? I have taken the wallpaper off the walls, filled the holes, washed down with sugar soap and rinsed throughly. I did notice some glue residue left on the walls when i was sugar soaping down and washed it well or so i thought. I have looked at...

Thanks for all your advise guys, will do the Google thing. But how would i go about finding my local wholesaler? :roll:

Thanks for that, but can i just ask you why have lead taken out? and are lead pipes only the mains cold water pipes?

Can someone tell me where is the cheapest place to buy storage heaters and what should i look out for when buying them. Have never had them before but would like to replace the really old large ones that i have. Any advise would be greatly appreciated. :wink:

Can a plumber advise me please? i have a 2 bed flat on one level built in 1963. Would you think it wise to replace the mains, hot and cold pipes being as they are so old. I had found 2 leaks where someone had 'repaired' a hole they had made with some hose pipe and jubilee clips, and it has been...

My son has just bought a property and has just found out the gas meter has been removed, gas pipes are in place. He has rung British Gas and they will put one back in free of charge and no standing charge whilst it is not being used, he is having central heating fitted shortly( am confused as to...

Thanks for that, i did think it could be the wires come loose and did try to connect them but couldn't get the 2 small screws to undo in the electrical box! Will get some help to undo them for me. Cheers

Can someone tell me what could go wrong with an old style storage heater? There is a wire - thin with 2 strands - from a wall thermostate that has come disconnected from a electrical box next to the heater, would this be the only cause do you think? I have tried to use it but it is just not...

Thanks for your advise guys! The flat is on a communal insurance as it forms a part of an estate and is just renewed annually for everyone, so do you think it would be covered as such? Is it best to say the leak is new then rather not knowing? As to be honest because the pipes was under laminate...

Can anyone put my mind at rest? My son has just purchased (no full structural survey done) a ground floor flat that we have discovered had two pipes leaking under the floorboards. Also basin slight leak and outside tap been leaking in the cupboard right outside backing onto property. These have...