Recent content by DIY67

Well, after painting over the wood filler the bubbling is getting worse. Also rot has started on another area which I have treated with ronseal wet rot. So rather than filling, perhaps just paint straight over with the green weather"shield" and nail a wooden batten over it to again be painted...

Well it's just impossible to paint, however many coats you give.

I am not a pro painter but helping out someone who wants to get a quick sale on a house. My wife and I have taken on the job but it very soon became apparent that simply applying Santex Masonry paint with a thick roller or brush was like painting layers of popcorn. It's horrible stuff to...

Yes, when I took the back panel off the freezer. It seems to be running normal again now, around 2-4 degrees. Phew! Just ordered 2 decent fridge freezer thermometers. The other is going in the bin. Thanks for all your suggestions and help.

Well this is just so frustrating because after the relief of finding out the thermometer was way off, we buy food after switching back on after the defrost (which found zero ice incidentally) as it was in the 1-2 degree range. Now it seems to still jump about between 2 - 7 degrees just over...

Interesting development. A rookie error but looks like our plastic thermometer isn't as accurate as thought this temp is of course after turning it off and defrosting.

The fan is in the panel I just removed. I unplugged one of the clip cables but can't get the other off so supporting panel with cushion for now to stop it straining the wire. It has only been turned off an hour so there must have been no ice, just frost. Using hairdryer to dry it all out.

Ok, I have tske the panel off and can see so e of the fins look slighly bent. Can't be me as was careful. There is NO ice on the fins, just a little dripping water. Should I assume there is no ice I can't see deeper in the workings?

Well after a week of it averaging around 5-7 degrees it is now back up to 12. Why would it get worse ?

I did feel in the drip tray at the back on the last defrost but it was dry. What baffles me is how it can reach 5 degrees and swing up to 8 Getting down to 5 surely suggests ice has cleared.

There wasn't any dripping at all in the whole defrost. Tonight I have had temp swings between 3 and 10 degrees with the door hardly opened. If it can get as low as 3 this surely proves ice has gone ?

What I can't understand is all evening it was reading 5 degrees and this morning first thing after hours unopened it was back to 8. How can it rise in temp when totally sealed ?

No because I am afraid I might damage the inside if ice is welded to the panel.

This is just so frustrating after just over a week thinking it had settled around 5 degrees (which I found it this morning on first opening) to now be at 8-10 again (even after turning the dial to slightly colder) I really am exasperated with it!

Yes I think you are correct but I genuinely thought an overnight defrost + fan would have done it. That said it is now getting down to as low as 3 degrees (not the group) after it was 8 first thing in the morning. I have since found out that the cold dial should be halfway but i've always had it...