Recent content by ETFairfax

I think eventually I will go with TheHandyAndy suggestion of putting up some coving! But for now I'm going to give this "EasyFill" stuff a go. Thanks for all your suggestions.

Hi, A few years back I took a 1 week course in plastering and have since skimmed my bathroom and chimney breast with decent results (the bathroom ceiling wasn't the best if I'm honest!!). In the bathroom I put scrim where the walls met the ceiling which as I understand it, helps avoid...

Hi, I've had a go at applying a self leveling compound in my dining room, and am generally pleased with the result. However, it's not perfect, and I have noticed a couple of ridges and dips here and there. Can anyone please advise on how I should go about correcting these...

Hi people, I'm going to replace the parquet floor in my dining room. I have taken a few tiles up and it looks like this.... http://flic.kr/p/aJJdNp From that picture, is anyone able to tell me if that is bitumen, and also tell me if i can apply self levelling compound on top to flatten...

I will hide the wires in the safe zones as suggested. I intend on doing the kitchen early next year, which will require the consumer unit to be upgraded. I assume the electrician will be able to put this circuit on an RCD then.

Hi ban-all-sheds, As far as I know the circuit isn't on an RCD Thanks, ET Fairfax

Thanks sparkwright, Just to confirm, is this what you mean?... http://flic.kr/p/aHJ83z Cheers, ETFairfax.

Hi, I'm in the process of decorating my dining room, and have some ugly plastic trunking coming from a single socket near the corner of the room. I've uploaded a photo of the socket here.... http://flic.kr/p/aHGf8R ...as you can see I've removed the trunking, and am wondering what I...

Hi people. My airing cupboard door won't open because a clothes horse is stuck under the handle on the inside (why there needs to be a handle on the inside I don't know, but that's the situation). I've tried taking the outside handle off in an attempt to bring the spindle out from the...

Nice one Steve thanks very much. So, if I buy one of those I can just take the plug off the 8 way adaptor and wire it up to that switch?? Cool. I agree with you that the double socket would be better, but I already have the adaptor, and this will keep my time and costs down (my wife is on...

Hello peeps, I have an empty fireplace which I would like to put all my stuff (DVD Player, Virgin box, Router, Modem, Wii, Amplifier, CD Player), and on the chimney breast I plan to hang the TV. I would like to have all the stuff plugged in at the back of the chminey breast, and a single...

Hi there. I have a new switch to replace my old two way switch in my hallway. I thought it would be a simple like-for-like replacement, but when I took the old one from the wall, all was not as simple as I had hoped. Using the image below, can someone tell me what goes where...