Recent content by honestworker

Thank you everyone for the replies and links - everyone has been very helpful and the vids have helped, too This explains a lot. The person who bought this originally was a trained electrical engineer - I'm not! If I have an issue with twin and earth, and switch off the incoming current at...

I have been given a "Cable Tracker with Tone Generator" which is brand new and still in the box (BNIB). What is this used for (polite replies only, please)? And a Very Merry Christmas to all!

Drying wet clothes indoors should be avoided. This is easy to address. Does the washing machine have a fast spin (1600 rpm) and are you using it? Have you considered buying a condenser tumble drier? These do not need to be vented to the outside; the water collects in a container that can be...

HaHa! Yes, you are right. I've posted this on the wrong thread!

Drying wet clothes indoors should be avoided. This is easy to address. Does the washing machine have a fast spin (1600 rpm) and are you using it? Have you considered buying a condenser tumble drier? These do not need to be vented to the outside; the water collects in a container that can be...

The MB to which the OP refers has the model number W202; it will have a torque-converter automatic transmission. I agree with much of what "avocet" has written but have the following thoughts based on my own experience of an MB with a 'torque converter'. I had a W203 with a torque converter...

I had a similar issue. I used some plaster from a plastic tub of ready mixed plaster. I wet the holes first and then applied the plaster. Sanded down and repeated. Eventually, it was ready for painting and blended in with the surrounding plaster. I didn't use calk as it didn't need flexibility.

Hi. Some time ago, a joiner fitted a new (primed) bathroom door and a thumbturn for privacy - probably Howdens. I need to paint the door (with acrylic water-based?). I have not removed this type of privacy knob before - only the the type that is integral with the handle.. I have slackened...

Thank you very much Scally-Ho, accelerator, and Wayners, and apologies for the delay in replying (have been working non-stop). I will ask for a second opinion on the level of the DPC before proceeding. Also, that's a good point about the (new) red paint flaking off and old white paint showing...

I have looked very closely for the DPC. As far as I can see, the DPC is located at soil/slab level, below the white-painted brickwork. IMO, it should never have been painted at all but the previous owner couldn't 'leave alone'. Now there is flaking/peeling/dirty white paintwork below the...

Sincere apologies to everyone for the delay in replying. Have been 'working all the hours' since the attached photos. Thanks are due to Wayners for the detailed reply. The white-painted bricks are between the bottom edge of the roughcasting and the slabs/borders. 1) The white paint is an...

Some advice, please. There are 3 - 4 rows of brick between the bottom of the roughcasting and the level of the garden. A previous owner has painted these with white masonry paint and it has either peeled off (after 20+ years) or looks dirty. 1) What type of paint should I use? 2) The...

This is a possibility. I found a loose terminal screw on the isolator switch (pull cord type) for an electric shower. The insulation on the wire (feed side, I recall) was well burnt and blackened.

I had something similar with a spotlight in the bathroom (1985 built house) of my previous house. There was insulation wool above the spotlight, retaining excess heat in the spotlight and above it, damaging the wiring to it. AFAIK, there should not be any insulation above the spotlight. On my...

I disconnected a plastic spotlight (no earth wire or earth terminal) from the wires coming out of the ceiling without noting how the blue & brown wires were connected to the ceiling (my mistake - I have always connected to a ceiling rose before). The house was built about 1978. The attached...