Recent content by opps

I am a decorator. My go to caulk is Everbuild 125. When working with Dulux Trade emulsion, the paint seldom cracks. With other paints it may happen though. If it does, I apply a coat of shellac based paint, eg Zinnser BIN. As per @foxhole 's post. It is often used as a stain blocker. Oil...

I agree that a light rub would be beneficial but from the days when I used to spray MDF cabinets, I was not advised to sand above 360 grits because it could potentially polish the paint rather than abrade it. That said, yeah, 400 will probably be fine.

I have seen the expansion tanks like that before. It has not been an issue. I am not a plumber. I am a decorator. If the system is maintaining mains pressure, I don't see what the problem is, The expansion "tank"is there to deal with potential drops in pressure. Again, I am not a plumber

I have rotated the image so that it is the correct way up. I do not understand why your upside down image looked so different. Hopefully someone will be along to help you It is really weird, your upside down photo makes it look like the mortar is bulging out. I took the same image and...

The coping stones have a drip channel on the underside. When it rains the water that runs off them should reach a channel routed into the underside so that it can not track backwards (towards the parapet). In your case, there is not visible drip channel. That said, your problem seems to be...

Not my area of expertise, but the coping stones do not have an overhang.

Surely, the fire brigade can tell if the socket switch was on or off? The room doesn't look "too" bad. With regards to their "assessments". A few years ago a mate's decking caught fire. It blew out the windows at the back of the house and even melted the guttering at the top of the house...

Metal chucks are not very common on cordless combi drills. My Metabo has one, but drill, charger, box and battery is £300. https://tools4trade.co.uk/products/metabo-sb-18-ltx-3-bl-q-i-18v-brushless-combi-drill-with-1-x-4-0ah-battery-charger-metabox TBH, I initially purchased it because the...

I used to have a Manrose XF100H. I was happy with it. On particularly humid days it would run but I would just isolate it. My downstairs fan was significantly more expensive. It was an Icon AirFlow 30. I could never work out if the PIR or the humidistat was the issue. One day, I twisted the...

I had something similar with a Miele machine years ago. Someone here recommended checking the motor brushes. One brush had pretty much worn away completely, the other looked new. I swapped out the short brush and it worked perfectly. Worth a butchers. If it does a full wash when empty, I...

The OP no longer seems to be a member. It might be advisable to start your own thread.

I am west London based (currently Ealing). I am a decorator rather than a plumber but if you want I can PM you the details of a guy who has done lots of work for family members and some of my customers. His name is Devsi. (If you are local I can recommend Paul the plumber for non gas work- he...

I have only used my multitool to remove grout a few times. Low speed was useless- it resulted in a lot of vibration. In each case the tiles were ceramic so I had to watch out for the glazed edges of the tiles. I found that 50-70% speed worked best for me. I tried to stay in the middle of the...

Likewise, I use a quarter inch Makita palm router for letting in door hinges and very minor jobs and a half inch Dewalt for bigger jobs such as Belfast sinks. The Dewalt is far too cumbersome for door hinges (in my opinion- unless you are using a proper routing template).

Back in the days when Nokia were still king (late 90's). I set the alarm on my phone to wake me up just after I had missed my stop (l was drunk). I slept through the alarm anyway and woke up 30 miles from home on the last train. My journey should have been 12 miles. My drunkenness added 60 miles...