Recent content by SimonaB

Thank you ! Much appreciated.

I've "inherited" a bit of a messy conservatory with peeling paint. Upon closer look it was a single coat of white paint and just flaking off. With little effort I've managed to remove it while th a paint scraper. The wall is now bare and I'd like to wallpaper it. I've read an article here that...

Nozzle - at the risk of sounding ignorant - can you give me an example please? If you wouldn't mind....

Would this do the trick? http://www.hss.com/hire/p/orbital-sander-110v

Thank you so much Chri5 - super helpful. Yes, it is indeed a rental but I know for a fact the landlady wouldn't do a thing about it. She pretty much said I can do any painting in the house I like to do. The rest of house house is actually ok - just ghastly nasty colours so I'm busy painting over...

I've moved into a property where the conservatory paint was peeling off the wall. I thought it would be a simple job of brushing the dry flakes off, sanding (by hand), washing with sugar soap and painting. I started off by vacuuming the bits on the floor and then realised that most of the paint...

It's a 2 bed flat across 2 floors. There are only 2 wired units in the property. One in the lounge (which the kitchen is adjacent to) and one in the one bedroom. I've simply replaced them with non wired units. I don't know what the fire rules or laws are. But for what it's worth I also have a...

Thanks everyone for your thoughts and ideas. The landlord sent the "electrician" round - but he had no idea how to fix this (and looked at it in great puzzlement). So I simply asked him to switch the off and I've since installed the normal smoke detectors myself!

Thanks guys - sorry I never replied. Just wanted to wrap this up by saying that the plumber (who installed it) had to come out and replace something that was actually broken (it looked like that motorised valve). So it's all sorted now and working :-)

Just an "out of curiosity" question - any idea what causes the intermittent clicking? And do you know if they currently function as smoke alarms? I guess the latter would not be able to be answered with certainty...

Thank you very much for your advice Oasis!

I've just moved into a new (rented) property and the landlord is being supremely unhelpful. The central heating system I have is "Honeywell". My problem: I can't seem to turn it off. There are no instructions I can find. Neither can I find any sort of model number to look it up on the...

I just moved into a new (rented) property and the landlord is being supremely unhelpful. I'm hoping someone here may be able to help out! Anyway, so I have 2 rooms where these units are attached to the ceiling. At random intervals they seem to make quite loud clicking noises (not necessarily...

Shucks sorry for the horrendous spelling & grammar in that second paragraph. My pc is still not entrirely happy (need to get new graphics card really as onboard graphics aren't sufficient) and it's causing lag & my screen to jump. Anyway - have had an electrician here twice already. Perhaps he...

Hi StelleElectrical. I'm in Durban. May I ask why you're not replacing the UK plugs with SA plugs (and using travel adaptors)? I'or that caed it to malfunction. But the reason for tthat caued it to malfunction. But the reason for that cannot be explained. Quality graphics card - 18 months...