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Hi Water down by 10% is fine for most trade paint (Dulux Trade). Especially in warm weather it makes if flow easier.

Just to add if you do thin oil based paint make sure you thin it with white sprit and not water.

It will look crap as its only mean to be a backing substrate. You can paint it but It is very absorbent and will suck. I would give it a lick of contract matt watered down 50/50 then a few coats at 70/30 then finish with a 90/10 coat.

I would like to drill a hole about 25 30mm wide in a stud wall so that I can pass TV aerial and tv power lead through into a cupboard. I will be left with a horrible hole in the plsterboard is there anything like a flange cap that can make the hole look tidy? Many Thanks

High power PSUs normally fail due to the heat still in the PSU box when the pc is switched off. The PSU cooling fan stops but the heat is still there baking the components. This overtime reduces the service life of components. The better quality PSU have a fan overrun so that after the PC...

Are the Dual gripper rods for both wood and concrete? Or do I have to buy separate for wood and seperate for screeded floor? Thanks

Planemad is sitting here wondering what happens when the Sky man, Virginmedia man or aerial man comes and drills his 20mm hole through both skins and takes out your heating,electric and services :oops: :oops: :wink:

If you are going to go to that much trouble you may as well find another cable route.

Tetrion is powdered and is as easy to sand as easifil.

That will be fine.

Tetrion All Purpose Filler is what you need.

Would a thermostatic Mixer Shower work on Gravity System? Hot water pressure runs well from the basin. Thanks in advance

What is the cable size to the cooker? With the figures you gave I cannot see a 32a mcb tripping when the cooker and the dishwasher are drawing full current. I also assume you have a gas hob? Don't forget to get a sparky to do the work for you and ensure that he can issue a cert. This is...

It really depends on the look and use of the house. If you go with water based paints they dry quick and do not stink the house out. Water based paint is a pain to get a good finish due to it drying to quickly. Water based paint is very soft and does not stand the test of time with small...

I have have unearthed a bit of my soil pipe i'm laying a new patio. When carefully removing the mud from around the clay pipe I noticed a crack on the top half. I got the missus to flush to loo a few times to see if it leaks and it does not. Prob due to the crack being at the top of the...

Where in the bathroom under the current BS7678-2008 can a pull cord isolator be installed for the isolation of a shower. Many Thanks

Thanks But what if the back box was plastic?

A friend of mine just had a new kitchen fitted. for some reason there is a termination in the wall that is inside a metal back box (I think the terminantion is some sort of bodge conservertory feed done a few years back. The cover that it he is using a nice stainless steel effect blanking...

Hi I'm building a small wall in my garden to seperate a patio area. The wall will only be arrpox 400mm high and will span approx 3m I only plan to do it it in single brick. The brick width is 100mm what width and depth of foundation will I need for this very simple wall construction...

Hi - I see your post on the electrics board - Where are you based ?