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I have been asked to replace these ugy old stained plastic pipe brackets with brass ones The problem is there is no leeway with the pipes I can probably cut the old ones out by sawing through the screw in the wall at the back of the bracket but how do I screw the new one in after cleanin up...

I have an old metal bowser water carrier which I found covered in rust and had been used as an incinerator. I cleaned it up and used Hammerite Rust Beater, then coated it with a Little Green exterior wood/metal eggshell. It's held up well for about 5 years but needs a recoat. I have touched...

I only have three exterior windows to paint and have coated over the previous exterior eggshell with exterior wood primer and undercoat. Rather than spend £30 for the 70ml of eggshell could I use Albany smooth masonry paint which I already have in the right colour Both are water based

Just painting a garden porch,like a lean to, nothing ornate I have recoated the walls with masonry paint and the small windows with undercoat, I prefer the colour to the top coat and not worth buying more paint for two small windows. There is also a small bricked off area under the porch which...

Just found a stud finder that I can switch from wood to metal so can double check. I have room to experiment as the plank in two metres long and 40cm wide so any mistakes and mess while I poke around will be covered Then all I have to do is confrrm the width in a stright line to where it will...

I am planning to screw a long oak plank to a lathe and plaster wall but I need to find the exact postion of the studs. Just poking a drill bit in the wall shows me where there is some obstruction but that could be the lathe or stud. Equally I an told a stud finder will not differentiate...

"it is the studs you need to find and fix through into NOT the masonry wall behind it." So about three/four 5mm x 100mm steel screws into the wooden studs will hold it OK . Great As you say that saves me a lot of work. I have just drilled thro 50 hole thro steel stringers to fix wooden...

is it a stud partition? or is it a brick wall faced with lath & plaster ( this method was sometimes used in older properties)? It is about 100 years old I thought it lathe and plaster but now think it may be brick faced with lathe and plaster which I found in another room I will be able...

I think I might be hitting brick after 4cm. Checked with long bradle and it does not sink in. I did have another internal wall wall where, after I took the old plaster off or more likely fell off I found a wall of single brick on edge set between a wooden frame work of large squares for the...

Its not a shelf I just want to screw it to the wall to match a wood and steel staircase I made (not the steel bit) so I would think the same method would work. Not sure the screws into wood after the 4cm of plaster and a gap would old the 11k though

I have a 2.5 metre x .5 m x 19 mm plank of oak I want to fix to an old lathe and plaster wall. It is a total of 11.5 kg in weight. I can drill in 4cm until I hit something solid. I would think Molly Bolts but I prefer not to have the white screw fitting showing on the surface as I guess I...

I recognise the problem so am only using one sheet on a landing. 1m x 3m which I have sealed on the bitumen side with a couple of coats of PVA and used some acrylic paint on the other so it now now sealed all round. Bitumen paint is often used as a form of damp proofing but I agree it is not...

Bought them for an outside roof but decided that with a lighter colour they could be used to line the walls of a room inside. Just like to use different textures on walls like plywood or old pallets. They are already coated but they do smell a bit of bitumen so that with the fact you say they...

Other companies do a lot more colours https://onduline.co.uk/products/onduline/

I have just had delivery of 3 bitumen roof sheets painted on one side. I want to line a wall with them and paint the painted side with a lighter colour. As they are already painted could I just coat them with an eggshell paint or would I need to seal the original paint in some way before...

I am using Little Greene Exterior Eggshell Juniper Ash at £34 a litre to paint both top coat on interior and exterior of front door. Hopefully enough left to paint all ground floor windows as well I also have almost a litre of Albany interior acrylic eggshell 7031 RAI, a sort of charcoal...

I there any difference between Colron Clear Danish Oil and Liberon Finishing Oil ?

Produed by Colron its called Wood Reviver and claims to "feed revitalise and nourish bare wood". and "forms a protective finish prior to finishing" Would be useful to get advice from someone who has used it

I have a couple of 12 month old planks, oak and sweet cheshnut, just sanded washed and planned which I want to use as shelving. The grain is good and I reckon the colour in the oak will look good as well, To bring to the maximum colour and grain definition should I use reviving oil as well as...

Great ! The valve centres are between 73 and 78 mm from the wall after fixing which is not very much and within a few mm of the the existing pipes. I reckon I will be OK now Thanks