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Hi Footprints, I am under no illusions, although only 1 he is quite boisterous and I made some modifications because of that. No I did not design it, it was in a diy magazine and I liked it so much I kept the pages; that must have been 30 years or more ago. I don’t know who designed it nor...

OK, have uploaded a couple of images, hope you can see them as I dont really know how all this works. If you can see them you might notice that it is not really a Red Arrow at all, the propeller is a bit of a give away, however my 1yr old grandson will not know, providing you don't tell him...

Thanks for the responses, sorry for the delay, the job has taken a long time. I was unable to find the masking tape mentioned but bought a different sort from screwfix. If anything it was a higher tack than what I had. I sprayed the stripes with cellulose, there was no reaction. When I removed...

Thanks for you reply dcdec. The undercoat and red topcoat is complete and it looks great, having matched the Red Arrows colour, in oil based paint. All I need do now is the white sunburst which will be not much more than a series of stripes. Have uploaded an image to DRDR library for the type...

I am building a ‘Red Arrow’ sit in plane for my young grandson. It is made of plywood. I have painted it with 2 coats of acrylic undercoat and then a bright red Dulux oil based topcoat. It takes a long time to dry. I desperately want to get a super fine finish. I now want to paint a complex...

Sparkymarks. Yes the fire alarm is connected to the system as I found to my cost. When my daughter first moved in I removed the cover of one to check the battery. Only there was no battery and it was tamper proof and the alarm went off! Sorry, cannot tell you the alarm panel right now but...

My daughter bought a house with a monitored ADT burglar/fire alarm. The monthly cost was more than she could afford so had it disconnected (from being monitored) and used it in unmonitored mode with her owning the hardware. She had a problem with it about two years ago, got the ADT people in...

That was a brilliant response (do you have mice). I had a similar problem, alarm going off without it even being set. It turned out that mice had got into the garage and then up into the void between the ceiling and first floor. The mice had eaten through the wire leading to the actual alarm...

My daughter is letting the property, the tenants move in on Saturday. The whole place looks like a shining new pin except for the stain. We hope to get a roofer to look at it in the next couple of days. I plan to visit tomorrow, idea was to repaint the ceiling! Unfortunately it is not a...

My daughter recently had a Mansard loft extension, it has an en suite which has a fan in the (flat) ceiling. The ceiling was painted with emulsion. After the recent rain there is a water stain all around the fan. She hopes to find a roofer that can fix the leak as soon as possible. I seem to...

Stephen, You are correct, they are parallel lines, and it is the same each time. I also thought they could be scratches but I have tried to detect any indentations by running my fingernail over it but can feel nothing. There are some lesser marks on one wall which run horizontal which does not...

Richard, thanks for your response. The tiles are definitely ceramic. They were bought from B&Q. I don’t think they were hugely expensive. The tile pattern has not run, it looks more like a liquid has run down, leaving a bleach type mark. Some of the runs continue over the adjacent tile (in a...