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Thanks. I didn't know that Sadolin did solid colour exterior paint. My knowledge of them is just for wood-coloured exterior varnishes / treatments. Can I get the similar colour range that Dulux etc do? I want the door to be grey or blue, solid colour not translucent.

That was my thread, and the last post left a week ago is me asking if Dulux Weathershield QD is really the paint to go for? << Still unanswered and would appreciate a view on it? QD paints can be difficult to work with I think, or is it all down to technique? Can you recommend any alternatives...

I will be using Dulux Endurance on hallway walls for durability. Q - What roller should I use for the best finish? The walls are now in good condition - I have spent ages filling and sanding to get a good, flat finish so they should look good. Preference may come into it but I am not too keen...

Hi All. Any chance of a response please on your earlier feedback and my queries? Thanks. opps and StEng24 please ? ........ From last week I posted ................. StEng24, you said ..... !!! My original question in this thread was prompted by StEng24, your poor experience with...

Hi All. I posted the above regarding weathershield - or an alternative a week ago. Chri5 - would appreciate a response on the points I raised if possible, thanks .... from last Saturday ........... Chri5 responded ............. Your photo of the blue door in Weathershield QD (quick dry water...

Sorry for the delay in coming back on this front door paint query. Yes I will paint/ seal the top and bottom, see earlier photo, it is easy to get to both edges. The paint itself? Earlier I asked ...... Chri5 responded ............. Your photo of the blue door in Weathershield QD (quick dry...

Sorry for my delayed response and thanks both for replying. StEng24, you said ..... !!! My original question in this thread was prompted by StEng24, your poor experience with Endurance on a less than perfect surface, it sounds quite an 'unforgiving' paint. I am doing the hall, stairs...

I have just read this thread on Dulux Endurance and I am staggered to read of these problems and to see the photos! . . . . . . . . . . Especially as I have just bought it - and Endurance or Diamond Matt were recommended to me, specifically as a durable matt paint for a high traffic hallway...

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Thanks both for your replies. As stated earlier ...... It is on easy fit adjustable chrome heavyweight hinges, but extremely heavy once removed. So with minimum effort I think I'll paint these bare edges, and not need to remove the door. And One more .......>>> ??? Quantity of paint -...

Thanks for such a detailed response and the photo. I understand and agree with all that you recommend. Weather strip - Yes I do have a triangular section mahogany weather strip / deflector that has not been fitted yet. Q1 ....Are you proposing that I should fit the weather strip? Q2...

Some advice please on renovating a good, heavy but neglected hardwood mahogany type front door, about 10 years old. Inside - surface is fine, just needs prep and re-painting - Dulux Trade satin white w/b I had thought? Outside - was painted in oil based Farrow and Ball matt when new, now a few...

Thanks for a prompt response. I know that building regs have tightened up over the years wrt heat/energy. This time last year I had looked at a complete rebuild of the conservatory area as a new extension to make it a more integral part of the back of the house. That was shelved because at 2015...

I have a small quadrant victorian conservatory that was built in double glazed uPVC about 19 years ago. Access to it is from its own door from the outside and the original house back door from the inside. The conservatory is small, 2.1m on the full walls adjoining the house. See photo and...

Thanks, I'm sure it does depend on the valves, but which would they be? I'm really asking if it is a usual, normal and advisable practice and if so, what valve would be least likely to fail later down the line buried beneath floorboards? Or isn't that wise at all? A bit more info if you would...

Can I put 15mm isolating valves in my heating system to allow me to work on part of it while the rest can run as normal and then open it up when ready? It can then be isolated again at a later date if ever required. Or are they only meant to be used in the normal H&C water system for removal of...

Thanks Joe, yes I did ask much of this and thanks for your advice then. I arrived at a sort of conclusion that Sikkens water based would probably be the best but also very expensive!. Brewers now say Dulux Trade w/b would be best but also solvent ?? I have just sanded down a door with 10 yr old...

Hope you can please help. Water based or Solvent Satinwood? – I need to choose the topcoat paint for a hallway, stairway and landing with 10 doors is expensive. I need it to be white and preferably satinwood but also the right paint having spent so much time on the prep, undercoating, filling...

Update ... Some of the air is starting to shift since I opened up the downstairs lockshields to be fully open - is that Ok? Also just a half-turn open on the upstairs ones? One rad downstairs has warmed up evenly. In order to bleed the rads one at a time, if I do as you suggest...? Q1 - how do...

I think it is starting to shift, one rad downstairs has warmed up evenly.for bleeding rads one at a time ..... 1 - how do I set it with just heating on, without any water heating I presume? 2 - how do I manually bleed the pump vent, the cap is open all the time? 3 - what /where is the auto...