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Have just lifted a floorboard to find a very badly dented central heating pipe. It is intact, not green, not leaking, but has quite a deep, pointed crater about 7mm wide, a few mm deep, into one side of it. Copper looks a bit stretched and thin in places though of course I can't really tell...

Is it OK to use acrylic emulsion over gardz? In fact for areas which need patch repair I am doing it in this order, hopefully it is OK: 1. Easifill 2. Gardz over whole wall includiong bits of easifill, bits of washed-away paste 3. Diluted dulux white matt emulsion (non-trade) over all of...

Just an update, got the samples of Wallrock Fibreliner and Premium through. The Premium is extremely similar to the Wall Doctor stuff available from the sheds, very smooth, hardly fibrous. How much better or worse Wallrock goes on the wall versus walldoctor I don't know, as it's only a sample...

I am planning on using solvite paste-the-wall paste powder, not that much difference in cost between it and shed brands. When sizing, can I just dilute down this normal solvite mix rather than buying specialist size? If so, how much more dilute than normal application should it be?

Thanks, I was using a brush for the paper. For paste-the-wall paper, should the paste go on with a brush or a roller? (If roller, any particular kind?) I presume there's no sizing to be done for paste-the-wall paper ...

Thanks, have requested a sample from them. The reviews of Wall Doctor also talk about it being plaster smooth so I will keep an open mind and get some of that too. If the finish of Wall Doctor is comparable to Wallrock Premier I may just try try Wall Doctor as it is more widely available ... but...

Thanks, it was B&Q value I used many years ago. Besides seam problems - because I had a poor wall and tried stretching the paper at seams - I also had many, many problems with bubbles in the paper.

Thanks, we tried the sugar soap first but found the fabric conditioner (recommended on various threads) made the paste bubble up more for easier scraping off. For whatever reason, sugar soap didn't seem to do the job quite so well, though we will be using it prior to any final prep.

Hi Having had bad experiences with lining paper in the past, I am prepared to pay a little more for paste-the-wall paper of good gauge which will not show the seams readily. Does anyone have any recommendations about Wall Doctor paper (well reviewed in Homebase and B&Q) versus Trend...

Hi Is it necessary to remove as much of the old paste as possible prior to applying Gardz, or so long as the surface is flat etc Gardz can just go on? If the pste does need to be taken off, is it best to use homegrown methods such as fabric conditioner, or something specialist like DIF? (NB...

Thanks everyone! First port of call will be the valves in the loft, if they're not a quick fix then I need to weigh up the inconvenience against the cost of converting my pump to negative head. The survey for the house did say that the water tank wasn't adequately supported so raising and...

Thanks guys, the pump was my thought too but I didn't want to prejudice people's opinions. It does have a pump, I find if I turn the flow to cold rather than hot then this can sometimes kick start it too. So it all points to the higher head of the cold tank being "just enough" to kick start...

Hi We have a 2-way shower with a rain head and a shower handset. If we turn on the rain head from scratch, no water flows through. We need to turn on the handset first, get water flowing through that, and then swithc to the rain head, and then water flows through it. We believe this...

I've ordered the equivalent of one of these from a water filter shop. All fits together fine, but one question - shouldn't I be using an insert for the flimsy 1/4 " pipe that pushes into it? How important are pipe inserts in this kind of application ...? Also, saw a couple of warnings...

Yes I do, thanks. Still guzzles more gas than I'd like!