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I have just had a new ceiling fitted in my study following a water leak in the loft. The old pendant was replaced with a new one by the guys that did the ceiling. I have just fitted a new bulb and tried the light but it isn't working. I have checked that the bulb is working. I have...

Thanks, looks like I will have to get the sander out.

Thanks for the reply. Any idea as to why there should have been the reaction between the two different types of paint?

My wife is the painter in our house as I am useless at it. Originally the internal doors were painted with Dulux Gloss White but about 18 months ago she decided to experiment with the Dulx Low Odour paint and tried 2 or 3 doors. Prior to painting she washed the doors down with sugar soap and...

Hi, the panels slide down a groove in the concrete posts as do the gravel boards. Could also do with some clips to stop the boards rattling in the wind (the panels aren't quite the same width as the groove in the posts so are a reasonably loose), tried using various wooden wedges but they...

I enclosed my garden two years ago with good quality close board fencing manufactured by Danbury Fencing Ltd of Essex and used concrete posts and gravel boards. A couple of the panels have started to bow at the bottom so don't fit snug against the top of the gravel. board. I'm sure I...

Thanks again John Getting toward the end now but beginning to hit new, but not serious snags, as to be expected. The latest is that we have converted the door & frame from inward to outward opening. However, we had thought we could reuse the existing Yale lock but have found that the lock...

Follow up message. Refurbishment in progress and going well. One problem has been that when using 50mm insulated and plasterboard getting the right length of screw has proved difficult. Partly this is due to the fact that when the battens where originally fitted they weren't at 16 inch...

Further to my post about refurbishing my Railway Room Railway Room (External) Insulation http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1195931#1195931 which is now work in progress I have started to look in more detail at the outside rendering. It is clear that the initial rendering could...

Thanks John, this looks the most cost effective way to proceed. Yes I have a "willing" helper. Have a team of three Bodget The Builders, all retired and our motto is "We have the will but not the skill". Cheers Chris

Hi John Sorry to come back so soon but have been ringing around for prices on insulated plasterboard and getting a nasty shock with prices of between £30 and £35 per 50mm sheet being quoted. Spoke to BMD Insulation online and they suggested that instead of bonded insulation/plaster board a...

Thanks Burnerman all points appreciated. Will try and follow the advice to the best of my ability but as you rightly say I have to work with what I have and therefore some compromise is inevitable (due to cost) and it is after all a model railway room not living accomodation As regards...

Just wanted to update on progress. Have removed all the wall and ceiling panels and removed the polystyrene insulation. Can now see that there are six courses of brick beneath the blocks. I remember painting the first 2 courses and the floor with bitumen paint. There has been some damp in...

alittlerespect Thanks for your detailed reply. Wanted to check I have understood what you are saying before I start working out an order. If I replace all the internal wooden wall panel with urethane insulated plasterboard (50mm or 80mm) using the existing battens which from memory will I...

Hi John Think the rendering has "blown" in a couple of places. The wall is question is very open to the elements and as I live in the country the wind etc. coming off the field at the back has probably been the cause. Was going to cut it back, apply pva, and then patch, that's just about...

Thanks John Was just going to cut out the damaged rendering and make good then apply masonry paint. Can't afford to have the whole thing rendered again. The outside is already painted with masonry paint but my son-in-law gave me a tub of thick paint (Rollercoat Smooth) to paint over the...

Not sure quite where to post this. I have a 12 x 10 single skin (white celcon blocks on a low brick base) outside building (glorified shed actually) that was rendered originally by an ex son-in-law (begrudgingly). The rendering on parts of the builidng have been damaged this winter so some...

Looks like these people do them. http://www.foxdiy.co.uk/fixtures-fittings/hinges/cupboard-catches/turn-button-black/prod_1536.html If I order six then with postage (£3.95) total would be £5.75. A bit steep for such a cheap item but unless I can find an alternative, looks like I might not...

Thanks for the replies, much appreciated. Looks like it is a Cabinet Turn Button Catch as shown at the bottom of the linked page. All I need to do now is find them in black. Checked on eBay but no joy. This is the sort of thing an old fashioned ironmongery shop would have stocked.

Not sure where best to post this. I have a garden room and the main doors are locked with a mortice key/lock but in addition there are two catches, black (like wrought iron), fixed by a single screw ands that twist to go across the other door as a retainer. I want to fit a couple on each...