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Hi, We have a 8x5ft dry store/work room attached to the end of the external garage thats lined with plasterboard with some insulation behind it, but it can still feel cold and takes a lot to heat it up. Have seen mention of WallRocks Thermal liners which they say helps the room heat up...

Hi, Wolsey are about the same price of Toolstation etc for the UPS3, but looking on Grundfos site and the web and Ytube unable to find its user manual and any info to say if it comes with a standard set of plugs for those sockets ? Seen a long list of connectors they can supply, but not if...

Hi, Our 20+ year old Grundfos UPS 15-50-130 Selectric, not within the boiler, probably needs replacing and would appreciate some choice advice. 1. Seems the UPS2 15-50-130 is a direct fit, but cost about £140 and its said Head Only units are available, but hard to find at a lower price. If...

Hi, Having to re-point the house bricks on the exposed side and have managed to match the mortar using a little powdered cement dye. The wall area is about 5 mtrs long and 1 mtr deep. If I point along one horizontal row, its about all I can manage in one mortar mix. The next row being a...

Might be too late, but you do not mention how old your car is, or how many miles etc. This place has a wide selection of rubber kits/ pistons and exchange calipers if yours are needed. https://brakeparts.co.uk/ Apart from the mentioned leaking fluid, split rubbers etc, how are the old brake...

Hi, We are having to re-point our 1980s house brick walls below the dpc as they have become eroded; up to a couple of feet deep / exposed at the rear of the property. To match the existing colour we are having to buy the sand and cement rather than the ready mixed products which are too...

Hi, We have used a portable air con unit for a couple of years and this has proved quiet good, its only problem is that the 'Fresh' air it needs to draw in and expel is often full of fatty /paraffin smelling smoke etc from the barbies that come with the hot weather. Would seem that a small...

Hi, Looking to do some re-pointing on the 30 year old house bricks where below the dpc they seem to have used a very weak mortar that is eroding away; seem to be a common problem on other similarly built houses nearby. While its only just 3 courses below the dpc that are exposed at the front...

Hi, Dulux do the EasyCare Washable and Tough paint in Cornflower White, the colour we want for our kitchen, but they do not do this colour in the EasyCare Kitchen range ... ! ? Is there an actual difference between these paints or is it really just the same with different words used for...

Hi, Thanks, some good options there , though adding one or two extra RCBO etc, if they would fit, will cost a fair bit. One thing that has always concerned us, is that the plastic box is located low down in a small cloak/cupboard and we store things like the ironing board and upright vac in...

Hi, Thanks, will have a look inside and see how compatible those RCBOs are. Think it should be easy enough to transfer the sockets and lights to the RCB side, remember when he did it he said he liked to have plenty of free cable to play around with rather than pulling things tight as some do...

Hi, Yes , sorry, got it wrong its a 63A RCB with 4 MCBs As you can see in the pic its currently using 7 circuits though the Hifi or External lights could be easily commoned , so that would mean only 6 circuits are needed, so giving space for a second 63A RCB .... Its a small bungalow hence...

Hi, About 14 years ago we had a new Click consumer unit fitted which had a 100a master switch with 4 MCBs and 4 RCDs with their own 63a rcd master switch. The 4 internal circuits were connected to the MCBs and the external lights and garage were connected to the RCDs. A friend recently...

Hi, Helping some young friends who have recently moved into a nearby similar property. Their lounge wall, skimmed plasterboard is finished in emulsioned lining paper which looks ok when viewed face on, but under evening lighting down the length there are some obvious dips around the...

Hi, Have seen this interesting thread, Mist Coat or PVA - Bare Surface Basics, which suggests just using size as the sealer for wallpaper, but from other posts its seems if you subsequently strip the wallpaper it can pull off the plasterboards paper as well. Most Drywall sealers come in large...

1. Oh, I did for a week or more.. 2. yes 3. yes Despite all that nothing seemed to work enough to hold things properly, spent about 2-3 week trying various things !! :confused::censored: reverting to the old ones yesterday and they worked instantly..? Not as if I'm new to this, my first...

Hi, Well just finished putting it all back together and doing a short road test and it stops better than ever . Before putting the calipers back on I whipped off a drum and tried to measure it against the new ones , seems they both show 171mm so no obvious problem there, wonder if there is...

Hi, Update on my handbrake problems, carried out the above suggestions but still little grip on the nearside and not that much on the offside. Rather than continue with these parts I decided to refit all the originals, disc/drums, old shoes and fittings, needed to give the old discs a good...

Hi, Its like the top pic in post #1, the Toyota one, its the same as the full system below but they only show the earlier model with drum only whereas mine has the combined drum and disc. Handbrake drum ... external , think I must have described incorrectly. The only adjustments being on...

Hi, Rather difficult to do that as the cable is heavily sheathed from the brake shoes to the equaliser which is between the exhaust and bodywork and very difficult to get at. With the drum removed I can see the cable moving the shoes , but do take your point. When I next work on them ( need a...