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Yes, it is sorry. It’s quite subtle. These two photos might be better - a comparison of two in my house. The teal is crisp and seamless. The one in question almost looks like I haven’t painted the top of the skirting all the way to the way (even though I have) - like there’s a bit I missed. It...

It’s quite subtle but immediately above the skirting the wall paint looks almost bright white which glows. It looks like white caulk has been applied after and not painted over. Therefore, when you look at the skirting you get this white glowing band all the way along. Must be something to do...

Hi, I’ve used Dulux heritage (light French grey) to paint a bedroom wall then farrow and ball purbeck stone (estate eggshell for the skirting). I did the wall first and painted onto the skirting slightly to ensure there would be no unpainted bits near the wall-skirting junction. I then cut in...

Hi, I have some interior woodwork I want to do in a few bedrooms - doors, sash windows and skirting. I wanted to use their estate eggshell topcoat. Is their dedicated undercoat the best to use or do other brands work better? For instance, would Zinsser 123 plus be a better undercoat for sash...

Hi, We have a kitchen extension which has failed render (all delaminated). I don’t really like render. Unfortunately the bricks underneath don’t look good so I was thinking about cladding it. I want a fairly rustic look so was considering wooden cladding. Any advice on what timber to use...

Thanks. One place I was thinking is that there is an old coal room which is concealed with a lockable door. The coal room sometimes has a small amount of standing water in it because above it is a big open coal shoot and above that is a paved patio. During heavy rain some gets through and down...

For example, if I installed one of these: https://theintergasshop.co.uk/hot-water-cylinders/959-pump-house-high-temperature-prv-pump-for-unvented-cylinder-discharge-ph-5l-hw.html

Thanks. The mains flow and pressure is high enough as measured by the outdoor tap. There are a few people on the road that have an unvented system but they have all found good places for them. I just can’t think of decent place for it other than the cellar.

Hi people, Current setup is a vented cylinder with stupidly low cold water flow rates. So low that even if I bought a pump for the taps it isn’t enough to trigger such pumps! The reason being that the loft space is TINY. I found paper work showing previous owners had condensation issues so they...

Thanks guys I will whip the other ones off tonight and send a picture across.

I found the name of it finally; Lutron Rania. Discontinued now. Here are the wiring instructions. Can you make sense of any of this: https://assets.lutron.com/a/documents/048235a%20(2).pdf In the kitcehn I have 4 of these. I wanted to change all of them. Two control half the kitchen spot light...

Also, why are they called L and 1? Never seen this once on switch faceplate?

Yes, sorry should have said; it’s a 2 way switch. With it being 2 way the weird symbol goes into the comm on new plate then L and 1 go into L1 and L2 and doesn’t match which way round? Thanks

Dear forum, I want to change the faceplate of this push button Lutron dimmer switch to a standard. I am unfamiliar with the lettering/symbols of the current one: So it has L, 1 and a symbol which I know is the comm symbol (live feed). The one I want to swap it for has what every other...

Sorted and all working. Thanks for all your help.

After I have finished the down-lights I have a wall light to change in the same room and would appreciate some advice. The current wall light has a large recess to house the junction box. Unfortunately the new one doesn’t and it’s going against a brick wall: This recess is only 3-4mm on this...

Can you pull one out and take a photo? I measured the exposed blue lengths around 10mm for a reference so maybe the brown ones need stripping back a bit? Ah yes they are push fit! Much easier now! I thought they were inserted when the lever was pressed down. The only junction boxes I have...

Yeh sure I’ll take it back apart and post a picture shortly; better to be safe than sorry. Is there a junction box that’s very similar but you have 6 screws for the 6 wires instead of three levers? Would be so much easier if you could secure each wire as you go along. With one lever...

I’ve bought the terminal box you suggested. I connected the female box to the cables in the ceiling as they have two clamps for the two sets of cable cores: I then used a short piece of two core for between the male box and the fitting: It all works. Does that all look ok? The only concern...

Forgot to ask; with the earth wire should I just cut it shorty and put electrical tape over the bare end or secure it to a single terminal wago box or does it not matter which? Thanks