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Hi all - I've been using brush-applied fibre filled bitumen waterproofer (from a 5 litre tin). At risk of being told it should have been obvious, the instructions did not advise to stir before or during use (so I didn't!). Initially the contents were paint consistency and brushed on easily - but...

Hi - thanks for that information. Haven't heard of the products you mentioned (so presumably not sold in B&Q!) but probably stocked at a good builder's merchant.

Hi all – Often when re-painting wooden doors etc. the existing paintwork can be prepared by simply rubbing down rather than stripping it all off. But if there are small areas where the paint has chipped off it is difficult to make these areas flush with the surrounding area. I thought maybe...

Thanks for the insight Steve - I guess you do have to travel some distance these days as new-builds are thin on the ground and smaller local jobs won't keep you busy enough. I didn't want to be too smart-alec but I was fairly sure mine was only a half-day job ie about 3-4 hours work. It all...

Thanks for that. I DO intend to get a couple more quotes. £250 ISN'T the going rate 'cos I aint gonna go with that rate! I figured a fairly busy guy would fit it in with a similar small job on the same day, else make it a job he can whack out on a Saturday morning just before Christmas so he...

Not sure how far you have to travel these days for work? - obviously not too far for a small job else you have to factor in your travel time and fuel costs. I did know a guy in Coventry who worked almost exclusively in London but presumably big jobs and rich clients. It's Catch-22 contacting...

That's reassuring! And it still wouldn't be a bad wage if you didn't want to or need to work your socks off. I'd do it every day of the week (if I had the skill) and spend the afternoons on the golf course (but not today!). I think, sometimes, a University education is over-rated. Regards.

Thanks for the advice. Although I'm beginning to see the reason now - it's a failure in the maths department! My lounge is certainly about 4x area of room in question and I assume plastering is broadly priced on an area basis in like for like jobs? But my lounge is certainly not 40' x 28' -...

CR5. So barely in Surrey but on the outskirts of Croydon - by start of the M23 and 5 mins from the M25 - not exactly adjacent to Hampshire! Regards.

I'm not in the stockbroker belt but rates are too high for my liking in this neck of the woods and this was a local guy two minutes away! I thought we were in a recession and prices might be keener?! My only experience of plastering is watching Tommy W. on tv and the only prep I envisaged was...

Hi - can someone give me a rough idea of the cost of skim coating a new plasterboard ceiling in a room approx. 10' x 7' - no unusual features. I've received one quote of £250 which seems high to me? To be honest, I was expecting £150 or less. I understand it's a one-visit job that would take a...

Thanks yet again (I even laughed at your pun!). Photos here are what the other guy submitted - it seems he removed it with the peg and circlip intact. I don't apear to have a circlip but I suppose I could still hold the spindle regardless. Never did find out what happened with his mixer...

A guy you helped before had a Screwfix clone of my tap which I found under "Mixer Turn Operation Not Working"- I assume they're similar internally? He took some great photos as he dismantled it. One of the photos shows the disc and peg attached to the boss unit. I assumed the peg engaged with...

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Hi - thanks for getting back so quickly with more advice. My dilemma is that if I create an unacceptable leak I'm not in a position just now to quickly rectify it with, perhaps, a new unit if that's what's needed. I'm good at dismantling things, not so good at re-assembly! On another topic I...