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Nigi can I confirm you mean use easifill with an artex caulking blade as a way of removing the artex on the walls as i'm not quite sure what those things are?

Thanks for the replies I was keeping an eye on the thread. I think I might start by getting a dvd or video guide and then trying it out on a sheet of hardboard like they advise on diy doctor and seeing how I go. If the plaster isn't completely smooth, can you go over it with a sander to...

I really want to learn to plaster or perhaps the correct term is skimming? I'm planning on reading up on plastering maybe getting some practise on a few pieces of plasterboard then having a go at my bedroom. Do you think this is achievable and does anyone have any tips? The bedroom I want...

Thanks for the reply crafy. Luckily all the sockets do have an earth! I assume its plasterboard with wooden supports. The switch screws into a white backing box that doesn't look like the plastic back boxes your referring to. The backing box is screwed into whatever is directly behind it...

I am changing this and other light switches around the house to chrome. Most of my houses lights like this one pictured are sort of half flush mounted but still stick out of the wall. I want the new switch to sit flush with the wall which will mean removing the white plastic backing, making...

The thing is the pressure falls when I turn the heating on. It falls into the red zone for low pressure. I cant check the stats till the boilers sorted as I don't want to damage it running in the red zone but it just seems strange having them both next to each other.

Hi all, We have an Alpha CB24 Combo boiler in our flat. Since we moved in, in May we haven't used the heating just used it for water which its fine. The pressure shows as about 0.6 bar which is in between the red and the green. However I turned the heating on and it dropped straight into the...

In my bedroom the light swiths are flush mounted into the false wall I took one of them off and had a look so it all makes sense now. Very clever.

Thanks for the reply. I found a joiner in the yellow pages only a few minutes away so I'll give him a call see what sort of prices I'm looking at.

I would like to replace the old white door on my bathroom with a nice wooden one. I've measure the door as 683 * 1885mm but none of the doors I've looked at in B+Q, screwfix etc are that size. Is this an odd size for a door? Also my bedroom is in the loft and has no door, its a very small...

I cant get to it from behind. I've just found a picture of one. I'm probably being really stupid here but if they have tags on the sides to be tightened against the wall surely there wont be any wall on the sides it will just be a hollow hole?

Very helpful i'm glad I found this site! I hope i can find one at B+Q

As you go up the stairs to my loft conversion there is a false wood wall on the side of the light switch. At this moment in time the white light switch is just mounted on top of the wood sticking out several cms. I want to change it to a chrome light switch but flush mount into the wood. Now...

I had a feeling that was the case, how annoying!

Hi all. I'm replacing the old white light switches in my hall with chrome ones. The new chrome light switch has three connections on the back labelled COM, 1 WAY, 2 WAY. The old light switch has the word 'intermediate' on the back and has 4 connections on the back. There are two cables...