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Does anyone know whether self leveling compound will take damp proof paint over it? At the sides of the room the concrete floor has become crumbly through a bit of rising damp. So where I've raked out the loose pieces I want to use self leveling compound to make the floor level to the wall and...

Thanks for that. I think I'm ok as the pipe is not visible at any point.

I've just taken a carpet up prior to putting a new one down. The floor is concrete but a channel has been chipped out at some point to lay a gas pipe. The problem now is that where the channel has been concreted after laying the pipe some of the concrete is now crumbly and has come out, leaving...

Ah, thanks for the explanation. So ... no, I don't have one!

Thanks guys for all your advice. Following John's (Burnerman's) advice on here I've had some success today (3 doors) and haven't so far found a screw I couldn't shift. Before posting on here I'd only tried a couple of the screws with my hammer drill/screwdriver (btw, is that what an impact...

Thanks guys - a few ideas there for me. I'll keep the thread updated with progress.

I need to remove the interior doors in my house to take some off the bottoms of them for new carpets. I've looked at videos and advice online and they talk about removing the pins from the hinges. The thing is that these are very old doors and I don't think they have pins in the hinges. So I've...

Thanks for that. I've just put primer on so will need to u/c as well. Thanks again.

I renewed some exterior woodwork, which I am going to paint with oil-based paint. I first primed the wood with a B&Q primer which was erroneously described as "solvent based" on their website. When I came to clean the paint brush I realized the primer was water based. Can I use oil-based paint...

I have white plastic coverings over the plumbing pipes in my house and the last time the house was painted it was done a bit carelessly so now these sleeves have either emulsion or paint on them which has now yellowed and makes them look messy. This work was done 33 years ago so it's probably...

I haven't taken the other switch off but I've done the job now and it seems fine. Thanks anyway.

Great, thanks. Will try tomorrow in daylight.

Thanks for that. That's good enough - I think I noted them correctly in my head so I'll give that a try. I had been under the impression that L1 referred to one light and L2 to the other but I don't think it's like that, is it? So, for example, on the new double switch I've bought each switch...

Sorry, I'm not techy enough for putting pictures up but perhaps I should have added that: 1. Red L1 and Black L2 (both connected at top of switch) both go to the same sleeve 2. Red Common and Black Common both go to the same sleeve 3. And, as with 1., Red L1 and Black L2 (both connected at...

Sorry, I'm not techy enough to post pictures but, although I'm pretty certain that I clocked where the wires went as I disconnected them I just need confirmation that I haven't made a mistake. Is it at least possible that two reds could be connected to L1 and two blacks to L2 because I'm pretty...

The light in my hall and the light on my landing are both operated by a double switch in the hallway and the same on the landing so that both switches can be worked from both downstairs and upstairs as well. One of the switches on the two way gang upstairs has stopped working so I've bought a...

Thanks but a jigsaw would take too much off.

Thanks, I'll give the stanley knife a go.

Thanks for that. Unfortunately I don't have a belt sander so I'll have to look at other options first.

I'm using chipboard from an old kitchen unit to box in exposed pipework in my bathroom. My measuring was pretty spot on but then I found that near the floor the wall goes out of true and therefore is not quite perpendicular. I tried to plane the edge of the melamine chipboard to make it fit snug...