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Don't mess about to save £20, sounds good to me. If you've got him from advertising and he's over 50 and been at it for years, odds are you'll get a sound job. IMO. ...or do it yourself? Not that hard if you've got a weekend to throw at it.

Is that an egg pun based way of telling me the paint is no good? :lol:

I'd get a quote or two for having it skimmed by a pro myself, if you can't afford it, live with it and save up. If you do the edges yourself it'll be a miracle if it doesn't look worse when you've done given the artex you're working up to. If you skim the whole ceiling you're either a natural...

Bugger. :( Guess who whacked the Ronseal on this afternoon? Hmm. Any advice on what to do next? I've got 25m of skirting and 3 door surrounds (all new wood and fairly cheap by the looks of it) with a coat of this stuff on. I'm after a white eggshell finish, so what would you guys use...

Morning all, I'll be painting some new skirting board this afternoon, and I've got some Ronseal primer/knotting solution but I'm a bit dubious as to whether I should have bought a knotting solution and separate primer... ...any opinions?

Hi all. We've done a garage conversion. Concrete garage floor has had a waterproof membrane laid, a load of joists with insulation between, then 22mm chipboard floorboards on top. I fancy solid oak floor, but I'm picking up mixed messages and am confused! 1) I'm told that I can lay...

Maybe I'm wrong about them being halogens? Little flat bulbs recessed into the ceiling. There are only two wires into the ballast/transformer or whatever it is. One red, one black. I've temporarily disconnected these and wrapped them in insulating tape just for tonight. I'll get a...

Afternoon all. I've got 6 halogen lights in my kitchen ceiling on a single switch. I'm banging in a floor to ceiling cupboard which will half cover one of the lights so obviously I'm taking it out. How do I safely leave the wiring? I've got a twin (black and red) cable going into a...

Hello all, the missus has bought an American fridge freezer, which need connecting to a water supply. Conveniently situated the other side of the kitchen wall to where the fridge needs to go is the mains inlet/meter to the house. I was thinking that I could tee off the incoming pipe (above...

Thanks. I've found it's 16amp minimum fuse, 3860w. So it seems I need to have the 45a rated connection EFL recommended and all else should be good to go. Thanks again all.

Thanks. The ovens are German, so it's possible. If I do need 16amp supply - how do I go about that? Unfortunately I can't download the manual for some reason to check.

I currently have a double oven, which is going to be scrapped. I'm replacing this with two single ovens. They're just domestic ovens, but I'm told they want 16amp supply. I assume the switch I've got is 45amp if that's standard, but I'll check. Thanks for your input Eric.

Could be, maybe I got the wrong idea. Thanks very much for your help.

So I use: http://www.alertelectrical.com/prod/1022/click-45a-easyfit-dual-appliance-outlet-plate or similar... and I don't need to do owt else? The 45amp bit came from the retailer where I found the ovens. I didn't understand that myself, but I thought it must be some arcane electricians...

...I can't find what I need in the previous posts. I'm planning to replace my existing double oven with two single ovens. I don't know if I'm going to need re-wiring to cope or what other work I'm going to need to have done. The incoming box in the garage has a 32amp fuse (RCD?) for the...

Morning all, two central heating issues... 1) Radiator in the spare bedroom has got an inch of warmth left at the bottom and I can't bleed it because the valve has been scalped - so the key just spins. I'd be much obliged if some one could tell me what I need to do in order to isolate this...

I'm in Derby thanks for the offer Symptoms...pretty central. But I'll probably have a pop with some 22mm pipe if I can find some at 18swg or thinner. Time for a Google search.. unless anyone knows where I can source some...?? Made up with all you great advice chaps - thanks again.

Thanks for your advice all. I reckon it's back to the drawing board though, as it sounds like I'll need to use a 22mm pipe or find a 3/4" former. It's got to be a cleanish bend as it'll bug the heck out of me otherwise. Edit: I clearly messed up my original question - I don't have a...

I've bought nowt yet. I already own a plumbers hand held pipe bender, with about 2ft arms on it. If I can't bend the steel, I'll go back to the drawing board and find plan B. Rather not waste the money on the steel if I can help it though.

Hello all - bit of advice would be gratefully recieved... I need to bend a 3/4" mild steel pipe (18 swg) to about a 45 degree angle. I've got a plumbers pipe bending kit with a 3/4" former - will this do the job or am I likely to struggle to bend the steel or deform the aluminium former...