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I just bought a new Marshalltown trowel but when it arrived I was suprised that the blade was silver, not gold. It is sold as a 12" x 5" Permashape Golden SS finishing trowel - Durasoft, PB7GSDh, 11562. I rang the dealer who said that is right and they are now this colour but all the...

Great advice - thanks.

Thanks roughcaster and reeves. Now it's drying properly it has gone uniform grey and looks more normal. I wasn't sure about scratching it or not - wouldn't do it next time. Roughcaster - what do you mean by flatten the scratch areas? Go over again with sand and cement and smooth it off ?

I am trying to patch up a bit of plaster that had got damaged but a leak from above which has now been fixed (dry for a couple of months). It was originally lime render but I have patched with sand and cement (5:1) with a plasticiser and was going to skim the whole wall after. My question is...

Thanks riveralt. I know what you mean sheds, seems daft putting 6 or 9 lights in just to get the same light as 1 decent central one. Unfortunately it's what the misses wants and we've bought most of the stuff now. Not sure I would bother next time especially with all the hassle of keeping...

My bathroom is 3m x 2.5m and I would like to have all GU10 IP65 rated downlights with 8w LED bulbs in there. Can anybody recommend the spacing and therefore number I would require? I bought a couple of these lights for a utility room but because the bulb is set back up in the fitting (part of...

Hi, I've got a front porch that is against a rendered wall but the flashing is not correct and is leaking. Currently there is a bell cast at the bottom of the render and the flashing is just tucked up to underneath it. How should I do this properly? I will replace the lead but can I cut it...

I'm bricking up an old chimney and will be plastering over and installing a new surround and electric fire in it's place. My question is where should I put the vent? I understand that normally a vent would be put just above skirting level but this would then get covered up by the electric...

Yes but in the case of a partition wall where the cable wouldn't be clipped to a solid wall?

Thanks all. Scoby, if that is the case can I just clear away the insulation for a few inches around the cables to keep the 21A rating?