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Hi all, I'm going to paint the new ogee skirting in our front room tonight and am expecting to have to apply two coats of the above. Obviously doing the second coat tomorrow. Probably a stupid question, but due to the satin finish, do I have to lightly rub down the skirting before applying...

Thanks, well that's something I could do because I do have some drill bits that could do the job. The other thing I just thought of is, how about a 16mm countersink bit considering we're only talking 2mm?

This may be the simplest question ever but I just want to make sure I get it right. We had some handles on the (pine) door which we are replacing with new. The centre piece on the new handle sticks out from the back of the handle by about 2mm... ...so this needs to sit inside the...

Round the back of the property in the alleyway is a drain. As far as I know the downpipe you can see in my photo literally just goes into the pipe and out through the metal strip on the pavement into the road, although I haven't put any coloured water or anything to prove that yet. You can...

I really appreciate your advice, you seem to be making the most sense out of everyone I've spoken to, after reading a few articles I was sure that ventilation was the important key so I'm glad to have some agree with me that the problem shouldn't be hidden away with tanking solution or whatever...

Wow, in order to get this done right it looks like there's a lot more involved than I originally thought. Regarding replacing the water inlet, would that involve digging up the path and the pavement outside where the stop cock is? Were you referring to the side vent or the front one or...

I haven't done that test yet as we're doing some washing, but I have determined that the pipe coming through the bay is gas not water. Looks like they got a bit heavy handed with the wall when they originally put it in. This pipe goes through to the hatch by the front door...