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Hi. My existing visor cooker hood has died. It's hard wired in to a switch on the wall (that has a 5 amp fuse). The one I want to replace it with though comes with a 3 pin plug. Can I simply remove the plug and wire it in to the wall switch the same as my existing hood? Cheers

Thanks for the suggestion. I'm quite bothered with aesthetics though, so don't really want to cover it in felt.

I've considered re-cladding with new T&G boards as an option, but will be quite expensive. What about cladding over the T&G with 6-9mm plywood, treating it and sealing off the edges? I tried the idea of mixing exterior powder filling with paint to make a thick pasty paint and painting it into...

It shouldn't be a problem, but sadly it is! The water is seeping in, in about 35 places (mostly knots in the T&G panels) on one wall alone! Maybe a good oil based wood paint will help the water run off before it can seep in. Any recommendations for this? Have a gutter on front and back, but...

Should also mention there are lots of knots in the wood and despite several coats of wood protector paint the rain water seeps in through the knots!

Hi I have recently put up a shed in my garden. It is the ore-constructed type where the wall panels are ready made and just need assembling together. The walls are tongue and groove boards. However I have a slight problem. The T&G boards have been poorly put in place and many have slight...