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Thanks Securespark, took back to shop and found one with smaller bulbs with the F mark . Many thanks! :D

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I'll keep it short and sweet. Is it safe to install recessed low voltage halogen spotlights into wood? Or is it a major fire hazard? Thanks :P

I'm using the above to prime kitchen doors, but for a top coat it says use "good quality gloss or satin". The paint I want to use is B&Q's waterbased satin but I don't know if it will be hard wearing enough? Does this count as good quality? Or should I use an oil based top coat? The primer is...

And if we can't use halogen lights, are LED lights OK? Ta :D

We wanted to install some low voltage halogen lights into some wooden 'boxing in'. However, when we bought the lights, the instructions state in no uncertain terms, not to install in any kind of flammable material ie wood cladding. But we've got lots of pictures of wood cladding with...

Girly tomboys I'm after - can look fab when dolled up in a dress, and always wears nice lingerie under their overalls! :twisted:

With the architrave, I used no more nails, and pinned aswell, but I had to do a lot of caulking where the gaps were very large in places. When I tried to do the same with the skirting, no more nails won't hold because the wood just 'rocks' against the wall. I tried pinning, but the gap is so...

What male ego?! He's scared of the angle grinder and makes me do it all! Just wondered (and I couldn't decide the correct category so decided to carry this on) how many girlys are on here? I think there should be a women's category for moral support for when you get jumped up little oiks...

Hi Wiggy, just wanted to say welcome and good luck! We're still novices but have learnt an awful lot in the last couple of years, just by doing lots of research and reading lots of books. This forum has also been invaluable with those little questions that you can't find answers to! I've...

Hi everyone. We're now putting skirting up (9" I think, torus). It's been laying flat in the room for about 3 months but is now warped (cupped? Not sure of the terminoligybut is banana shaped when looked at 'end on'. This is causing major problems, especially as the walls are so out it's...

Hello everyone, didn't realise this was still going! Well, it's all done and looking very nice if I do say so myself :D Further to the previous post, the taps do over hang by a lot and I'm paranoid about getting water on the wood - and drips get mopped up immediately. RE the draining, we...

Meant polyfilla!

Hi all, When rewiring we had to put new conduit in the wall (solid 9 inch) and so knocked out a channel for it. As it's quite deep, what's the best thing to fill it back up with? Some kind of plaster repair (which seems v. expensive), or normal popolyfillaOr plaster? Many thanks :?

Thank-you, Thank-you, Thank-you, Thank-you, Thank-you, Thank-you, Thank-you, Thank-you, Thank-you, Thank-you, Thank-you!!!!!!! Hubby also thought nails were a bad idea, so who am I to argue? There's also a B&Q warehouse next to Wickes so I'll see if there's any thinner board in there. But...

Further to my previous post – 'lumpy ceiling http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14675'– we're going down the plasterboard route and just happen to be hiring a van tonight so this is our only chance to buy the stuff. I'm looking at a Wickes catalogue and there is 'Baseboard'...

Thanks everyone - the water damage is only cosmetic - just a few water stains from a leaky toilet. The plasterboard option sounds the easiest as we have to lift floorboards anyway, but the caulking method sounds cheaper? The room is 13 by 7 foot. When you say caulk, do you mean 'decorators...

OK, anyone got any ideas how to deal with a rubbish looking ceiling? It's currently covered in peeling lining paper, with water damage from the bathroom above. It's got pipes running along the length, so we've boxed in the pipes and are now looking for cheap and (preferably) quick ideas for...

Ooh, it all seems very scary! Well, we got as far as marking out the hole last night - hubby still won't do roundy corners :evil: so i'll make him read this, or, even better I might even threaten to do it myself :idea: hee hee! Other questions that have been asked: Router is 1/4 I...

Thank you! - will pass on to hubby. :D :D :D