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Hello again. Thanks to those who have provided me with good advice over the past months. I am looking for any views you may have on the advice I have been given by a local flooring company...

Thanks I will go and see what I can find. Don't have anything to test the voltage unfortunately.

Thanks RF for the quick reply. Now for a stupid question - what should I be looking for when I take the panel cover off (and don't say a fuse). Where is the fuse located and what does it look like, cheers.

First time I have posted a security system question. I have a problem with my home alarm system. All is working well, but when the mains power is shut off (not very often) the alarm activates outside and the control panel keys become inactive. I have to switch the mains power back on to...

Can I just check I have the right approach to painting a new ceiling and skimmed walls. The ceiling is skim over plasterboard, the walls are skim over original old plaster and in some areas skim over patches of bonding. I have bought Dulux trade supermatt white (not vinyl matt) I plan to...

I have just had the walls and ceiling skimmed in the lounge and I will soon be ready to fit new picture rail and skirting. I want to avoid screwing the picture rail to the wall and was planning to use no more nails or something similar. The question I have is will I be ok using no more nails...

Cheers, thanks for all the advice. The plasterer is coming today so a few weeks before the papering starts. I may leave until after Xmas. Thanks again, excellent forum.

I will be having the walls/ceiling skimmed this weekend in the lounge. I plan to give the plaster a couple of weeks to dry out before painting. I have plastered other rooms in the house and then painted the walls which looks good but in this room I am planning to paper the walls. I would like to...

Laminate flooring - concrete/timber sub floor I have just had a conservatory added to the rear of my house. I now have one through room (no dividing doors). The original room had timber floorboards but these have recently been replaced with 8x2 18mm flooring sheets (don't ask). The...

Finally got under the floor with my camera. Here is a link to about 30 pics of my floor problem. If anyone could add anymore advice it would be appreciated. If you hit the link it will take you to Photobox and it might be best to view as a slideshow. The pics are not in any real order but...

Hello Finally got some of the boards up this weekend now the room has been cleared. I have also removed all the beading at the bottom of the skirting. I will try and get some pics on here if it helps. What have I found.... The room is roughly 15ft by 12ft and there are 5 sleeper walls...

When we had the CH system replaced I noticed in the back room downstairs that some of the sleeper walls under the floor had been toppled over to make way when the old CH pipework was installed (bad/lazy workmanship). I am planning to get some boards up next week and have a good look around but...

Sorry for posting this again. I put it to the flooring forum but think this is more a general building question. Any help appreciated. Cheers I live in an older property, a semi built in the mid 1920s. I have been there for about 2 years. I am sure there has been some structural movement in...

I live in an older property, a semi built in the mid 1920s. I have been there for about 2 years. I am sure there has been some structural movement in the property judging by some of the door frames, picture rails etc but I am sure any movement is of a long standing nature. What I want to ask...

Sorry daft question I think the toilet is a flush down, the water is not sucked out. Anymore thoughts?

what is a syphonic pan?

I have had this problem in both wet and dry weather, it was happening back in July during the very hot weather. I am diy and not a plumber so excuse me if I ask some daft questions. I have just been outside while the wife flushed and the water sounds like it's travelling down the waste stack ok...

Hello all, help still needed. I had a plumber out the other day who cut into the soil stack, checked the bend from the toilet to the stack and checked the actual toilet. There was no obvious blockage other than a small amount of a paper in the waste pipe at the back of the toilet, nothing in the...

Any thoughts on Blackfriar paints in particular the problem solving primer? Anyone used it, is it any good as a stain block and would you recommend it. Someone recommended it to cover a gloss finish that has some wood stain or tannin bleeding through. It is water based but if it does what it...

Hello, I have a intermittent fault with the flush on my toilet. The toilet is newish, fitted about 12 months back with the rest of the bathroom suite. What is happening is that when you flush it does not always take all of the waste away or you find after the flush it leaves bits of mashed...