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thanks Joe..when you say a little vinyl matt..roughly what proportions..I know I have to do a test piece first but just interested what works for you. how much white paint to say to 1 litre of the w-b varnish. Any recommendations re brands..especially re the water-based matt varnish..but also...

20 year old untreated pine T&G cladding (on interior wall of outhouse) ..want to paint the wall white but so the grain shows through. Is there a type/brand of paint you can use straight out of the tin that's designed to do this?..or is it a case of mixing a sort of "whitewash" with latex paint...

I have read the very helpful sticky provided by Matty (& comments from others) ..thanks for that. However, still feel need to ask a question: I am laying 6mm exterior grade ply over an existing floor to get a better finish for polyflor or similar heavy-duty vinyl to be fitted on top. Is there...

slightly o/t...& maybe a small thing but think if you go induction you may also need to consider buying new pans unless your existing ones are suitable..not all are...and the ones that are are generally relatively expensive...afaik....not excessive but not at the lower end of the price range...

Yes very true..lesson learned I hope..mea culpa. No manual with oven (..must hunt one down on the net). .but there is another thread on here I found where the author says "The (same) oven isn't supplied with a connection cable and the manual tells me I need a cable H05RR-F 3 G 1.5" I think...

thanks again ttc..think there's at least one brand of consumer unit where the mcbs slip out (Wilex?)..anyway as I said it was just the braces (of the belt& braces)..MAIN SWITCH as you say...I'll also switch power off at the meter box..have a healthy fear of leccy after I got a fair "tingle" in...

thanks ttc..yes I had heard about "diversity" in an electrical context....thought it meant sparkies had to be ultra pc ! p.s. gonna bash on with the job myself..one little last Q...anyone know if you can pull the mcbs out of a Legrand "main box"? (before working..belt & braces etc!)..before I...

thanks b-a-l..yes I see! That's why we've had no problems with the 10.08KW cooker on a 32A mcb!! Thanks for the advice on the part too..I think I'll get one and go that way rather than getting a spark in to run a brand new radial circuit from the main-box. Can't see the extra potential max...

At the moment we have an all-in-one cooker with max. wattage rated at 10085 W. (44 amps at 230V). The cooker switch "box" has a separate plug-socket on it but I rarely use that socket. The cooker itself is fed from its switch-box by about 1m. of what appears to be 6mm2 T&E (externally about 15mm...

thanks for your helpful suggestions both.

edit: sorry.. used wrong term in header..hole needed through end of the threaded part of the bolt (shank is the non-threaded bit next to the(hex) head isn't it?) I want to secure double wooden shed doors in addition to the normal locks...especially if away for a holiday. I want to put a...

I need to move some 28-second heating oil from one tank to another. Need to move say 500 litres ..but only occasionally...so didn't really want to spend hundreds. Any suggestions? It seems from doing some looking round that a lot of electric transfer pumps are for diesel and gas-oil...

daughter in law has terraced house ..rainwater coming in to rear of property when its lashing down. Think problem is centered on shared chimney stack on rear outer elevation of property (not the chimney at ridge). Has already had valley gutter & flashing replaced..and back of stack (facing the...

> cheers for the reply Tony.. appreciated m8. Latest in a line of WMH (not Weapons of Mass Horrendousness)..just WifeMustHave. I will order one from Plumbase and wait for the inevitable non-functionality! To be fair I have a few friends in Deutschland who have had these working...

anyone recommend a good brand and source please? one other thing..I have looked around a bit but cannot see if the rinser heads on these things can be altered from spray to normal stream. thanks for reading.

Steve..thanks..I had no idea you were still in operation! My old Mistral 1B/ RS is still going strong after what..20 years. When I had a problem with the bearings on the (original) burner unit I rang the 0630 number on the back of the Technical manual..no dice and figured Mistral had gone. I got...

boiler is old but going strong..but I do need to replace the "exhaust". Boiler maker was Mistral (Market Drayton) but they don't exist any more..haven't for years to my knowledge. Anyone know a firm that stocks such things? p.s. any good oil-fired b/f boilers being made today?

thanks Burnerman for your prompt input..strangely enough the wind has turned right round here the last couple of days from an easterly to the north west (which is not common here). Its a cool one and I could really feel it as I was round by the tank & near where the balanced-flue comes out. I...

..in my oil-fired system has been extremely reliable. I have had this burner in the boiler since 2000 and with regular maintenace has never ince played up let alone failed. Yesterday noticed a strange thing with it though..the boiler would be running normally..the house is lovely and warm...

thanks for that