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toy system being crap and too expensive? what should i be looking at as a minimum then? how much should it be costing me?

i was able to peal most of it by hand and that which i couldn't, i sanded as best i could and painted over.

Is this any good: magnetic sensors on three doors, and pet sensors covering those exits. swipe alarm including fitting: £49 + £22 per month ring up service (for min 18 months but it will be a 36month contract). They want a further £91 for extra sensors e.g. rooms with no exits. The...

i probably didnt water it down enough. how many watered down layers? is it like applying to fresh plaster board then?

if you go to b&q you'll see they have navy blue lids now. could write a letter of complaint to dulux.

navy blue lids are the new (supposedly) none yellowing formula.

i took mine back to plaster and then applied watered down followed by bathroom paint from b&q, it still cracked back to the plaster. i was then told that a watered down with pva glue mix would be good. i moved house before trying it though.

what colour was the tin lid, do you know?

I've been doing the same to my doors downstairs, the architraves didn't have it (thank god) but my 70's full glazed doors have this silver undercoat which was left after the gloss came off. Perhaps a fire retardant? Did you get it off? do i need to apply a primer to it or can i use undercoat?

I'm going to strip it back so i'll use silicon if thats better? obviously i wont paint it.

for a while now water has been avoiding the gutter of the garage and moving down the wall instead. I have repaired the gutter. That has damaged the pointing on the garage bricks. The image below shows the wall in question. The foreground shows that the pointing is in worse state than...

I used felt left over from the shed roof letting it hang into the bottom of the gutter. Roof and gutter sealant between the tin and felt. It took me about 1.5 hours in total as a tree needed lopping and a water butt moving, before i could get to the end of the garage. It rained last...