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Hi all, I've just had a rewire and some of our sockets moved. The old sockets plastered and I I'm not sure how long I should wait until painting them. Am I looking at days or weeks? Thanks

One last question, if I decided to line the wall instead could I still need to seal the walls first and if so with what kind of product? I'm guessing I will have to as I wouldn't want wall paper stuck directly onto plasterboard and bits of damaged plasterboard.

Yes I should be able to remove most of the old paste no problem. My worry was the bits of damaged plasterboard. Will a normal oil based primer seal it ok or should I just buy the gardz.

Hi all, In my past house I've had good results using easi-fill after removing wallpaper when I wanted to just paint the walls. Now my problem this time is in our new place I've removed the wallpaper in the living room but the walls are now a mixture of old paint, plaster board and a little...

Hi all, We have a hotpoint wma37 which stopping spinning. We changed the brushed and run it once on spin and it was fine. We then reinstalled it back in the house and when we run it there was a flash and bang from behind the dial and now we have the door lock light flashing problem...

Exellent, you have just cleared up a lot of questions and worries I had. Big thanks to you and all the others who posted on my thread. :D

So just to confirm, drain only the cold taps? Last question, would it be best to have the central heating on twice a day for say for an hour or set the stat at around 10 and leave it on all the time?

Thank you all for your quick reply's :D Just out of interest what will get drained when I open the taps upstairs and down? Is it just the pipes or also the tank in the loft and immersion heater? Also how does the central heating get topped up if needed when the water mains is off...

Hi all, I'm going away for a couple of weeks soon and with the weather being cold this time of year I'm going to leave the central heating on low when I'm away. Now what I want to know is if I can also turn of the main water supply while leaving the central heating on? My reasoning is that...

Thanks for all the reply's. I've decided to just go with the dulux trade oil based satinwood as it was on offer at b and q for £26 for 5l. Now last question. After sanding the wood down I have a few little bit's that have gone down to the bare wood. Would it be ok to use a quick drying...

Hi all, In the corner of our down stairs we have a box that covers the pipes and goes all the way up the wall. Now the walls are painted in matt emulsion and would prefer to keep the box the same. Is there any thing I can use as an undercoat which could let me use matt emulsion...

thanks for taking your time to reply. Ok will just use a oil based stainwood then. Just to confirm will I be ok to just sand down the oil based gloss and go right on with the oil based satinwood? Also any recommendations on what brand oil based satinwood to use besides the dulux trade one?

Hi all, I'm looking to pain my skirting and doors which currently have oil based gloss on them. Now if I want to use a water based satinwood do I need to use an undercoat after sanding or can I just sand and go right on with the water based satinwood? And if I need an undercoat should it be...

Hi all, I'm about to put down some laminate in the hall way but have a problem. In hall way we have 1 step which drops the floor level. How do I go about covering the step part with laminate. Thanks in advance.

Hi all, probbly a very silly question but we have a very old glow worm space saver 30 mkII boiler and have always wondered what kind of boiler we have and how the system works. We have 2 switches 1 for central heating and 1 for water. We also have a immersion heater with a seperate...

Thanks for your details reply. Yes one of the the carcass, the one in the picture is damaged. For that one I was just going to stick the hinge plate in with araldite. I did but a carcass repair plate but it's not the correct size. I hope to replace the hinges on 4-5 doors and only that one...

Hi all, I would like to know if I can buy and replace the same hinges already fitted so I don't have to do any drilling. Pictures are below. All the pictures are of the same hinge.

Hi all, I have a hole which is outside in the corner of the patio and has come though inside and rotted part the skirting board. what I want to know is what would be best for me to use to fill and repair the hole. Here are picture to show what I mean Also on another...

Last question's hopefully. What part water to what part paint do you recommend. I know the dulux web site says 1 part of clean water to 3 parts paint for the trade super matt but only says 1 part clean water to 5 parts paint for the Trade Vinyl Matt which is what I'm going to use. What...

Thanks Zampa, I would say it's about 50% easi-fill and 50% old paint. Will just do as originally planned and do mist coat with my vinyl matt finishing paint instead of using a special primer then another normal 2 coats.