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You mean for a second coat? Or you mean I will need to repaint it every year? I was thinking to get a second coat on in the next couple of weeks. The soffits and other woodwork are all being sanded and painted (by a pro) starting next Monday. What order would you do it? Second coat on...

Thanks! I bought a proper masonry roller with deep sheepswool pile. Wow! What a difference. I did the rest of the wall in around 1 hour, which is less than it took to do the first tiny part with a brush. It did use a huge amount of paint though.

Yes - you're right Richard. From 3pm onwards the rest of the garden is in shade, as there is a block of flats behind us higher on the hill. The patio gets afternoon sun. However I never sit there as it is too far from the house. I'd rather use it for vegetables or fruit that needs sun, and...

I need some advice... The last few weeks I have been sketching out garden layouts so I can get some quotes to help do the work (patio, pathway, fence repairs). My dilemma is whether to remove the patio at the back of the garden? On the one hand it is well-built and solid, with a thick...

Ok. Thanks. I'll persevere with brushes then. I'll try a few different types. I haven't painted the bottom part yet so still have time to use a stabilising solution if I need it. I have some waterproof PVA. Will that do it?

I started painting over the garage pebbledash today. What a pain!! I had a 4" brush but it is almost impossible to get into all the little nooks and crannies. There must be an easier way? I am using Dulux Weathershield, and I diluted with 15% water for the first coat because there are lots...

What would you do with the above if it was yours? Would you try and DIY patch it with some render, or should I just hack it all off and get it professionally rendered again? It has a lump pebbly appearance. If I wanted to patch it how is that acheived? It looks as if pebbles were mixed into...

I have a garage at the end of my garden that has been pebbledashed and then painted. The render is flaking badly and in many places is just lifting off in chunks. What can I do with it to patch it up? Does the whole surface need to come off, or could I patch it with a cement mix? The...

Inside the Vera console, go to the "Apps" menu. Then "Install Apps". Several hundred certified apps there last time I looked. If there is anything you need your home automation to do there will be an app for it.

Ah OK. Sounds like it isn't as easy as I thought. I think I'd be better off just killing the power while I work and trying to avoid the area where i think the cable is. I'm generally adding earth rather than removing so hopefully it will be OK.

Vera all the way. Much cheaper and more importantly it is compatible with pretty much all z wave devices from every manufacturer. There's also a huge developer community building plugins, some of which, like PLEG, give you far more control than you'll ever get with Fibaro. Fibaro does have...

I would like to redo my overgrown garden and put in a new path, patio and some lighting. It will involve a mini digger as it needs some leveling and digging. I currently have an old garage at the end of my garden that has power going to it. Is there any instrument that could find where the...

Difficult choice. I replace a solid high quality toilet with a cheapo one to get a perfect tile finish or I keep the better toilet and accept that the finish might not be perfect. Plus save £150. Will sleep on it. What would you do?

If I do that won't I also need a new toilet cistern? Or can I just pick up a new pan and fit that to the existing cistern? Sorry if it's a dumb question. I've not tried this before.

I'm in two minds. This is an outside toilet so we only use it for BBQs etc. On the one hand I want to do a good job, especially as it is my first attempt at tiling. But on the other hand I am really reluctant to replace a sturdy old good quality toilet along with all the extra work and...

Yes. Will try that. The mosaics are small and on a hessian type of backing so if I break one it should be fairly easy to switch it. Only problem is they are porcelain which I heard is harder to cut than ceramic. Will a tile nibbler still work?

OK. Thanks. That was my fear. I wish I had never started this now - but I've bought all the tiles and grout and equipment so I have to finish the job, and I want to do it well.

I would like to attempt my first tiling job by laying a new Victorian mosaic pattern on the floor of this toilet. From everything I've read, to do a really nice job I need to remove the toilet. Problem is it looks like it is cemented in. Is there any way I can remove this without breaking...

Ideally you would fit it to the return pipe, near the boiler, so it picks up the muck before it enters the heat exchanger. But in reality fitting it anywhere at all will still pick up most small circulating iron fragments and magnetite. The main thing is to put it somewhere that is easy to...

Many thanks. The comment from PolesApart solved it. The round nut was stopping against the hexagonal so wasn't compressing the washer. I sorted it by removing a little sealant inside, so the tail was slightly longer and now the round nut tightens all the way. Drip fixed and all works...