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Hi I bought 2 new fire alarms for the house as I seen them on offer, they were battery powered not mains. Got home removed the old alarms to find they are mains with battery back up, wot the best way to make the wiring in the ceiling safe so I can attach the new alarms? Thanks Ian

Well I wrote a letter off to Dulux and to their credit they replied. They basically said that their first fomulation after the EU regs changed did yellow faster but they have a new formulation (tins with blue lids). They went onto say that in places with no direct sunlight and places with higher...

Thanks guys, have went for the acrylic gloss so will be applying at the weekend... B&Q man said he had never heard of it lol

Car out and all fixed, apparently the alternator just needed rewired?? So only cost £40, I hate not knowing what a trades mans talkign baout, any ideas?

Ok, So 7 months ago I done a few rooms in the house with Dulux Once... I know I know, I have since learned this stuff is awful. Its yellowing already. No I have undercoated the hall and am looking for a good gloss that wont yellow within the year. I have been advised that Crown Solo and B&Q...

Sorry for late reply guys... Unfortuneatly it was a combination of both, the Battery was fooked and the alternator on its way out. It is still giving power enough to run the car but its fluctuating. I got a new battery in and the autospark is overhauling the alternator this week, £75. or he...

Just rang a local tyre/battery place, he seemed a nice enough guy said to call in and they will test the battery and alternator output for free, so will call in after work. How much should a battery set me back? Halfords online checker was saying over £100, is that there usual over the...

Heres hoping, cause I would hope a new battery would be £50 or £60 where as an alternator would be £150 to £200?

Thanks for the advice guys, borrowed a meter tonight so will do the test. On the way to work today I drove with headlights on, wipers on, a/c on full, demister on radio on and all worked (was some fluctuation on fan speed on A/C thou, not alot). Turned the car off after turnign off all the...

Would a cheaply meter from B&Q do the job?

Hi guys, Car has started twice failed to start for me in the last week. It's not a starter problem I don't think as there has been a click and on the other occasions the car starts perfectly. I think either the battery has had it, it is a good number of years old, or the alternator isn't...

Thanks guys, the radiators and all are fine, there is oil fired central heating in the house also which is what we have been using most of the winter but we started lighting the fire and thought we might as well make the most of the back boiler to hear the house. So the thermostat in the...

Hi guys, We have a back boiler at our open fire in the front room, we moved into the house last year and never really used it and don't have a clue as I can't get it to heat the radiators to a hot temp. It does heat the water however very very well so I don't understand. There is a switch...

Thankd mate!! I guessed that, take as much asI can carefull and sand alot. Cheers

Yes I would say the build up of 2 layers was ok but my new coal is just pulling it off, will it all have to come off?

Yes I would say the build up of 2 layers was ok but my new coal is just pulling it off, will it all have to come off?

Yup I can, I have done this on part one wall where the blisering was the worst but there is more blistering on the other 3 walls so I was quessing it would be best to just strip everthing? :(

It was a simple matt white over a horrid matt blue, with an even nastier yellow below it. Walls are normal plaster below.

Folks, While painting my small downstairs bathroom I noticed on my second coat the paint was blistering in places, NNNOoooo! I know for best I need to strip everything right back to the plaster question is what's the best way, as so far I haven't had this problem before. Do I simply use...

Stephen, The paper if hung vertially has a vertical mixture stripes (different colours and widths) stripe on it. The missus wants the paper hung horizontally so matching the pattern isn't an issue as far as I can see. I can definitely see how you could forget the pattern matching though...