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Good morning, This is my second post regarding painting my house. I had very useful tips on my first set of questions, but thought I should start a new thread with my next question. I am preparing to paint the south facing external wall, the wall is roughcasted about 5 years ago, and never...

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Thanks misterhelpful There no alge or moss. But parts of wall has turned red like you see on many houses. Not sure what causes this? Is it ok to paint over? Also, just looked over the wall I have finished, there seems to be like hairline cracks in the paint. The paint was very thick even...

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Hi Again, Thanks for the advice. I have painted first side of house as suggested, looks good. People have been shocked that I did not use sealer/primer. Should I have? the wall was roughcast-ed 12 months ago. I have side of house which was roughcast-ed 5 years ago? I am going to...

Thanks fir the reply emily, So you say add 20% water to the first coat. Sounds alot. Do they say that on the tin?

Hi all, I need to paint my exterior wall. It's never been painted. 2 sides was rough casted last year, the other side 4 years ago. Can anyone recommend me good paint? Do I need to thin down 1st,2nd,3rd coat? How many coats does it need? Any further advise you can give? Many thanks...

Thank you very much for the advice Dec. Just to confirm, even the last coat needs to be thinned 5%? Many thx John

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Good morning all. Hope someone can give me advice. I have just pebble dashed my house last week and would love to paint it in the next 6 weeks as I have scaffolding on hire. 1. What brand of paint would you recommend? 2. Do you dilute the 1st coat of paint? 3. Is there a quick way to paint a...

Hi All, I can't find any info on the web. With all the hype about legionnaires, I was wondering could I get it in my house. I have a header tank for the hot water system in the loft. The loft is insulated and the temperature of the room is around 22C. Any info would be appreciated...

Hi D_Hailsham, I get about it only operates in 0.5C, But if the set point is 19 C and the thermostat reading is 19.5C, then this temperature might not be 19.5C but is closer to 19.5C than 19C. But why would the boiler still turn off/on to try and maintain a temperature which it has allready...

Is there a way of turning the tpi off then?

Hi, Ok it is on for about 1.20 Min and off for about 15 Min. What I don't get is, the thermostat is set to 19C but the temperature is 19.5C and the boiler continues to turn off on, why does it come on when it is 0.5c above set point? Regards

Hi All. I have an old Ideal ELAN 2 propane fanned flue gas boiler 80F P I decided to go digital with my room thermostat, so I purchased the honeywell DT90E. Not sure what I think of it, Keeps a very good steady temperature but the boiler is on off all the time even when the...

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I will look into that, Thank you very much. Can you recommend me free software. The one I downloaded has a limited time and will have to pay after.

Copying a film. Just tried 1 click dvd pro & any dvd. Thought all went well but when I watched the move it skiped one of the middle tracks. Don't know what software I should use?