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I live in a Glasgow tenement flat. I have a door tread which normally sits just outside the front door, in the vestibule between the front door and the outer storm doors, consisting of a tile/ceramic 'strip' with decorative top and sides and a rough base. The mortar/cement base has mostly come...

Thanks for that advice, Zampa. The wall had previously been papered, but lining seems like a good move regardless. Many thanks!

Hi, I know many people regard vinyl wallpapers as Satan incarnate, but here goes anyway... [in extra-cautious tone] I want to hang Vymura vinyl wallpaper on a smooth bare plaster wall. I'm unsure about two things: 1) Is there any benefit to lining the wall beforehand? The plaster...

I have an old stove-enamelled breadbin, in which the inner coating on the bottom has begun to deteriorate. I'd like to recoat the base so that it's a good sealed surface once again. Given it's enamelled, are there any particular paints (or lacquers etc) I should use to achieve this? I'd rather...

Some wisdom from Don Klipstein in the US: magnetic fields shouldn't affect the fixture in such a way as to reduce the light output (although they do cause other lesser effects). So I guess it's down to the light not being sufficiently powerful for my needs. Time to get a bigger one then.

That's what I wondered; whether the tube is being paralysed by the static field from the loudspeakers. I'll try moving the drivers and see if I'm blinded by the light (sorry...).

Hi, My first post, so hello to all. I've just fitted an Eterna flourescent fitting in my workshop. Electronic ballast driving an Osram T18 tube. The light works, but seems very feeble; certainly nothing like the claimed "equivalent to 2 x 60W bulbs" on the packaging. Then I realised...