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Good afternoon. I would like to re paint a bathroom door which is painted with some gloss paint. I wanted to give it a quick sanding down to create a key for my two coats but I have been advised on using a coat of Zinsser 1-2-3 to get a good adhesion to my two coats of paint. Does it sound right...

Good morning. The cold water tank in my loft has no lid on. I have looked on line but there seem to be none up for grab. I was thinking of cutting a sheet of ply wood to size and line it with kitchen foil. Would that work, do you think. Many thanks for your time.

Good evening. I bought a sight glass level indicator for my Gledhill Pulsacoil to replace the old one as it was leaking and my tenant broke it in an attempt to tighten it up. Do I have to tighten it up by hand or shall I give it a 1/8 of a turn with the spanner? Does the O ring go on the outside...

Good morning. I want to change an old light bulb in my kitchen, as it is too dim, with a LED cool light light bulb. The lamp holder says “ max 60w”. Now, when I buy a LED light bulb it says 10w=100w. Can I replace my old light bulb with that? Basically, should my reference be 10w or what 10w is...

Hello. There is a chimney breast, in my diner, which has been boarded up and just an exposed cement hearth at the front. The room has a carpet over floorboards and just the cement hearth is exposed at the moment. I want to remove the carpet, put insulation and floating floor all over even over...

Good morning. The chimney in my diner was removed many years ago and now there is only an opening where we have put some books and so has its hearth where now there is only a small cement slab. In the rest of the diner there is an old carpet that we want to remove and replace with some tong and...

Good evening. I live in a small terraced house which was built in early 1900. The external walls are solid brick. Is it ok to put some screws into it in order to put some shelves up or is it better not to touch them in order to prevent some humidity getting in. Also, the internal walls are made...

Hi all. Since some posts here are very old and things in the trade have moved on, I wondered if Dow Corning 785 is still one of the best silicon sealants to use around bathtubs please. Also how can I apply sealant around bathtub when the space behind the tap is very very tight. Many thanks for...

hello guys hope you can help. The PRV of the above boiler is leaking. When the heating is on the pressure gauge shows below 3 bars and after 4-5 hours the pressure drops completely and the boiler does not fire up. Does the valve have a compression fitting on both sides? Does anyone know it’s...

hi all. i have a kitchen ceramic tap valve ( Reginox) and a sink ceramic tap valve ( Twyford) that need both changing as they both leak. I have been on Lunns web site and i should take the valves out and compare them with their valves' pics in order to find the right ones. I wondered if any of...

Hi guys. I have three bathroom down lights in the bathroom ceiling. Overtime the whole unit does not adhere to the ceiling anymore, as i have to pull down the whole unit every time i have to change the halogen lamp, leaving a 20mm gap between the rim of the unit and the ceiling as the hole in...

Hello guys. i can do plumbing but not very good with electricity. In my flat there is a extractor fan Ostberg, article number: 7540001 type LPK 100A in the ceiling. All of sudden it is stopped working. On the instruction and maintenance paper it says to check first the impeller is not blocked or...

Hi guys. I have just moved in a new flat where there is no gas. The hot water is heated up by Pulsecoil 2000. Initially, there was no hot water coming out of the taps.Then i removed the screw off the face of the pump and gave a few twists to the screw inside the pump with a screwdriver, selected...

Hi guys.Just in front of my front door there is a rectangular shaped cement slab going from my front door to the front gate. i would like to tile over it by using patio slabs. The existent cement slab is dirty. 1) Shall i clean it before tiling over it? If yes, what can i use to clean it? 2)...

Hi guys. i want to paint in white the outside of my property which was covered with pebble dash about 20 years ago. i have had a few people in to have a look at it and some say that before painting it we need to give a coat of stabilizer to make the stones stick together followed by two to...

Hi guys. A friend of mine has bought a flat and wants to buy a Worcester Greenstar 25 si combi boiler ( code: 7716130139)for his flat that was installed at another friend"s flat. He wants to buy it, i will be running the pipework and will call a Gas Safe engineer to install the boiler. The best...

Hi guys. I have bought a pair of straight radiator valves for my new towel rail. One end of the valve has a small hole and the other end is completely open. What end of the valve do the radiator tail and copper pipe go in? Thanks for your time.

Hi guy. I am in the process to install a new close coupled cistern. The cistern comes with two rubber washers, a plastic washer, a metal plate and a rubber doaughnut. A rubber washer goes inside the cistern between the syphon and the bottom of the cistern. Then on outside of the cistern what...

Hi guys I am renovating my bathroom. The waste outlet kit for my bath tub comes with one rubber seal for the overflow. Does the seal go on the inside or the outside of the bath tub? Thanks for your time.

Hi guys. Since i have never tiled before, i will just mixing enough adhesive to cover 1 square meter at a time which leads to the following questions: 1) Certainly, mixing just that little amount with a paddle and electric drill is a bit impractical....i have experienced it yesterday, when a...