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Hi All, Could someone help me to identify this on/off valve ? I have tried National Shower Spares and unfortunately we not much help. The diameter of the base of the valve is 20mm. 20 splines. shaft 80mm Thanks in advance.

Thanks for your reply Legs-akimbo, I have tackled some small rendering jobs in the past but I was wondering on how the Pro's would tackle a larger job such as rendering an internal wall say 20 feet height x 40 feet length ? I have been on a 5 day plastering course and touched on rendering...

Thanks for your replys Tom and Shaggy. In answer to your question Tom the wall I am rendering is the inside face of an external wall. I will probably go for the 5:1 mix that Shaggy suggested. Thanks again.

Hi, I am planning to render an internal brick wall approx 10 x 10 foot area. Can anyone advise me on whether I can render this just using one coat of sand and cement and if so what ratio should I use ? I was thinking 4 : 1 or 5 : 1 would this be ok ? Any advise is much appreciated.

Hi MrsCalex, I have had a similar problem with a recently skimmed ceiling except I was using emulsion - you might want to view my posting title Ceiling Hell. Can you tell me what you did to remedy the problem ? Thanks. Steve C

Hi All, I would like to share with you my painting nightmare. After recently having had skimmed my ceiling I thought I would get on with the easy task of emulsioning it.... but how wrong I was. I read somewhere on this site that PVA can be added to the emulsion to act as a primer, so I used...

I agree Thermo, I spent a good couple of hours going over the ceiling with a sander with fine paper to my amazement all the marks sanded away. I then put on a priming coat of emulsion to seal the plaster, i'll see how it looks after a couple of coats of emulsion tommorow. Cheers.

Thanks for your reply thermo, I guess I will go with that and fill in the indentations with fine filler, and sand down slight trowel marks. Would you still recommend the use of the polycell Ceiling Paint ? (It is of the non textured variety). Or just use white emulsion. I suppose I could always...

Hi there, I have just skimmed my kitchen ceiling and being that i'm no proffessional Plasterer there are ovbviously small indentations in the plaster and light trowel marks. Can anyone recommend a method on how to remove these marks? (The indentations are about 1mm thick. I was planning to...

Thanks BusBar for your reply. I will take your advise and use 6mm cable to the consumer unit which is only 15 feet away. If I may be so bold to ask I plan to run the 6mm cable in the wall, bearing mind the size of the cable, does this have to be in conduit or to save space can it be installed...

Hi, I would be grateful if anyone can shed some light on which is the correct rated cable for a 6kw hob. I am planning to instal it on a radial circuit and the manufature ( Teba) states 2.5mm twin and earth cable. Can this be right ? Given that the max current would be 25amps. I just wanted to...

Thanks for all your replies, I will go ahead and spur off the ring main and instal the socket - minus the pings :D .

Hi all, I am planning to instal a washing machine under the sink but I am unsure on the cofiguration of the sockets. I want to be sure about saftey regarding the installation of a socket under the sink. Is it possible to fit a three ping socket ? or should I instal a low level unswitched...

Thanks Breezer for your quick reply. I guess I better go out and buy a consumer unit then, and then call in an Electrician to connect the tails up.

Hi all, I am planning to instal a new ring main for the kitchen, but I don't have a spare supply from the exsisting consumer unit, this does however have a dedicated radial for the cooker. So my question is will I have to instal a 2-way consumer unit ? I intend to instal four double sockets...

Hi all, I am about to embark on replastering my kitchen walls but I am not sure whether to use sand and cement or thistle hard wall bonding plaster for an undercoat. The condition of one of the walls already has a sand and cement render with large areas bare brick where I have had to cut back...