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Hi, I am about yo paint my front door (exterior) in Dulux satinwood. Is this a good idea or should I got for an exterior gloss - even though i prefer the matter looking finish of satinwood? BTW the paint i have is interior satinwood.

Our built in single oven is plugged into the kitchen ring main (as recommended in the manual) When it gets up to temperature it causes the MCB to break. I have tried it on a different ring main and the same thing happens. Is this a problem with the appliance - ie buy a new one or a too...

Our Valley roof loft space has four large air bricks at each of its ends. When a slight bit of breeze blows a cold draught rattles through the loft hatches and chills the whole house. I understand that ventilation is needed to prevent rot in the roof beams but is it sensible to instal some...

I have recently laid an oak engineered floor, and very nice it looks too! Yesterday I hung the door and today a small piece of grit has got trapped under the door and scratched the floor. I have raised the door by a few mm, but is there anything I can do to stop it happening again?

Heard on this forum that Artex used to contain asbestos, but didnt quite believe the posts so i thought i would ask Artex themselves. Hear is the reply i received... 'Artex Compound, manufactured between 1937 and July 31st 1984 contained approximately 3.5% Chrysotile (white asbestos)...

We are renevating the bathroom and our 8.5kw shower is on its way out. We would like to replace it with the most powerful model suitable for the wiring. The power supply cable is 10mm and runs for aprox 20 metres. The switch on the consumer unit can handle 40 amps. should we stick with...

Have a problem with my floor tiles, Have prepared floor with 6mm ply and have been using a mix of uni bond powdered adhesive for floors with flexi floor liquid added. Unfortunately the tiles don't seem to stick to the ply properly, and half have come up. Should i have primed the ply first...