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Well I had to bite the bullet and skim the walls of a kitchen job im on, the "plasterer" I have had lined up has done some good work for me before when supervised but ruined my mates house, so I had to do it. My first problem was that I didnt start skimming until half one, so was there until...

Just a little post about my observations from trying the range for the first time, at a glance they look like MK stuff from the back. The switching seems imo of a better quality though. Nice size terminals on accessories. Neutral terminal on the face place seems a good idea but you do find...

Have the thumbs gone for good?

I have got a new build to price for, something I haven't had to opportunity to do in a while, the property is to have economy 7 heating, something I have never done on a new build. In all the rewires I have ever done the economy 7 has a separate meter and two sets of tails are ran two the...

Does anyone know how to calculate heater sizes? In this instance it is for a new build. There are loads of calculators online for rad sizing, but cant seem to find one for night storage heaters, or is there a way or calculation to apply the btu requirement to storage heaters? I havent done any...

Had a small job today, just install an outside socket, when I went to price the job all looked good, split load CU, main bonding in place, lovely. Upon testing the CU seemed to be a fairly pro install, even numbering on the neutral and line conductors, although two sets of 1,2&3 as they had...

I have just tiled around my bath (which will have a shower over) one wall was bare plasterboard and the other was plasterboard with skim finish. I primed the walls with a product from a local tile shop, dunno what it was called except for 'primer' :roll: it was blue if that helps and then I...

I have recently purchased a property to renovate and live in which is a ex-LA semi detatched house, with the next door being still owned and rented out by the LA. At the end of my drive is a stopcock with 7lb 1/2 lead running from it which goes up my drive and tee's off under ground somewhere...

Hi chaps, as the title suggests, had anyone used dri-coat before, what does it behave like??

whilst working my way through my house i will soon be aproaching an external curve, has anyone got any tips on plastering this type of thing, it's on a corner at the bottom of the stairs and is about 2.5m high. If they are a right pain in the a$$ then i may have to admit defeat and get...

can these http://www.screwfix.com/prods/45984/Building/Roofing-Insulation/Alpha-Slate-Vent be used on a concrete tiled roof? thanks in advance :wink:

Just wondering if you can answer a few questions for me as i am learning to do plastering at the moment in my house which i am renovating with the tightest of budgets. Why am i using two coats of finish on a wall (i have seen this done and read about it so never questioned it before now, just...

i have a 1920's house under renovation at the moment. It is brick built except for the partition walls upstairs which appear to be poured black mortar as they are not thick enough for a brick or block, apparantly this is the way the local authority built them around here :shock: anyhow, the...

my uPVC front door is currently fixed to some old wooden blocks (seems to be bits of the old front door frame) that are floating about in the cavity. the cavity is not closed at openings, this is how the house was constructed. i am sairly confident the windows are the same too. question being...

as the title suggests, has anyone done this, whats the procedure and have you got any tips??

Does anyone use them, and in what capacity? I am looking at the core drill in screwfix, comes with some diamond core drills for 200 notes, anyone got one, used one, seen one? thanx in advance :)

is it acceptable to use a full bore quater turn valve (the ones with a handle) as a main stop tap in a domestic property??

I am about to purchase a 1925 property, it is brick built with a cavity which has had cavity wall insulation added. I am planning to hack off the exterior walls and then batten and board them so i can hide various services (pipe work and cables ect). My main thaught is weather or not i should...