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I bought ready mixed wallrock power adhesive but it tells you not to water it down so what can I use to size the walls.

I bought zinsser gardz to seal bare plaster but will I be able to use retail emulsion over the top as it's all shiny and looks like pva when dry.

I've removed a failed mist coat from my bedroom walls so I've been reading different forums on what's the best way to paint bare plaster and a lot of people said to give the bare plaster a coat of acrylic primer undercoat before the chosen colour but is this the best method as some people said...

When doing a mist coat why do people recommend 50/50 if the tin says 9 parts paint and 1 part water. I contacted Leyland and they told me to do what it says on the tin.

I removed the ceramic tap cartridge from my kitchen tap to see what size I need but what does the threaded collar do as you can buy them with or without the threaded collar.

Would anyone know if mapea plaster primer is any good to use before filling in cracks with easi fill. I have used pva before but I just hate mixing it up so I though I would try to see if I can buy a ready mixed pva...

I have a double socket in the bedroom and every time I turn the switches off for the tv I can hear a arcing noise from one of the switches so I plan on changing the socket but is it best to use a single or double pole socket and what's the best brand to buy.

Since changing to now tv for fibre broadband the wifi signal is not very good on my daughters chromebook using either 2.4ghz or 5ghz so can I use a powerline and pass through adapter for my daughters chromebook then use the 2.4ghz channel for my computer.

The council boarded where the old water tank was in the airing cupboard but they made a mess of if so I took it all off to redo but what's a better way of redoing it. When they fitted the architrave they couldn't get the piece with the red line to match with the uprights so they cut the end at...

Could someone give me some advice on sharpening plane blades on an oil stone as I'm not having much luck getting them sharp so I don't know if its my technique or the oil stone is the problem. I want to sharpen without a secondary bevel so if regrind the primary bevel on the course side it...

I have 3 block plane blades that has a primary bevel of 23, 24 and 25 degrees so I want to sharpen them all to 25 degrees but when I set the projection on the blade with the 25 degree bevel using a eclipse type honing guide should I only be sharpening at the tip of the blade.

I bought a set of brake discs and I thought they was faulty due to them having a machine mark but it turns out they are balancing marks but should I be worried that on one disc the balance mark is about 20mm then on the other disc the length of the balance mark is about 90mm. I've also noticed...

I'm looking to buy a 395 watch battery so my girlfriend went to the jewellers and they said they need the watch as there is different types of 395 batteries but is this true.

I'm trying to flatten the back of a new plane iron with 120 grit sandpaper on glass but I keep dubbing the edge so could someone tell me what I'm doing wrong. I though it was because I've not stuck the sandpaper down but I've read people are having the same problem when they stick the sandpaper...

I've made a mistake of sanding down my door frame with an electric sander and now the edge of the door frame is not square so it makes it hard to get a 6mm reveal so I can fit architrave. So could someone tell me what's the best way to get the frame square again so I can fit the architrave.

I had a carpet laid in my living room but the metal door strip has come loose so I tried to nail it back down but the nails are going in to some sort of old bitumen dpc so the nails won't hold. So what i was thinking of doing is to remove just enough bitumen and lay a sand and cement mix but as...

I've got two plastic shelving units and I would like to replace them with a 5x2 wooden bench but it has to have two shelves and a strong top just in case I fit a vice. I've looked on b&q website but i'm not to sure what wood to use for the shelves but for the frame they have 75mm x 47mm sawn...

I removed the skirting on my landing to renew some floorboards and now i don't know whats the best way to fit the skirting as the old skirting was nailed to the floorboards and there is no plaster to attach the skirting to. I'm thinking of screwing the skirting to the wall but would it best to...

I have been trying to drill holes in a tree stump using a old black & decker drill but as it don't have reverse i was finding it hard to remove the auger bit, so i used my challenge extreme drill and i burn't it out so now i need to buy a cheap drill but would a sds drill be any good.

I currently have a clip on lamp with a 60watt bulb in the attic and it's a load of rubbish so i'm thinking of replacing it with a 5 foot 58w fluorescent light like we have in the kitchen, so as i want to run the light from a plug do i need to know anything before buying a fluorescent light.