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Anyone used this stuff before to tile onto painted surfaces? I'm putting a mosaic splashback in the kitchen on recently plastered walls with a mist coat of emulsion & two coats of zinsser mould resistant paint on them (water based acrylic & latex). Paint seems to be well stuck, but don't know if...

Hi peeps, Can anyone clarify whether I can use one of these http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?cId=102500&ts=10129&id=91679 in a mains halogen spotlight, type GU10 rated to 50W max? It's one from b&q....vague I know.

Previous owners had a big range cooker on 6mm sq cable from CU 40 amp MCB via cooker connection unit. I only have a donated 2.6KW oven as can't afford what they took out. As this works out as drawing 11.3amp would I be best to just plug it in through a 13amp plug or can I replace the MCB for a...

Hi peeps, Will try to keep this short & sweet first.... My situation is I've been given a washing machine from a friend (Hoover AC328), can't find manuals for it, know little about it but that he said he'd had no bother with it apart from a leaky hose which I've changed. Problem lies in...

:cry: Calling all cars!! (Especially Super Zampa!) I've gone and made a right balls up of stripping some woodwork by not cleaning down thouroughly (long night of work, dragged myself of to bed a bit to soon! :oops: ). What can I do to make sure the paint I put on actually sticks and doesn't...

So.....with the new harmonised colours coming in does that mean we should be starting to mark say, switched lives with brown sparks tape or stick with the red? :? Just a point that came up in the office as we while away this sunny afternoon...

:( Sorry for the essay! Thought I had it all figured out with this lighting malarky, till I encountered this little fellow lurking amongst the rafters.. Basically there's a double switch on my door frame, left hand switches one light, right hand did switch another until it was...

Hi again, I've got my selv fan for my bathroom and am running the cables needed before the bathroom gets plastered and tiled up. I'll be getting a spark to do the connections as there's a couple of other jobs need doing anyway, never mind the part P :o( I just want to check that what I put in...

Might sound stupid but the range of tiles we're putting in our bathroom doesn't have round edged types for external corners, and I can't find any edging strip to match. Can I cut the tiles with a 45 degree edge with an electric tile cutter so that they meet neatly?, or grind them?

Hi Guys, I've got a towel rad to fit into my bathroom in place of my old rad which was connected to the CH system feed and return with 8mm microbore pipe. Problem is the valves on the towel rad need to be connected to 15mm pipe. Been searching around as I thought I could get an adaptor for...

Hi chums, Before I ask, I know the in's and outs with part P and won't be installing this myself! I've been searching all over the net for SELV fans for my new bathroom. Being a technical geek I find myself needing to explore every option out there, looking at decibels, looks, automatic...

Hi all, I'm seriously thinking about putting my new boiler in the loft as we are really tight for space in the kitchen (the only other alternative is the box room). I've had mixed opinions on this from the big companies and local fitters, BG were happy to take it on and run the flue up the...