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Has anyone ever tried spraying lacquer on to melamine? I have some boxing in to do and wanted to have as close to a high gloss finish as possible to match a sink unit. My cunning plan is to find some old white melamine from an old wardrobe, clean it up, spray it, et viola! If this is a no go...

That is the type of thing but I have only found minimum width of 150mm on pre vented soffit, I didn't really want it that deep. Can it be ripped down its length? Sorry I know its a dumb question but I am dumb

I have an ambitious plan to build a workshop. It will have a flat roof and I'm considering a GRP covering. I found an excellent YouTube how to for the GRP bit, just need a bit of help with the fascia and soffit detail. My question is what to do when joining the fascia to the roof joists and how...

Thanks for the replies, i dont know what was happening but its all working now. Just upgraded to IE9 and voila :D

On my desktop i have hotmail as a favourite, when i click on it it doesnt load up, its just a blank screen. i noticed the bar at the top is coloured green? it isnt coloured green when i open up additional tabs. there isnt a problem accessing hotmail when i use my phone or tablet, just seems to...

I had a new front door fitted and the door is now in the front external wall. the old door was set back 2feet or so from the external wall. above the old door and frame is some brickwork, i dont know what kind of wall it is ie load bearing etc, but there is a crack in line with the mortar about...

I have an old concrete garage, circa 1950's which I'm using as a workshop. It is very dilapidated and is a matter of time before if collapses on my head. My plan is to demolish and then build a new workshop using concrete block. I have no idea of the condition or depth of the foundations and in...

Wtf, come down this morning and everything is hunky dory! Do these fridges self reset in hot weather? No smell or leak either

Am at my in laws house. There was an awful smell like drains in the house. Managed to figure out it was coming from the fridge freezer. It's an aeg Santo, we checked for blockages in the pipes that run to the drip tray and the drip tray itself was bone dry and they were fine. While we were...

I Haven't watched anything via the tablet since it happened so I can't say if it affects that. It is coming off a terrestrial signal and the tv is a 40" toshiba. I'll post up the model number when I get in. I have looked briefly on other forums etc and there seems to be a feeling that once one...

I bought a nexus10 tablet and was watching stuff on my tv via the HDMI lead to the tablet. This morning the tv seems to have lost its blue. Its not an old tv, we bought it new about 6/7 years ago. It was fine yesterday and I wasnt using the tablet to watch stuff through it. Is it coincidence...

Hello everybody peeps, My question is a simple one. My computer is quite far from a bt point, so to get on t'internet I bought a wi-fi thingamajig from argos. This works fine but my computer runs very slowly and i was told this is because wi-fi uses/stores more temporary files and they need to...

Prior to the boiler going in, one of the engineers that came to quote suggested that there may be an issue with pressure which might affect the boiler function. I asked the water board to come and check it out and we were happy that there was more than enough pressure and the flow rate was ok...

Please help, The hot tap in our bath has started acting up. It flows fine for about 5-10seconds, spurts and splutters a bit, then eventually nothing comes out. However, if I open the hot or cold tap in the bathroom sink, the water starts to flow out of the hot tap in the bath! The cold taps are...

In answer to your question, no I am not a plasterer. I already have a job that I love and don't intend on changing profession. I did do a 5 day course to learn the basics so I could use the new skills in my own home. I will admit I do ask a lot of questions hence the amount of posts on the...

Hi all, there is a wall vent in the room I wil be skimming. I want to remove it as it lets in so much air it chills the room! Question is can/should I and do I need to replace with bricks or would I get away with plasterboard or a piece of ply? The room has a window so I was wondering why the...

Thanks for such a quick reply! Really appreciate your advice. Will start doing it right now.

Hi all, was attempting to scrape off high points on ceiling in preparation for sealing up. The damned scraper is just bouncing over the top of what I can only describe as internal roughcast. Was thinking how to get round this. Should I A- Apply WBA to ceiling then x3 skim over that? B- Seal...

Didn't realise they were the price of a pint! Ha ha, should've checked out the prices before

Be doing it myself. Have 3 bedrooms to do, one has wallpaper but I can only assume that will be the same finish when I strip it off. I have looked into the WBA V PVA question and find more people use bonding agent and say it ultimately gives a better base, less cracking, more chance of staying...