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hi. So it appears that I have made a school boy error by painting Dulux Matt Emulsion over some old existing Silk Emulsion paint and now it appears to be flaking with an 'alligator skin' look. Looking at threads on here it appears I should have prepped and sanded before hand but I didn't...

hi. I have just bought a 'ready primed' window board to use as an internal step to finish off our french doors. I was going to paint it with Satin Gloss but wanted to protect it further with it being a step. Can i apply some kind of varnish (I'm after a satin finish), to protect the gloss? If...

Hi All, As of yesterday we suddenly get hot water from all of our cold taps for approx 30 secs before running warm (it never actually gets cold as such). This has been working fine up until now. We have an open vented system with an immersion tank and 2 header tanks in the loft. I have...

hi all, there is plenty of info on here about how to stop the dreaded orange peel effect but I wanted to check that what I've read is most likely to do the trick before I redo my whole room to no avail! Using a medium pile roller I have applied 1 coat of wickes trade matt emulsion as a...

Hi, I am having trouble with my Feed & Expansion tank (smaller tank) in the loft overflowing constantly and water continually pouring out of the overflow pipe into the garden. (this is off the back of this post, but the cause is not the valve...

**please note I am not going to undertake this work myself - just need to know if its possible before getting someone in** Hi all. We have a pantry in our kitchen that contains our fuse box(old school fuses with fuse wires). I would like to hide our fridgefreezer in here out of the way but...

Hi all. So we ripped out the fireplace in our house and bricked up the hole then patch plastered over the hole. Unfortunately after sanding it down and a first coat of paint it looks terrible. You can see the outline of the hole as well as the uneveness of the wall where the fire surround...

Hi, We are looking to knock down a brick wall between our bathroom and toilet to make one room. There is no wall beneath the wall to be removed and loft space above it. There is a joist that runs the length of the wall but offset (only approx 1cm of joist actual sits on the wall). This is...

Hi, I have recently filled a couple of large holes with one coat plaster (using PVA as a key), then filled any smaller holes that I left behind. I'm after some advice on what to do next. I would like to lay down a base coat to cover up some small dints, scratches, cracks etc on all walls...

Hi All, I have a problem with my hot water header tank and heating expansion tank in that they leak a lot of water out of the waste exit pipes. They always appear to be dripping ever since we moved into the house about a month ago. Normally this would be a big deal but I am wanting to build a...

Hi All, I appreciate that you guys cant formally advise on this work (requires a Structural Engineer and plans etc), but I wondered if anyone had any thoughts on my builders quote of work to remove a load bearing wall between our kitchen and dining room. The Wall * Spans 4.35 metres and...

Hi All, I realise there are several other posts on here re this issue and I have read through alot of them to troubleshoot my problem but to no joy. I wondered if anyone could help please - I am new to all of this btw! We have a gas boiler and CH, but no DHW. Some info: 1) Cold water...