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Hello All, Having a nightmare with a bathroom ceiling. Ceiling shown in photos below was boarded and skimmed last year. Plaster was completely dry, given 2 x mist coat and then 2 coats of Zinnser Permawhite. 6 months later, its looks below. Never had problems like this before, any ideas what...

Hello all, Need to stop a dripping kitchen tap which is driving my mom slowly mad! Have replaced the cartridge on my own taps before but I have failed at the first hurdle on these one. Can anyone tell me how to remove the 1/4 turn levers on the taps in the attached photos please? There is no...

Hello all, Need to replace my combi drill and impact driver. Been looking at Bosch professional and Milwaukee kit, anyone got any thoughts/opinions/advice on how they compare to each other? Would be looking at the 18v range with a budget of around £250/300. Usage wise, I would say light...

Good morning all. Just wondering how the proper electricains out there go about wiring CUs with reference to pulling in the individual twin & earth cables? Do you prefer to pull in and strip all cables and then connect up the bank of CPCs and neutrels before moving on to the MCB...

Good evening all Have had our lounge re-plastered (back to brick, dabbed, skimmed) and Mrs BP asks for the whole room to be painted the same colour so all new plaster has been given 2 mist coats (thinned down matt emulsion) in prep for the top coat. Now I am sure you know where this is...

Good evening all Our gas meter is located in the corner of our lounge and there is a strange looking bracket fitted to the incoming main pipe which i could do with removing to patch a hole in the floor around the pipe. The bracket looks similar to an immersion heater spanner (only much...

Good Morning All Is there any way of extending the cable that connects in to a Virgin Media set top box? Reason for asking is we need to move the TV in to another room while we renovate the one its in now and Mrs BP won't be happy if she cannot have her beloved catch up service. Cable...

Good evening all As the title say, I have a daft question about oiling decking. After taking some advice from here, I have bought Liberon decking oil, tried out on an offcut and am happy with the results. When the weather allows (hoping for a couple of dry days.....yeah right) I am now...

Good Evening All. Have just finished building a new deck and am looking at oiling it now before the last of the decent weather passes us by. Been doing some reaserch and i like the look/sound of Liberon clear decking oil. Question is, has anybody on here used it and is it any good? Also...

Morning All Looking to install a wireless alarm on my 3 bedroom house. Not after anything fancy, just something that will make a noise and provide a bit of a deterrent. Something not to difficlut to install would also be a bonus. Looking at a budget of £200/£250. Problem is, which make to...

Evening All Got roped in to looking at the wiring in a friends house over the weekend. They have only been in 2 weeks and in that time, the landing light has never worked. After trying the obvious, removed the ceiling rose cover and found the neutrel had be left out and taped up. Most of...

Afternoon All I have some timber wardrode frames to paint (timber moulding and softwood framing) and have come across Dulux primer undercoat, the quick drying water based type. I like the sound of it doing both the priming and undercoat in one go and with time been a bit tight this would be a...

Good morning Gents I have a shower screen to fit against a fully tiled wall, problem is there is 50mm wide mosiac border tile in part of the run which protrudes about 2/3mm from the level of the rest of the tiling which in turn is going to prevent the screen from fitting flush against the...

Good evening Gents Just moved in to our new house and we are now in the process of refitting our bathroom. Fitter is coming to start on Friday but we are still unsure on how to heat it. There is currently a very new looking chrome towel rail in there which we were going to re-use but it...

Evening All I have a problem with a Rover 620Se petrol engine. When the car is stationary at say traffic lights etc the engine keeps on revving up on its own without touching the accelorator. Checking the rev counter it moves up from around 1000 RPM (tick over) to about 2000 RPM...

Good morning gents I have been tasked with building a rabbit hutch following days of trawling petshops and looking at the junk they sell for very high prices. I have sorted a design etc but am now wondering about the timber to use. Planning to use 2"x2" for all...

I have recently moved into a new house and found one corner of the garden very overgrown, it would appear that the previous owner had a vegetable patch there about 10 years ago. I have dug out off the overgrown weeds etc and left the patch of bare earth ready for turfing/slabbing when time...

Good Morning Factory spark here in need of some assistance. I am about to tear out an old patio door and replace it with french doors. There is a very grubby surface mounted alarm contact fitted to the patio door that i would like to replace with new. Question is how...