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    Problem With radiators Heating up

    Thanks to all for the advice. Cane................. 8)
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    Problem With radiators Heating up

    Thanks to all for your response, Turned all rads off upstairs as suggested by.... whitespirit66... and the rads have got much hotter at the top and warmer at the bottom. The side with the TRV on, is Red hot like before but the other pipe the other side of rad is slightly warm. Is it still...
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    Problem With radiators Heating up

    Hi Everyone, Can you experts help me out. I have a problem with three... Rads... in the lounge / dinningroom. When the heating fires up and gets to temperture, they get hot at the top and slightly warm further down the rad. Tryed bleeding to no affect. The pipe side with the TRV...
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    Whining Hot Water

    Hi everyone.......... :) Can anyone tell me when the hot water comes on in the morning, its not on very long and it starts to whine. The only way to stop it is to run the hot water for a second or so and it stops then its O.K, then it does it again, run the hot water then stops . Can...
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    Printer Problems

    Hi All, I have recently changed my printer to a HP Deskjet 3050A. I have loaded all the necessary software and made sure that all the updates have been downloaded. When pressing the print button, the command goes through to the printer and it appears to print. Infact the paper is blank and...
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    when is a woodchip ceiling not a woodchip ceiling? When....

    Be carefull with ... ARTEX...?. If your building was built before 1970 and the coating was applied at the same time its likely it contains... ASBESTOS FIBRES... which gave it strength when applied.. DO NOT SAND or SCRAPE. If built 70s/80s less likely, after 1984 very unlikely. Check out the...
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    Help - need to find this bolt

    Look under.. ENGINEERING FIXINGS.. on the....WEB... Socket Screw or Socket Bolt..... All sizes......... Fast Fix Direct.......... 8) G.L
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    Help me please celling patchy and driving me metal...!!!!

    Was the whole ceiling re-skimmed or just patches...... :) If so was the ceiling papered before, and the adhesive not cleaned of properly before skimming and was the ceiling sealed as mentioned before plastering, silicone, grease could cause the effect also of the orange peel effect. You might...
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    Paint or replace doors?

    If you decide to go down the.. DOOR... avenue try Howden Joinery they sell doors pre-primed ready to go. They also sell everything else to do with.. JOINERY.. :D
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    Kitchen cupboard paint...

    Have you thought of using a spray paint . 8) Look up... PLASTI-KOTE.. on the web colour charts, worth a try saves all those brush strokes. 8)
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    Painting Bannister - Any tips?

    Recently painted the wood work in my house and decided to use.. DULUX......SATINWOOD.... on the doors banister and skirting. Great finish not as shiny as... GLOSS... or as hardwearing , but self undercoating, wipeable , attractive and a alternative to GLOSS Good luck......... 8)
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    Cleaning

    Cheers for the reply much appreciated............ 8)
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    Bathroom worktop

    Look on the... FORMICA...website and look under.. SWATCHES..to see if there is anythng there with regards to laminate, then go along to a good joinery workshop and ask if it possible to make some worktop up to your requirements. All depends on what you want to spend, and what you want the job...
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    Cleaning

    Hello Everyone. Having a new BOILER fitted and the heating engineer has said he is putting a cleanser in the system one week before he changes the....BOILER. Can you professionals tell me will that clean any sludge etc out of the system when he comes to drain down the RADS /PIPEWORK ready...
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    exterior paints

    DULUX or SANDTEX good gear and covers well . Try your local paint store sometimes they have some good offers on well branded paints. DULUX.. paint stores sometimes quite expensive try.. BREWERS.. paint store if you have one in your area or any, trial and error good ,,,Luck. 8)
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    Condensation in bedroom

    If i remember write , you asked about ..DAMP BATHROOM WALL AND PAINTING..Dated FEB 13th with no follow up. It seems you have a big problem, if you. READ.. that blog and see whether there are any of those answers relevant to your problem . If not to save painting the walls with all those...
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    Grinder not Happy

    3.6 CONSISTENT TROUGHOUT A REVOLUTION is that on the METER or turning the shaft in the winding. :?
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    is Caulk like putty? how do I use it?

    Cut the nozzel on the tube to required size for gap. Apply evenly along the gap, work in acrylic filler with moist finger and allow to dry. Then when dry paint over the top of it.............Job Done. 8)
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    Grinder not Happy

    Set the meter to ohms 200 to 2000k all readings vertually the same 0.1 apart from 200 which read 3.6 is that good or bad measuring resistance is that correct. Cheers. 8)
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    Grinder not Happy

    Hi all , Thanks for the feed back , how do you know if the brushes have gone, and no it does not have a speed controller just on/off. There is a small block which looks like resin with wires coming out of it after where it comes into the GRINDER with a little black on it but no melted wires...
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