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Hi im looking to fix my shed/garage. Basically. I have a wooden frame garage with a solid roof but no walls. I have these materials. Taurpaulin sheets. Thick polythene sheets. Osb2 and timber from large cupboard (hardwood i think) in large 8by 4 sheets. Hiw would people use these to...

Are you sure. Chrome plates certainly should. Sorry what i meant was there is no earth connected to the current plastic one. There is on the chrome one. How can i check to make sure the cpcis connected to earth?

Hi im replacing some sockets and switches. Ive replaced the brass ones and managed fine. I had noticed they back boxes werent earthed so connected earth from the faceplate to back box. Also some werent sleeved so managed to sleeve these. Only problem is that some are plastic and have no...

Hi i bought a house 3 months ago, and just getting to the garage now. Its a timber frame garage, that had cement asbestos sheets as the external walls, (no walls internally). the asbestos cement have been removed and now i have simply a timber frame with roof. Im not sure what to use as...

I need to do walls inside but i dont know if my skills aee good enough. As all i Hear is that a bad job looks fine when newly plastered but once painted looks terrible Last thing i want is to do loads and it seem ok then find wjen painting that its actually terrible.

I need to do walls inside but i dont know if my skills aee good enough. As all i Hear is that a bad job looks fine when newly plastered but once painted looks terrible Last thing i want is to do loads and it seem ok then find wjen painting that its actually terrible.

Thanks diy newbie. The thing is i wasnt going to do the whole wall bit just practice little bit so thats why i started in the middle. The reason for all this is couple walls needs plastering in main living room. My qiestion is that if im going to put lining paper over the wall and paint the...

First time plastering. To be honest im quite pleased. The hardest part was choos8ng the correct plaster. E.g browning. Bonding. Thistle. Mutli finish. Undercoat. Fin8sh etc etc I ended up with some bonding coat and multi finish. I got british gypsom thistle stuff. THis was a practice wall...