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The home belonged to my mother and she never threw anything away. The roll of paper had been in the loft for close on 20 years, in a box , BUT not in its original wrapper. I had to remove some paper from the wall for a plumbing project, so finding this long lost roll was a God send. It meant...

I presume that one of the newer acrylic based undercoats may have the same effect as using the emulsion straight away, as they are both water based??????????

I've put up a few lengths of embossed paper to match some already up in a house we've purchased. How long should the paper be left ( to dry out), before it can be safely emulsioned over? Thanks

Disconnected red wire as below. Boiler no longer fires up. On rewiring red symtpms repeated

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There is only one such valve in the system and it was playing up, as we could only get the CH working if the hot water was on demand as well. However, this was cured by fitting new top ( electrics) Valve is same as LH picture

The central heating comes on when the timer switches it despite the room temperature. Today a thermometer showed the air temperature around the room thermostat to being 20C. The dial on the room thermostat is turned right down to around 10C and still the heating comes on. The boiler A...

We have recently moved to a bungalow where all of the doors, including fitted-wardrobes and cupboards, are what could best be described, as being a wood veneer. This is fine, although faded and a little 'dried' out at the edges. These fit in well with the decor of the property and I would...

Just how flexible are these round tanks, as I do have limited space above hatch also

Unfortunately, subsequent extension work has made it impossible to increase the size of the loft access. Would I actually need 50 gallons of cold water feed? Baz

The water pressure in our bungalow is inadequate for a shower and so I would like to fit a Stuart Turner Showermate eco Pump (1.5 bar). The maximum flow is rated at 32 litres per min. As I live alone, there is no problem with water being drawn from elsewhere in the building when I am using the...