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chipped the paint off,tightened the nut! ANOTHER JOB WELL DONE! Cheers!!!

the stop cock has been painted over a dozen times but the tap end looks a dirty brass colour rather than black. It will have been put in when houses were built in 50's! I will try tighten things n see how it goes. As my tap handle is on the side,rather than at the top I assume you mean the...

Turned stop tap off about 1 hour ago to replace tap on bathroom sink. Turned water back on but now my STOP TAP is dripping/leaking at a rate of 1 pint in 3-4 mins (I have a pint jug under it so thats how I know!) Not done the obvious (which is to turn it off) as my washing machine is running...

Cheers mate! Thats what I'll have to do then! It's claustrophobic enough in my little kitchen without paper falling on my head! Other alternative is to only invite pigs round! Apparently they can't look up towards the sky (or ceiling in my case!) Sharonxx

I have no idea about anything!!! Its very 'homemade'...its probably very slow on a normal day but with speakers it's even slower! I was given a pc in October 2004,it blew up a year later (sparks did fly!)! My bro then put all the workable bits in an old one of his! Worked a treat! Till...

Any music I play or anything I listen to on-line seems to play at a slower rate at times and also with skips/misses (like the comedian who used to pretend he had a faulty mic a fair few years ago!) Also while music is playing my screen freezes and I'm unable to go to next page etc. :x Any...

its silk (dulux Luxurious Silk to be precise!) The main thing is its hard to get to in places. I will try a wet cloth,and see how it goes! Sharon xx

I am almost ready (well after yet another school holiday that will be upon me before I know it!)to tackle my little kitchen! The Distemper on the ceiling obviously has caused all the flaking (I am assuming) or could this be from general kitchen heat/steam etc?! I was thinking of papering the...

Hi all, Glossed hall/landing/stairs about 2 week ago,then papered and emulsioned. Just realised today that where I had forced emulsion inbetween some pipes (as that was the only way to get to it!) I have daubed paint all over the skirting and it keeps looking at me!! I knew I had done this at...

Wow, I really am surprised that Wilkinsons are allowed to sell such things on the bottom shelf! I will keep children,batteries and the likes away from it!

I know,I cant believe he did it! I could easily blame myself for this incident as kids are curious and I should have hid it...but I had mentioned the 'razor sharp wool' to them many times!! I remember my estranged father in the 70's to have done the same thing. He was a lorry driver and I was...

I have ended up glossing the window cill in white! When I'd finally got all the layers of paint off I tried the white spirit and wire wool (which got the primer off!)but to be honest the cill was heavily scratched,filled in in places and also had many nail holes. What a waste of lovely wood...

Thanks for all replies etc. A cold and windy day a couple of weeks ago I'd been out and noticed the water in the gully trap was really low. Went and got the marigolds on and an old small cup. I baled out all the water then got my hand down round and up the 'u bend'! It was so clogged up! I...

Thanks again! I've almost got all the 10 layers of paint off now! Just waiting for the last section to bubble! So time for a tea break and a nosey on the forum! I will get some white spirit tomorrow,and wire wool and let you know how it looks. I am confident that it will look great now...

Cheers for reply! I would have liked it to be the natural wood colour it once was but I would happily choose a dark option as my 2nd choice. Failing that it will have to be white gloss! Anything is better than the 10 layers of paint with numerous painted over chips!! I have just been up...

I have almost got my landing window cill down to the bare wood after using paint stripper and scrapers. I can see what appears to be a translucent almost pinky looking stuff. Does it sound familiar to anyone? I was thinking primer. If so how could I remove it as I want to stain/varnish the...

Hi, My sis has a washing machine crisis. When she puts it on a program to wash, it has recently started ok but then seems to stick in the one place,dial refuses to budge any further. She is then manualy turning the dial to get it on to the next stage. Can anyone help?.... a) because I...

Thankyou to poster and repliers of this thread,I know I'm a month later than the last post but it was 'new to me'!!. After about 6 months of writing quid/pound and having @ where the " is (and others all over the place), on the DELL keyboard someone gave me to replace my old dead one! I have...

Thanks for the reply, Yes,I put it in the Decorating section just after the one I put on the Builders section (copy and paste is great!) I got similar replies-and it's definately distemper! I thought of it as some plaster substitute rather than a paint of days gone by. I love to learn and I...

Mmmm, So glad the horses were dead before having their hooves boiled up! :lol: Not sure if you are having a laugh there JohnD but I believe it anyway as I remember something from childhood about old horses being sent to the glue factory! Never used a steam stripper before but I have had many...