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I bought a big tin of Dulux weathershield undercoat and gloss to paint my garage door but still have most of it left. I need to paint some new skirting inside, is it alright to use this paint as it was quite expensive and dont want it to go to waste. Is it easy to use for skirting and will it...

I cant find anything in the FAQ about 'mains flush' or about cleaning the system, only about what the chemicals do. Maybe I am looking in the wrong place. Could you please give me the link to the post or copy it into this thread. Thanks Blob

I have tried balancing which didnt work, I also did put in 2 bottles of sludge remover but didnt close off the working rads. My cousin who's a plumber thinks it might be because those radiators all come off a 15mm main pipe whereas the rest come off 22mm main pipe, and also that they are the...

I used sentinal X400 for about 2 months then sentinal X100 inhibitor. I dont know what temperature my CH was at...if you meant at the room thermostat then it was low 20'sC. Most of my radiators have been replaced with new ones due to renovation and it is only the old ones that have the black...

Thanks for the reply. What do I need to do to it. I have tried using system cleaner then inhibitor but that did not do anything. How can I get ridd of the black stuff. Also, (I dont know if this is related but I think it is), the radiators on one half of my house upstairs dont really heat up...

Why is it that when I bleed my radiators the water that comes out is black, and i mean BLACK, but when I drain my system the water that comes out is clear. Then when I fill up the system and bleed the radiators again to release the air the water is black again.

I am putting up some curtain poles in my house and I have seen in other homes they have a batton screwed to the wall and then the curtain pole crewed into the batton. Is there any benefit of doing this? Thanks Blob

I am painting the walls in my living room two different colours, however the corner of the room where the walls meet arent straight. What I mean by that is corner is uneven and 'wavy' from top to bottom. How do I get a straight looking line between the two colours because if I follow the...

I have used silicone remover before, you need to remove as much of the silicone as you can first with a scraper or blade them put on lots of the silicone remover and leave it for a few hours (I first thought i would see it melt infront of my eyes but it doesnt)

I have had a room skimmed about a month ago and it now looks fully dry, do I really need to do a mist coat with matt paint or can I just paint Dulux vinyl matt straight onto it as its fully dry. Also if I am doing a mist coat I have bought Dulux Supermatt which I will dilute 3 to 1, is this...

Hi, I am planning on using Dulux Trade Diamond Satinwood paint for my skirting boards. What is your opinion on this product, is it any good?. I have used it once before but found it difficult to apply at first then became easier with practice but still harder to use than oilbased paints...

Thanks for the advise guys, i wont be fitting a flueless fireplace. Do you know of any other brands of the side vented fires and which one do you recommend as the only one that the local fireplace shops know about is magiglo? Thanks

Thanks for the replys, Namsag - would you not have one because of the noise or the safetey issues. What other options do i have that imight not know about.

Hi all, I have a fireplace that has a flue that goes straight out of the wall (balanced flue i think), however, i have now had an extension to the house so this is no longer an outside wall and now need to replace this fireplace (I dont have an outside wall anymore and i dont have a chimney)...

Hello all, I have a problem and i hope someone can help me. I have had an extension done on my kitchen and the floor in the new part is about an inch lower than the old part. Also I used an SDS drill to remove the old tiles in the old part (i think i should have just tiled over them) which...

Thanks for the help and advise.

I have had an extension on to my house and am having double glazing fitted to the whole house. The window fitter said there would only be trickle vents on the windows of the the extension and not all the windows. Should I insist on havng trickle vents on all the windows or are they not necessary.

I am having some new PVC bay windows fitted in my house. My window fitter said there is a few different ways of fitting the different panels together (i think one of them is with a pole or something) I was wondering if anyone know which is the best way to fit the panels together to get the...

I am having a ground floor rear kitchen extension and will knock through what was the original outside wall into the extension to create one big room. There will be a structural beam where the old wall was, however, this beam will be resting on parts of the original wall which will be...