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I've painted new wood with emulsion. It's very quick and easy to apply compaired to gloss. But it does become 'grubby' very easily and isn't as hardwaring as gloss. In areas were the wood gets a lot of 'handling' you may find you need to give it a coat of clear varnish.

Did I mention I was 85?

I'm 85 so I don't take things personally anymore :)

Just to let you know (as I'm sure you are really interested ;) ). I've had a few quotes and a nice friendly helpful local plumber person is coming on Monday to put me a new tank in :)

Thank you very much for kindly directing me to the new forum rules. I wasn't aware that they existed in their current form, since I have not visited the site for some time until recently. What a nice bunch of shining wits you all are!

Looked in the airing cupbard today and notice towels wer wet. On closer examination I noticed a small drip of water from the underside of the cold water tank at the top of the airing cupbard. I'm not sure if the water is originating from where a pipe comes from the bottom the the tank or from...

Anyone got any ideas on this one - the noise if scaring my wife (and our dog doesn't like it either!).

My boiler has just started making a high pitch whining, squeeching noise! The boiler is a Glowworm Fanned Flue model, so I was wondering if the noise is coming from the fan bearings? It certainly doesn't sound like any noise I've heard before from a boiler!

I've found the B&Q Everywhere paint works quite well if you want a bit of colour.

Never noticed Nen's head wobble - perhaps it's because I'm always looking at his wife :wink:

Try here: http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/viewprod/e/ECOXTEX/

I'm in the middle of tiling my bathroom and also use a water cooled tile saw. I use a fine permanent overhead projector pen and dry the tile before marking it.

One idea I had was to use treated round tree stakes (about 2" diameter). I was going to cut them to different lengths and then hammer them into the ground around the lawn to give an interesting random height edging. Every so often one stake would be hammered deeper to give increased support...

According to BS EN 60898 the tripping characteristics are: Type B: 3 to 5 x Rated Current Type C: 5 to 10 x Reated Current Type D: 10 to 14 x Rated Current

My dog has managed it!

I don't think licking you finger is a good idea - especially if using sanitry sealant that added anti-fungaside added! If sealing a bath it's best done with the bath full of water - stick you finger or whatever you are using in the bath water to stop the silcone sticking :)

Frog - the indentation in the face of a brick, which makes it both easy to handle and bed into mortar.

I'm about halfway through my bathroom re-fit and it's taking about 10 times longer than I planned! The bath and shower are all finished and all tiling around that area complete. The tiling behind the wash basin is complete. I attempted to fit the basin on Saturday, but it was one of those...

Sounds like a gopher from Caddyshack :P

We took the car to the local garage to have a look - because the seat belt has a pre-tensioner linked to the airbag we will have to replace the whole assembly at £135 plus fitting! :shock: