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That certainly reads like a good one for me to try. What is its "edge pickup" like? I have been trying out a tin of Bedec Aqua-Advanced on my skirting, and the edge is scuffing up worse than any paint I have ever used before - in under 1 minute in fact!

I know it's best to varnish them as timber, but this was an already painted old set of bannisters and I have decided I can't face stripping it all. I have looked at umpteen paints and they all say "avoid areas of high wear such as handrails". What's the least worst paint to use? I prefer...

Well I have come back to report that the manufacturers finally got back to me, and the answer is it's up to and inclusive of the pivot step, so yes you can stand on the rung where the two sides meet.

I have one of those combi ladders that can adjust into a stair ladder. The instructions say do not stand above where it's hinged (ie the rung that the red hooks have hooked onto) I just want to double check that "not above" means the hooked rung itself is ok to stand on, just not any of the...

No one ever heard of a door like this?

I removed a screwed-in burglar alarm thing from an aluminium back door (hinged) that was fitted before we moved into the house, and as I did so I noticed I could see the sky through the screw holes. I never really thought about how these doors are made before, but basically it is made out of...

No wonder the place I first tried to order the heater from were very reluctant to sell to me unless I had an existing flue already! Heh well it sounds like the core drilling method for this is outside my scope, so I shall go for plan B, make the hole with my normal tools and hacking out...

I am having a gas heater fitted, but because the gas fitter is a family member, we are planning to keep down costs by having me prepare the flue hole myself. It requires a 230mm diameter hole in a 9" standard Victorian brick wall. I can't find a) any core drill bits that size and b) any power...

No glue?

Don't know if I used the right word when I said laminate - it's just that white skin that you get on MDF bathroom furniture, not something I applied myself with contact adhesive.

Due to a leak already discussed in the plumbing forum, I now have a tiny bit of laminate lifting at the bottom of my high-gloss WC base cabinet, where the MDF swelled when wet. Now it's not so bad that I couldn't disguise it wth some white filler. But before I settle for that, is there...

Sadly, you're probably right. But I'm still eager to hear from anyone who can say "Oh I sprayed mine with MiracleSprayX and it stopped the leak!", so I'll hold off from doing anything other than changing the towel under it for a couple of days in the hopes...

My new toilet has been fitted for a few days, and I have a leak. It is an Ideal Standard toilet complete with Ideal standard concealed cistern (pushbutton flush) and cabinet. Although I checked the flush assembly backnut was as tight as it would go - it was factory assembled anyway, but they...

I think it is 99.99% certain it is not connected to *anything*. I don't like the idea of paying a couple of hundred quid just to have the overwhelming probability confirmed :( Supposing a gas-safe engineer came out to see to this for me, what steps would they take? How would they go about...

We don't have a household income currently. Therefore all work I can legally do myself will be done by myself. I am sure you know what I am likely to be charged for calling someone out.

Is it true that no plumber would join a new copper supply to old lead pipes? Since all the water pipes I know about are copper or plastic, and all the gas pipes I know about are copper, apart from some under various floorboards that are already open-ended with sections missing, does that give...

I am pretty sure this is an empty lead pipe, travelling vertically inside a lathe and plaster wall, that used to carry gas to a gas mantle. I need to get it out of the way so I can finish making this hole in my wall. Immediately above it, high up on the wall, is a sort of capped off bit...

I am going to try one of those Boa strap wrenches which I finally stumbled across. I guess that those nuts might be intended for turning as they have the little knurls on them. I even had a plumber round to quote and he couldn't twist the joints either!

I have bought one of these http://www.screwfix.com/p/adjustable-bend-grey-sp560/50087 and I can't loosen its joints to change its angles. Someone has done them up too tight. You can see there are a couple of huge knurled nuts that look like they need undoing. Is there a tool for those...

Ricicle, yes the consumer unit itself was fitted professionally and the work was certified. I guess the RCD, being sensitive, objected to something I have been happily doing all this time. Ok, I'll just take care in future to test each wires before starting work and not let the neutral and...