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Hi can anyone advise me on a small plastering job. I wish to skim 2 small wall areas which are about 6 Sq. metres each. 1/ The 1st area is a plastered wall which has been painted with some kind of mat finish water paint. I have tried to scrape the paint off but the paint surface and the...

Hi could anyone advise as to the best sizing material for use on plaster walls some of which is old plaster and some of it is new plaster. Thank Cheers Tony

Hi –Can anyone please advise me whether or not it is possible to overlay existing vinyl floor tiles with new ceramic/porcelain floor tiles. The area in question is only about 3 sq m. and the existing tiles are300mm X 300mm X 4mm thick, they are about 40 years old, self coloured, non-flexible...

Hi, I wonder if someone could offer advice on the fixing of upvc sections. I am intending to overlay my existing internal cill/window boards with “L” shaped (220mm 22mm X 9mm) upvc sections. I don’t want to take out the original boards because they appear to be quite sound but because...

Hi, can anyone tell me where I can buy a "bubble" (preferably plastic) for my boat level. The phial needs to be about 60mm long X 10mm diam. Any info would be appreciated Cheers, Tony

Is it possible to quote only part of a previous post for inclusion in a new post as opposed to including the entire post. I apologize if this has been asked before but I couldn't find a previous post dealing with this. Thanks Tony

Hi-I wonder if anyone can help. This may not be the correct forum but I couldn't see one that was more appropriate. My hobby apart from general DIY is radio and telivision repairs, general dabbling in computers and electronics and model making. All for my own amazment I might add and...

Hi --can anyone help me with this problem. At the bottom of my WC pan there is a large amount of white scale. It maybe because I live in a hard water area. I've tried scraping and bleach but it seems to be very hard and impervious and I don't want to apply too much force in case I...

Hi I wonder if someone could offer me some advice. Some years ago before retirement I worked on a large Local Authority new build housing project. The plumbing was all carried out in compression fittings and all the compression joints were made using Boss white (or some such other jointing...

HI—Can anyone help. When I started to decorate my bathroom I noticed that the ceiling appeared to have been painted with matt or silk oil paint. To make sure, I used an electric hot air gun on the corner of the ceiling and it was definitely oil paint. I wish to paint the ceiling with...

During the course of some minor plumbing alterations I came to a problem for which I should be grateful for some advice. When I reached the stage of connecting the new 15mm pipe work to the old 1/2 inch pipe work I intended to use a straight 15mm compression coupling. However, try as I...

A number of years ago I was talking to the sales manager of quite a large painting manufacturer and I asked him what the difference was between normal white gloss paint and radiator paint. He told me the difference was that "they had different labels on the tin"???.And he wasn't joking|...

I am new to this forum so I don't know if this has been posted before. So,here goes .Can anyone tell me if it is OK to use Acrylic primer,undercoat and gloss paints for normal household uses. I ask this because it does appear to be so much cheaper than ordinary oil paints even when provided...

Hi I am having a new combi gas boiler installed which will feed 10 Rads. Do Ihave to install TRVs on all rads (I know one should be left off in the room where the stat is). But I live alone and as all bedroom rads are very rarely (if ever )used do I need to install TRVs in these to comply...