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Emulsion first coat for wet room?

We have some bare (skimmed) plaster in our new wet room, what should one use for a first coat? I.e. can it be thinned '...
2 comments posted 7yrs
posted by cl
2 comments posted 7yrs posted by cl

Cutting a paving slab

I have to make a single cut in a two inch thick basic concrete paving slab. I believe that dry power cutting is frowned...
17 comments posted 7yrs
posted by mail
17 comments posted 7yrs posted by mail

A little light relief

Why is it the packs of Tucs cheese biscuits invariably arrive broken or weakened such that they snap as the cheese is a...
122 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tim
122 comments posted 7yrs posted by tim

No timer on HW/CH system?

Combi boiler in a flat with just a room stat in the lounge (from what I can see). Can you get (at a reasonable cost) a...
50 comments posted 7yrs
posted by news
50 comments posted 7yrs posted by news

Cordless angle grinder (4.5inch): recommendations

Hello all. I'm thinking about buying a cordless grinder and I would appreciate recommendations. I have an old, very che...
4 comments posted 7yrs
posted by bill.shitner
4 comments posted 7yrs posted by bill.shitner

Yorkshire tea ... one for Bill maybe

Can you brew Yorkshire tea in Scotland or is it only compatible with hard water? As far as I can see, Yorkshire has har...
43 comments posted 7yrs
posted by newsgroups
43 comments posted 7yrs posted by newsgroups

Where do smart meters get their power from?

These may be naive questions but I can't find answers anywhere. The context is our energy supplier may well ask us to i...
44 comments posted 7yrs
posted by usenet
44 comments posted 7yrs posted by usenet

Re: Voting students

> Ah, I'm sure Rod said "anywhere in the country". Maybe I mis-read > "constituency" as "country". Voting at any pollin...
16 comments posted 7yrs
posted by spuorgelgoog
16 comments posted 7yrs posted by spuorgelgoog

OT: They are busy today

It's only lunchtime, and so far, I have had two BT technicians on the 'phone, both offering to fix my non-existent inte...
15 comments posted 7yrs
posted by davey
15 comments posted 7yrs posted by davey

Fitting TRVs

Is the connection between a radiator tail and the actual valve any sort of standard? And/or the overall "width" of the...
26 comments posted 7yrs
posted by ben
26 comments posted 7yrs posted by ben

Free music for quiz

My wife wants to create a music based quiz with clips from musicals and old hits. What is the best (free) way of doing t...
6 comments posted 7yrs
posted by train.JPlant
6 comments posted 7yrs posted by train.JPlant

MS Security Essentials

I use Win 7, and MS Security Essentials as one of my two anti-malware systems (Malwarebytes being the other). Support f...
31 comments posted 7yrs
posted by me
31 comments posted 7yrs posted by me

Kitchen cupboard carcasses - where to buy?

The next in a long-running series of questions ... where to buy kitchen cupboard carcasses? My list so far has Howdens,...
42 comments posted 7yrs
posted by nothanks
42 comments posted 7yrs posted by nothanks