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by Masheded
Wed Aug 11, 2010 3:08 am
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Voltage reduced to zero when load is applied.
Replies: 4
Views: 2963

Thanks guys... Ive had 2 sparkys look at it now, theyve tested it for free (gentlemen) and walked away. They have said its such a confusing set up, to test it all could take a couple of days to work out what goes where, and it still could be somthing else, and i got the impression its "one of t...
by Masheded
Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:24 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Voltage reduced to zero when load is applied.
Replies: 4
Views: 2963

Voltage reduced to zero when load is applied.

Ok here goes, Whilst doing some diy at a friends house i hit a mains cable feeding the 1st floor lights (i know, no need to say it). The fuse box is of 1960 manufacture if not earlier, and is the sort that takes the bacolite fuse cartridges using fuse wire. I must stress now that i have no electrica...
by Masheded
Wed Jun 23, 2010 6:58 pm
Forum: Plastering and Dry Lining Forum
Topic: Misses in new plastered ceiling-desperate for advice
Replies: 1
Views: 3063

Im hoping for KBrownie to help me out here, i thought if i spray the exsisting plaster with water around the misses, i can trowel some plaster into it, and keep it wet then trowel it off? re-skimming is not an option.

Help me kb
by Masheded
Wed Jun 23, 2010 6:49 pm
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: Can I paint an adjoining neighbour's wall?
Replies: 5
Views: 20362

Hi,

have you thought about some free standing trellis and some passion fruit or similar fast attractive growing vine? Problem solved, and you get some beatiful flowers too. Sound like your neighbours wont agree to anything lol, think along these lines.

Atb
Mash
by Masheded
Wed Jun 23, 2010 6:37 pm
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: Repairing fine cracks in render
Replies: 2
Views: 21054

Hi, sounds as if the render coat was mixed with too much sand, this would explain the difference in consitency. Please be aware i am a NOT a builder or renderer. However, again i would say to you, if the cracks are not too deep ( if they are, than fill out with external filler), i would take some of...
by Masheded
Tue Jun 22, 2010 6:28 pm
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: I've sanded through the top hardwood layer of wooden floor
Replies: 3
Views: 3853

Hi, Im assuming this is a lamenated wooden floor bought in packs? i once made the same mistake with a coffee table from ikia to discover chipboard in the centre panels. You dont have many options here. Is the floor tounge and groove?, could you replace the area with boards from under the sofa or fur...
by Masheded
Tue Jun 22, 2010 6:01 pm
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: painting external masonary
Replies: 8
Views: 9558

Hi, i see what your saying here fella. Just finished my brothers georgian house sympathetic full renovation. You gotta love that house, cuz "they dont make em like they used to!" thank god. It maybe the answers staring you in the face here......Have you tried getting a shovel full of coars...
by Masheded
Tue Jun 22, 2010 5:24 pm
Forum: Plastering and Dry Lining Forum
Topic: Plastering following damp proofing
Replies: 4
Views: 3679

Hmm, sounds as if either the walls havnt been P.V.A'd properly (if at all), or the plaster was mixed too thick when applied. Or perhaps it was "laid on" to thick. If plaster is applied thicker than the recommended 2 to 3 mm per coat, it can cause this. If your walls were very out of level,...
by Masheded
Tue Jun 22, 2010 12:22 pm
Forum: Plastering and Dry Lining Forum
Topic: Plasterboard ceilings with leaks
Replies: 2
Views: 3180

Hi, Are you friendly with the upstairs neighbours? Have you discussed this with them? This sounds awful, and these problems are easier resolved if you can all club together. Water pooling on the plaster board can quite easily cause a major fire risk if it gets into the light fittings etc, and cause ...
by Masheded
Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:24 am
Forum: Plastering and Dry Lining Forum
Topic: Misses in new plastered ceiling-desperate for advice
Replies: 1
Views: 3063

Misses in new plastered ceiling-desperate for advice

Hi, I have just finished a nightmare ceiling of 13" by 8". This was the first ceiling ive have plastered, but have plastered many walls without problems. After removing the artex from this pre war attic room, and replacing some rotten board, i was ready to go, and employed a labourer for t...
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