This is actually a problem I have been faced with myself. After never knowing the pin code to my own alarm, despite living in this house for years, I accidentally set the alarm off. I managed to flip the fuse for the alarm when trying to turn the downstairs lighting circuit off! This activated the…
Most households will have Polyfilla sitting around at the back of a cupboard. For that reason, you may well be tempted to use it to fill some holes in wood. But can you use Polyfilla on wood? Let’s find out! Can you use Polyfilla on wood? Yes, you can. Regular Polyfilla for walls can be…
This is a really common question for a lot of people. Maybe you need to move your washing machine to somewhere where the only nearby waste is a rainwater downpipe. Or sometimes people have just moved into a house and the waste is already set up like this and you are wondering if this is…
So your washing machine is shaking around like crazy, you obviously want to get that fixed quickly. I won’t mess about with a load of fluff and filler here and will instead get straight down to the most common reasons for a shaking washing machine. Is the machine new? Or have you recently moved? If…
So you want to know how thick a dot and dab wall is? There are a few different reasons why you may be asking this so I will attack the answer from a few different angles, hopefully I cover everything you need! How big is the gap between plasterboard and brick in a dot and…
Gloss paint can take a while to dry, maybe you found your way here after questioning why your paint still wasn’t dry, even hours later? Well worry no longer, I have gathered all of the information together from all of the leading paint brands in order to answer this question once and for all. So…
So you are doing some cleaning and you have been told to use rubbing alcohol, but what does that mean exactly? You have gone to the shed and found a bottle of white spirit, is white spirit rubbing alcohol? Or if not can it be used in its place? Well, let’s have a little look…
You must be here because you are waiting on some bitumen paint to dry, or you’re about to start painting with it and want to know when you will be able to apply a second coat of the paint. Or maybe even paint over the top of it. So how long does bitumen paint take…
Composite doors have a lot going for them and are becoming more and more popular in the UK. But they aren’t cheap, especially when compared to uPVC doors that we are all more familiar with. So if you are about to spend a chunk of money on a composite door then you undoubtedly want to…
Finding the perfect shade of fence paint can be hard, there are so many different companies offering their own colours, how do you choose? Well, to try and make things a lot easier for you we have gathered all of the different brands into one place and made our own ultimate fence paint colour chart,…
This is a really specific one, but if you have found this article then it is obviously something you want to know. Can you paint composite decking with chalk paint? Well, I have some composite decking samples lying around along with some Rustoleum chalk paint. So let’s get it painted and see how well the…
There’s only one reason you’ve made it here, you want to paint some acrylic with chalk paint. but does this even work, can you paint acrylic with chalk paint? Well, there is only one way to know for sure, let’s test it. To test whether you can paint acrylic with chalk paint I grabbed a…
So you’re here because you want to paint some melamine with chalk paint, but you are not sure how well it will work. Well, there is only one way we can figure this out for sure, test it! I grabbed a melamine sample square and a tin of Rustoleum chalk paint and did some painted….
So you want to thin down some Hammerite, possibly to spray it. But official Hammerite thinners are expensive, so what are the alternatives? well, let’s have a look at what you can use instead of the official Hammerite thinners. White Spirit Instead of Hammerite Thinners So the obvious place to start when looking for an…
So you want to hang something heavy on a plasterboard wall? Maybe a TV, Radiator or even a large mirror. Regardless of what it is you are hanging on the plasterboard, you are here because you want to know what the maximum weight plasterboard can hold is. Well, let’s have a look and work it…
I can think of one reason why you’re here, you left the transit bolts in your machine and then used it. Maybe the machine went for a walk when it hit its spin cycle, or maybe not too much happened. Either way, you want to know what damage you have caused, if any. What Happens…