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Being in the cheap seats here I've mulled attaching white pvc mini trunking to our white upvc windows to make insect screens / frames. I bought a roll of black alumunium mesh screen to dabble with a zero pass solar air heater. Unsurprisingly I've not started it! https://www.manomano.co.uk/mosquito-insect-screen-2352?

As are rubble / aggregate bags!

I must admit when I did my double garage floor I mixed together various tins of various makes of grey, some bought, some scrounged in an old 25L fermenting bin and stuck it on with an old broom head. I'll never match it! Somewhat messed up the look when a 5L tin of red oxide fell over unbeknown to me! However by the time I got around to finding/sorting it it was dry and peeled off in a sheet.

How about CLEAR & non slip? https://www.resincoat.co.uk/en/high-build-epoxy/133-resincoat-anti-slip-floor-paint.html?

At that money is it worth ditching an oil boiler even in a draughty old house?

Might get some freebies! http://www.abacusmg.co.uk

If I had one I would!

This is what's going to happen... A quick Avery label on the pc saying "SATIN" gets stuck over where it says MATT. Then a bit of silver tape where it says "SCRUBBABLE MATT FINISH"...

I DON'T want it shiny! Her first comment was she wanted to gloss the ceiling ffs. She reckons matt looks too dull....??? No shit! I get the feeling that as it looks new for longer, the Dulux Diamond Matt recommended here wilI look really good. Maybe it's her pikey genes coming through and the attraction to shiny things? Another gem on the horizon, she didn't want a lit mirror. Now realises you'll be in your own shadow at the sink! :) She tried turning it saying "I thought WE didn't want a lit mirror as they're expensive?". With the money spent so far it'll hardly break the bank! "No dear, you wanted a plain flat mirror hence my buying the f***ing demister pad to go on the back!" Selective memory the fairer sex! It's not like the cooking or the other is going to get any better here after 26 years so I reckon Diamond and be damned! Worst case she doesn't speak to me for a week. Best case two weeks / a month!

Once again I have to bow to the collective wisdom on here! Never done a mist coat before so a few eye openers. First, Leyland Trade Super Leytex High Opacity Matt Emulsion is GREAT! I applied it thinned with 20% water and used a short pile radiator roller. Boy does it dry quick! The plaster just sucks it in just as said here that it would. I found I needed to get it on real quick or thick streaks would dry that were hard to roller flat. Generally though it looks magic imo, almost like a finish coat. The roller application has shown some low spots. What I'm thinking is to do a second mist coat as the paint has clear filler like qualities. I reckon if I did I'd lose a few more of these minor lows and just have the odd deeper low to fill. Any againsts if I do so? Also should the second mist coat be thinned again? Lastly SWMBO (who's the painter in the house generally and favours Crown paint) informs me tonight she wants a satin finish on the ceiling as matt is too dull! Any suggestions, can't seem to find a Dulux Diamond Satin White. Cheers

You're a gent. I'll just finish dinner and I'll get on it! Going to take a while with these Lidl radiator rollers mind!

Cheers, done a 20% water / 80% paint mix. A litre to start off with and see how I go. Next question; brush, paint pad, fluffy or foam roller?

I've started just about everything on the house - new bathroom, kitchen, garden landscaping, large decking area, fencing, decorating etc. Welcome btw!

So you reckon mist coat before any filler? Using the Leyland Leytex Matt. The EasiFiller will go over the top of the paint OK?

If the demo software of WOODexpress is still available then this might interest you. Great to have a play with. The demo one is limited on span and you can't print from memory... http://www.runet-software.com/WOODexpress.htm

IP67 Quinetic switches are now available: https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/QUWP1.htm I might try and plastic prime one to go next to the bath end top coat to match the decor.

I need an estate in case I see an old abandoned >insert any white goods appliance here< by the side of the road.

I need to get my MK1 Focus estate workhorse back on the road. Didn't realise how much I miss it! Mechanically sound and outwardly tidy but rotten sills and then only the "soffit" sections due to a stupid design. Yes I've got them and the welder but haven't gotten around to it! (Rear subframe etc also needs to come off for a refurb). Tempted the other day by a Volvo V70 XC. Circa 2002 for £1.5K. Looked mint. Must resist, got enough old cars!

Face like a bulldog licking pi$$ off nettles tonight for some reason. Can't think why, I even let her go large at Otford McDonalds... Where's the tongue in cheek emoji?

26 years today! I'd have been out in less for murder!

See, this is why SWMBO puts up with me. I take my time and pay attention to detail in EVERYTHING I do!

You might be unlucky and have an "NiS", nickel sulphide inclusion issue. I know of at least one offfice block in London that ended up replacing every panel. It made the news after a couple fell out! You can also get cracking like that stemming from a small "shell" on one edge. And of course the frame being stressed by building movement is another possibility.

Btw, Gyproc SoundBloc boards you can get bigger than normal 8'x4" pb. They are incredibly heavy compared to normal ones but do the job I guess as they're denser.

I'd say batten the walls leaving service voids for cabling. Then pack with Rockwool batts and overboard with SoundBloc plasterboard. If you haven't got too many sockets and switches easy enough to crimp extensions on. The face of the new pb would be something like 65mm off the old wall. You could mess around stacking extension boxes or possibly move the sockets and light switches up/down to new positions and even take the opportunity to add extra ones. Observe safe zones of course! https://www.ukelectricalsupplies.com/search.htm?search=Metal+extension+box

What's the lifespan on the steel battens out of interest? Are they galvanised?