Purdy power lock extension pole 

+BeardyRebel You are welcome Kev. The Purdy extension pole and roller made my last decorating job a pleasure ;-) All the best for 2016 ;-)

+Andy Anderson You are welcome Andy ;-)I have to say that this extension pole and the Purdy rollers made my last decorating job much easier!Thanks for the comment

Had same experience--- don't think they are repairable either. Happen to soon

+Tomás Gerardo Guadarrama Sánchez Thanks for the comment ;-)

+Faisal Y Thanks Faisal, I have had that problem with the Harris poles too. These Purdy ones are very good ;-) Thanks for the comment

+peter friel I have never used it I'm afraid. A mate of mine bought a couple of them at the National painting and decorating show in Coventry, so he gave me one. He then tried his and said it was nowhere near as good as the Purdy rollers, although he is still a fan of the Picasso brushes!

+John Jackson You are welcome. Thanks for the comment

+hucks33 Thanks for the tip ;-)

+Graham Reid (Grizzle) I have never heard of that before so had to Google it ;-) Are you doing the whole exterior of the house with it? I'll take a look at the product later on tonight when I have more time! Thanks for the comment

yeh i got a sample of it, and applied it to a few bricks, the beading is unreal, but what drew me to the product was the thermal properties since we are in a house of around 15 years old so cavity wall isnt an option, it isnt a cold house but anything to keep the heat i and water out is a great idea. they also say it can help with flooding which is unreal. my self and father in law will get it applied in the summer, i will do a little pointing and sealing with sika flex ebt then apply the stormdry.

+Graham Reid (Grizzle) That sounds like a good plan ;-) Thanks for the comments

+Zed Man The flat is an ex council property, it's still owned by the council and you still get the same quality council work men working on it, although they have changed the name from the council to something else ;-)The quality of some of the workmanship is terrible!Everything is surface mounted, including the electrics which they have run in a combination of coving and trunking.Thanks for the comment ;-)

+Ultimate Handyman Unfortunately it's all about budget saving that's why they are surface mounted to save time. It looks horrible though.

+Argyll1000 Absolutely, but unfortunately these firms are renown for wasting money. Whilst I was at the property two electricians turned up to do some work, they walked into the kitchen and said "oh someone has been already and replaced the lid on the trunking", then left. That was obviously a wasted journey for two people and a van. On the way out they did not notice that the emergency lighting in the communal hallway was not working, obviously they had to wait for a ticket to be submitted before they could touch it, even though it had been reported several days earlier. An electrician was then sent to fix the light in the hallway, so swapped the lamp only to find that it needed a new bulkhead, so he went away and returned a few weeks later with a new bulkhead. A mate of mine used to work for one of these ex council house companies and was sent all over the place just to change a tap washer etc. Half of the time he would be sent to fix a shower, only to get there to find it was an electrical shower, so he could not touch it and had to get an electrician to fix it. It's certainly not the way most people would run a business! Thanks for the comment

+Ultimate Handyman Unfortunately I agree with you. My neighbour had an outside grill fitted which was fitted upside down!!! My mum needed a new spyhole for her door and four different people came to view it without actually doing anything. When it finally was arranged to be fitted on a Friday afternoon they pulled up at her flat and sat outside for 30 mins and then drove away. Obviously they sat outside because their van tracker would log they were there even though they didn't do any work. My mum phoned the council and was told they called but there was no answer! I wrote to the director but nothing was done. Any other other place would sack you. They're not all like that though. I think it's down to very poor management.

+Argyll1000 I think you are right, but large firms like this just can't manage people properly. Thanks for the comments

I'm not sure of the make, I bought it from Screwfix, along with a paint scuttle, but they no longer seem to sell that particular one. Thanks for the comment

@@ultimatehandyman that's too bad :(

+TheJeremyevans Blimey I think it's about 25 years since I was ever towed and that was using a rope- very scary when you are being towed downhill and you are pressing on the brake as hard as you can to avoid hitting the vehicle towing you! Thanks for the comment

+Ultimate Handyman I've been told it's now illegal to tow someone using a rope.

Argyll1000 if someone did come up with a device for a retractable static tow bar, i bet dragons den would be intersted

+Argyll1000 I think it is now, you have to use a rigid bar.

+TheJeremyevans They should build them into some cars, such as Fiat's ;-) You can then just open a flat at the front and pull it out and away you go LOL

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Thanks for the comment