Recent content by doormouse1

I think WoodYouLike site sells them. I have a plan for the 11 thresholds I need to install after I complete my solid oak floor installation. I want oak thresholds that are 120mm wide and have been unable to find them. So I intend to buy a pack of oak flooring with 120mm x 800mm planks...

Do you really think he's ever drunk water?

Rebuilt my house this year and intended to reuse the c/h pipes and rads. I believe they had been installed in 1977 (so 31 years old). The amount of black gunk in the pipes and rads was incredible. After a day trying to clean them, there was still tons left to damage the new boiler so I ended...

Don't pay for these, you gain nothing. I always install the Free AVG antivirus and the free zonealarm firewall. As long as you set regular updates, they do a great job. I've set them up on 20+ PCs in the last 18 months and noone's had a problem. http://www.avg-download-free.net/...

I need an oak staircase. Could you tell me where your's was made?

Shouldn't be any problem. I've often moved routers from one house to another to test if the line is working (ISPs never admit the problem's their fault). I swopped them over ten miles apart (so different exchanges) with no issues.

Whether the phone cables go straight to the switchboard or to the patch depends on the local setup. I always took them all to a patch - more flexible, if anyone moved desk you could swop phone numbers at the patch without reprograming the switchboard. If there are cables from the switchboard...

We used to use the same cable with no probs at all. At the patch panel we routed the phone ones to the switchboard and the PC ones to the hubs/routers. If they're using the same sockets, then they may be IP phones anyway which are cabled exactly the same way as PCs.

Yep - mine didn't notice a 2 foot wide hole in the roof tiles.

Thanks for the links guys.

Very narrow though - only advantage is nearly all the windows face south.

Many thanks for the helpful advice.

Thanks Hate to sound stupid, but whats an unlagged joint? Do I need to add something to help the pipes slip quietly?

About to start installing pipework from radiators to proposed new boiler location. My house is a strange shape and the flow/return pipes will each be 16m in a straght line. It has occured to me that once the heatings on, these could expand and pull on the pipes that feed off to the...

I also have a bath to fit, so I'll be keeping an eye on this thread. Having similar concerns to yours, I was thinking about filling under the bath with that terrible spray foam stuff to add a bit of suppport. Does anyone know if this would work.