Recent content by LankyPaddy

Any recommendations for the best brand of heated towel rails in terms of performance and build quality etc? We'll be using them as electric-only, so will need to add heating elements (any recommendations for these too?). We want curved white ones. Just standard ladder type ones - nothing...

To answer my own question, I found the technical data sheet for the boards: So the manufacturer says the ends should be supported on the josts. (y)

I've a loftspace and a ceiling to board out. Between the joists is PIR insulation, and over the joists is going a thermal laminate board of 40mm insulation + 12.5mm SE boards. This board seems quite stiff, do still I need to get the board edges lined up on joists (like you have to with single...

Thank you, that's very good to know. I assume at the end of building the kitchen/diner, we'd get building control out to sign off what had been built, and that would be that? Mortgage lenders wouldn't view it as an incomplete build as the building work had been completed to Building Controls...

I live in a 1950s 3 bed semi. I would like to extend to the rear (kitchen/diner) and eventually - once money allows - to the side (study/utility/garage and a master bedroom above). We might end up selling the house before we have the funds available to build the side extension, but would like...

The door is solid wood, of course it might be made from blocks of off-cut with a laminate, but I don't know. It cost ~£180 so I hope it's half decent. A joiner was working for a neighbour and on his lunch break quoted £210 to hang the door and fit the lock. That seems quite expensive...

SHMBO wanted a multi point lock. I dispatched myself to google, the yale was the result :(

Door lock: Yale (YDM-PRO-TMBR-45) Professional 45mm replacement lock for timber and composite doors with 20mm faceplate The handles are "normal" multipoint handles: here Thanks :)

I've bought a new solid wood/oak door and am looking to get it hung. I'm supplying the door, the 3-point multi-point locking mechanism and the handles. The existing frame will stay and will need the new locks cut into it (the existing lock is just a simple single yale). The new door...

Didn't think about that sort of stuff! :roll: I've got some old tubes of "Sticks like Sh*t" hanging around. Would that work?

What do you think is the best way for a DIYer to fix thin coat angle bead to dot and and dabbed board? Staples/Screws/Adhesive? --- long waffly explanation bit --- Staples A site I found suggested staples were the best. I've tried with some 12mm T50 staples and my staple gun, and...

Ah I see, so my best option (other than paying BT £200 for a new connection) is if I use a BT66 to connect to a new piece of external CW1128 cable. I can then take that down the wall and pop through into the house where my new NTE5 is and connect straight into it. Sound good?

Thanks for the advice guys. Unfortunately Junction 1 is not in a location suitable for the NTE5, since it is in the top right corner of the window. So either way, I need a junction to extend the cable. If not going for the buried jelly crimps, another option might be to put an external...

Quick question... trying to tidy things up during renovations. Can I replace junction box 1 (shown in the image below) with jelly crimps (internally)? It is currently rather unsightly with the black BT cable entering the window on one side of our hall window, through an internal junction...