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Cheers, good to know, so if I give the top layer a good tamp, should hopefully be ok. I wasn't going to do an exposed aggregate pour, I was going to have a coloured readymix in with normal aggregate, then vibrate it to bring a bit of fat to the surface, then throw exposed aggregate over the top...

Thanks for the advice, I'm still having trouble finding a coloured ready mix so I think the best idea is the one you've both suggested which is to do a 100mm of readymix with a retarder and 50mm of selfmix coloured on top. I'll vibrate the air pockets out of the 100mm readymix before laying the...

Hi All, Hoping you can offer some advice! I'm laying a concrete pad (roughly 3.5m x 2.5m x 150mm/6"). Trouble is, I want coloured concrete (a dark gray heading towards a light black) with exposed aggregate. So what I was going to do was get a coloured ready mix in, lay it and tamp it level...

Morning All! Cold start in East Anglia this morning.. woke up to the central heating not working. It's been a bit flaky this last couple of weeks. Boiler is firing and hot (oil boiler. Not combi), central heating pump is spinning away (brand new), water pressure is showing 2bar, the feed pipe...

Yes normally I would see the shield getting crimped into the connector and it completing the ground circuit that way but in this case I'm doing the latter of what you said; using the copper pairs in the CAT6a to terminate directly to video and power. Not had a chance to fire up the system yet...

Hi all, Have noticed that my joists are not exactly 600mm apart, some are 570mm some are 610mm. When I am laying insulation in the larger ones, I am noticing a slight gap. Is this going to be a problem? This problem is worsened by my inability to cut the rolls exactly straight!!! I have...

Hi all, I've run S/FTP pure-copper CAT6a throughout the house for CCTV and wasn't sure how to maintain the interference shield that's inside the cable. There is a multi-strand earth cable underneath the outer insulation of the cable, I can connect one side of this to the house earth, where...

I've got an auto-bleeder in the airing cupboard, it's just off the Diverter valve and sits near the megaflo. I have noticed that it sits lower than the height of the megaflo, could that be the issue?

Thanks for the tip. I'll try that. When I do a full drain down and refill, is there a method to do it with the megaflo?

Hello all, It's coming to the time of year again when the mrs is going to want the heating going 24/7 and at 30 degrees (joking!). I've got to drain down the system to fit a new PRV on the boiler and top up with some rust inhibitor. I've always had problems with air locks in this system when...

Cheers John, I appreciate the help!

Update - It's now fixed!!! Turned out the blast tube wasn't sitting correctly over the nozzle and electrodes! There are grub screws that hold that onto the burner that I had missed :oops: As a result, the blast tube wasn't pushed back far enough to expose the nozzle and electrodes. To be...

Update - Engineer hasn't been able to come out to take a look yet so in the mean time I bought a new motor and impeller to fit. After completing the install of the new motor and impeller, I thought I would give it another quick try to see if it still smoked a lot.... it did, just as bad as...

Thanks everyone. I don't have an old nozzle unfortunately :( I'll ask the engineer I call out to bring a spare I can buy off him. Will get the pump pressure checked to see what it's at. It's such a shame! I'm so close to it being workable whilst I await a new motor and cap! Sat here...

I get ya. Do you think it would be ok to increase the air to it as a temporary fix or am I asking for trouble?