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I have put colron wood dye on a new pine bathroom door. As it is close to the shower I need to seal it and have bought some Ronseal exterior satin varnish which I was hoping would be OK. But I've noticed that the dye is waterbased and the exterior varnish is oil based. I'm basing this opinion on...

thanks for the info people, the infra red item looks OK. At the moment nearly half my rads are not heating up hardly at all. Before I start the balancing what should the boiler stat and pump settings be. Also how do I tell if a rad is unbalanced or maybe blocked. I did not install this system...

I bought several mortice latches from Homebase and they look like your standard type with regard to dimensions and operation. however I also bought two different styles of mortice knob to go with them and in each case when you attempt to screw the knob surround to the door it fouls on the...

Have just installed 2 towel rads and 7 TRVs. How do I add an inhibitor to a sealed pressurised system ie no header tank to pour anything in to. I also need to balance the system as some rads are just not getting hot. Are the infra red themometers Ive seen advertised any good. anyone recommend...

has anyone fitted a radiator cabinet over a radiator with a trv. will this affect the operation of the trv or is it case of setting the dial with the cabinet installed

thanks guys I took 15mm of the bottom and 10mm off the top and all seems well!

I see your point about expansion. The real reason why I wanted to avoid fitting a threshold was because I would have had to trim more off the new door I am fitting. I now think I have solved the problem with trimming the door so its probably best that I keep the thresholds

On our landing I plan to have laminate flooring which will also be in the bedrooms and the toilet. Do I need to have thresholds under the doors leading off the landing as its the same floor in all the rooms. There doesn't seem to be any need for thresholds but am I missing some practical reason...

I want to fit a b and q 4 panel pine door which is 78" by 24". The width is ok but I need to trim off the height. I know the instructions say max 5mm off of each side but as I only want to trim the height can I trim more ?