Thanks mate, unfortunately you were right! The crack must’ve gone all the way into the thread inside, I used epoxy and it worked ok for the most part but some of the crack was inaccessible. Lesson learned! Will look into fernox though, thanks for your help
Overtightened a bush for a cast iron radiator and cracked it.. Going to try and fix it with epoxy, the crack gets wider when I tighten the bush. Would you apply the epoxy when the crack is “open” or “closed”?
https://imgur.com/gallery/lsAXaEb
Long story with this radiator and I don’t want to...
Thank you, it’d be a fairly bug job doing the whole ceiling but that may be the best option at this stage, would stand out of I used anything else. Even if it wouldn’t be noticeable to other people I’d look at it every time I walked past haha. Thank you for your help though
Hi I have recently installed a new loft hatch and need to re-wallpaper some of my ceiling. I’ve searched for ages online and even contacted anaglpta to no avail. I need help identify this https://imgur.com/gallery/wbeT8Nj
wallpaper. If anybody could help me out that would be fantastic!
Hello I’m about to start a project on my loft. I’d like to use it as storage, not a habitable space. When I’ve cleaned up half of the space the joists aren’t the best (approx 75mmx33mm) so I would like to strengthen them. There are old lath and plaster ceilings below these. It’s my understanding...
Hello nice people of the internet. I’m shortly Going to be boarding my loft, I want to strengthen the joists by securing cross timbers on top of the existing joists. I’ve read about “bracing” the joists underneath but I can’t work out what this means. Does anybody have a clue?
I’m thinking of...
Hello, I’m looking to add a double socket in a part of my house where there is currently none. We had our kitchen extended last year and the electrician installed a secondary consumer unit which has the sockets for the kitchen and a wired cooker on it as well as the boiler.
Luckily these cables...
Hello I’m currently building a shelving unit to go in the awkward space underneath my stairs. I need to join two pieces of plywood at a 50 degree angle (2x25) what would be the best way of doing this? Not sure if Glue and screw would work, have seen pocket holes but unsure if they are suitable...
Opened a can of worms here didn’t I?! Haha. I just wanted to cast the net as wide as possible to try and obtain as much information as I could, luckily there’s kind and helpful people all over the internet and for that I’m very thankful.