Recent content by barry101

Hi I'm tiling my kitchen floor. I took up the old vinyl tiles and am in the (very slow!) process of removing the vinyl glue. Picture below... Under some of the vinyl glue in some places, though, are dark patches of what I guess is old self-levelling compound. It's not across the whole...

Thanks again - so you'd think the Bal Admix is just a random suggestion and I should just ignore? I've also been recommended to put portions of Mapetex membrane over the wood only (recommendation #5)! Do you think this is wise/necessary? Thanks again for your help..... :D

Hi Ree Thank you so much for your reply. Really is much appreciated. The whole kitchen slab is one piece of concrete. There's no damp - it's just that some of the glue underneath the vinyl was black. The rest was orange. The area around the radiator is black but is being chipped off...

Hi Apologies for what i'm sure is a pretty obvious question: I'm about to do my second ever tiling job - the kitchen of our new-ish build flat (built 2002). On taking up the old vinyl tiles I found that the floor around the radiator pipes is plywood - level with the concrete. Each piece...

Thanks again EFLImpudence for all your help. You are a genius and incredibly generous. Sincerely, thank you. Tested all the cables as you advised and they all seemed to be normal (yellow was switch live). Almost accidentally, and beginning to despair, I did resolve it in the end and...

Hi EFLImpudence Just wanted to say thanks so much for the reply. Really is hugely appreciated and very kind. Thank you. I'll need to pick up some connector blocks and will check as you recommend. FWIW, I also tried the connection across yellow and red - there seems to be no resistance...

Thanks again. Actually I thought the same (faulty new unit) as you so took the replacement fan back to the store and got another unit of the same model but had the exact same problem. So back at square one - any ideas?

Thanks so much for getting back to me! The old fan (an old model Greenwood Series 90 HT) also had a humidity sensor/timer.

Hi We're replacing a bathroom extractor fan. The old fan was cosmetically damaged and unfortunately got taken out (wife!) without me being able to label the wires. New fan has a run-on function (timer and a humidistat) and it's totally doing my nut trying to get it to work properly...