Recent content by belgiumboy

God, this is getting really technical now :-( The boards are good quality with plywood backing, I'm assured that it's not from China!!!!!! this is the quality if it means anything to you guys QFA/1B The tiled floor is very level, was laid many years ago by a skilled craftsman, I've checked...

Tiles are laid on a suspended re-inforced concrete floor (basement below) total thickness of oak planks is 15.5mm

The tiles are normal quarry tiles, We've been here 4 years and they haven't been sealed by us but thats not to say they have never been sealed. They are all very sound, no loose ones and very level. The flooring that we are going to use is 15.5mm thick with 6mm facing, thick enough to...

Hi Anyone like to recomend a paint that can be sprayed onto marble and will wear resonably well, got a white marble fireplace and she wants it to be metallic black for the new colour scheme, ha ha ha. Hope she don't see this ;-) Thanks

Hi Guys just a quick one :-) Going to lay an engineered oak floor over the existing floor which is red clay tiles, anyone like to suggest a suitable adhesive, don't want to float the floor as she who must be obeyed thinks it feels like laminate. thanks in advance for your help

Gasandoilman Welcome to come and quote it, plenty of good beer here :-)

Bertiebassett Thanks for you constructive comments (at last) :-) we have roof insulation already and we are getting cavity wall insulation in the next couple of months, quite unusal in Belgium. The "premie" we already know about, and will apply for these once work is completed, also the...

Tony Not true, I wish. Thats why I need to replace the system for something more economical. Again I wish, wouldn't be fannying around with this if I had that money :-) Have consulted 2 local engineers, both not very helpful when you mention doing some of the work yourself, I suppose you...

Ground system heating is too expensive and we don't have enough garden space for the underground pipe or access for a drilling machine Priced the boiler at around £1000 30Kw combi, calculated room sizes online but if using the old rads I think they may be a little oversize which may draw too...

Doyle Not too old at 54, still active and have all day to take on projects like this, keeps me off the streets or rather out of the bars, mmmmmmmmmmmmmm Belgium Beer :wink: Only had the property for 18 months, needs improving thats my lifes project so selling before I die is not an...

Retired but still active!!!!! I'll be re-tiling the floors, it was just a thought if it would be worth the trouble

Tony Not Wealthy, Not Working, retired and living off savings, house prices in Belgium are half that in the UK so we get more for our money here, not trying to skimp on anything just want the right system for the job. Anything got to be better than we have now. But thanks for you input

I'm sorry for the long post but I'll try to give you as much info as possible. I have a large house in Brugge, currently running 3 boilers 2 x 54Kw in cascade and 1 x 24Kw with own circuit, all boilers are about 30 years old and I expect running at about 50% efficient, these need to go, well...

Hi Anyone know is the gas supply in Belgium is the same spec as the UK? I'm in Belgium but can't buy a boiler at the right price here, but in the UK I can get some good prices. Looking for something like a Vaillant 828 2E to start with, German made and hopefully EU spec, the Vaillant 828...

Simon How many zones can you get with Hometronic??? it's a large house with 26 rads and most of the rooms aren't used during the day except for 2 of them which are our office and then we move to the living area after work then the bedroom and bathroom night and morning, your thoughts would be...