Recent content by Blagard

Adam78, Do not use any silicone on anything you may need to paint or stain - silicone and paints simply do not get on together! Where you feel the need for a sealant then consider decorators caulk - for gap filling mostly internal or better for external use a paintable mastic sealant. - you...

To be honest without knowing the design of you home there is really little help you help you get here, For instance hiding cables behind soffit boards is one possibility if you even have them. Raking out a mortar bed joint and buring the cable with a repointed joint is another option if you have...

Likewise, our 30's house even had the old copper rods in the ground as part of the installation.

In addition to mats or other vibration type supports for the pump, consider flexible connections if your current pipework is rigid. Similar to https://www.screwfix.com/p/salamander-pumps-15mm-x-angled-anti-vibration-coupler/9814P?

With the worktop off you may also be able to reposition the base units to suit. The shadows seem to indicate wall units above so it would be a question of moving the both base units towards the cooker to suit a 600mm cabinet and to keep the centre lines of cooker / wall unit gaps.

I use the Fisher Universal (for 6mm drill) and they are OK but through plasterboard use a 5.5mm drill slowly as it is very easy to get a plasterboard hole oversize. The ribs on the plug need to bite into the plasterboard. I once had to attend to refix a cooker hood fixed unsucessfully to a...

I don't think in the situation proposed it is a fire risk after reading http://www.pvc.org/en/p/fire-retardant-properties The one I have seen uses those wide planks and the finish does look good. I can't imagine condensation would be any worse than a bathroom, in fact may be less of an issue...

If you are going to start removing plaster and plan to dot and dab, it would be best to remove all the plaster and when doing the dot and dab use an insulation backed plasterboard. Be aware the skim will be only as flat and plumb as the board so you need to put it on accurately for a decent...

In a shop, which more often than not will also have high ceilings please explain how your oil filled rads are most cost effective. Anything in front of a Infrared heater will be warmed directly - no need to preheat the space beforehand. Yes, once whatever is in front of the heater gets warm it...

You could consider Infrared heaters, they come in all shapes and sizes - They were very effective on a warehouse job I once worked on as the directed radiated heat down (no fans). I am not convinced oil filled radiators are that good because convected heat (part of an oil filled radiators...

I have a panasonic DMR-PWT530 that has become progressively unstable on the HDMI output, i.e. temporary loss of picture. So today it drove me nuts and I replaced it with a spare recorder so the TV picture (same cables used) is now always on which confirmed to me it was not the TV but the...

It must be me but I thought at first it was a joke post. Finish the floor then then redo the threashold properly. (Can be the other way around depending on the detail) Huge gap between door leafs, why? Who is responsible for the door threshold, the door people or the floor layer what was...

So long as the old paper is soundly stuck on you should be fine. For walls that are so old that they are lath and plaster I would say it is wise to avoid using a steam stripper should you did decide to remove. The risk of the skim coming off with the paper is not worth it when you are a tenant...

Wet rooms are highly overated as you need to lay floors to a fall and build in the drainage. I would always recommend get a big shower tray, much easier to install, a cleaner room to. But trays not always suitable if some-one in the family has mobility issues and that is the only time I would...

My own loft conversion retained the existing 75mm deep rafters and purlin on one roof slope but to increase rafter depth to 150mm (new rafters on another roof slope) I fitted some 75mm deep sections to the existing rafters, then fitted small section battens to act as a stop to maintain the gap I...