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hmm.. Goto tile shop and say, "I'd like some black tile grout please". This is what I did and I got a 5kg back of black powder that you mix with water into a paste. Dries dark grey (almost black).

Thank you all for your input. I have narrowed my choice down to 2: Worcester Greenstar 40 CDI : £1077, 16.3 flow, 30Kw, 2yr warranty. Vaillant EcoTec Plus 837 : £863.11, 15.2 flow, 28Kw, 2yr warranty. I will double check the flowrate of my mains this evening. The reason for high...

We are replacing an outdated gravity fed boiler with a combi condenser type to save space, gas and hopefully be more reliable. I have shortlisted a couple of units and was wondering which members of this forum would recommend. Baxi Plantinum 33 HE : £912, 13.5 flow, 28Kw, 5yr warranty...

Sanding it back flat would be what you need to do. I'd opt for an orbital sander (The sort that vibrate) with a medium grade paper. If you use a belt sander you are likely to guage the trough out again. You could rub it down by hand. It will help to affix the sandpaper to a flat surface...

Whoops. The best way forward is to make up strips of pine with the same stain and varnish to what you have on your floor and applying sample pots of varnish you fancy to these to see if the finish is what you want. As I am sure you will agree, making samples in the begining although slightly...

I also experienced a run in with a vehicle shedding load. It was during the summer on a roundabout above the M25. A large 12 wheel crane was thundering towards the roundabout that I was on. As it turned to join the slip road to join the M25 a large wooden wheel about 2 meters high came loose and...

Thanks Denso for the advice.

The fittings have all been purchased from the bathstore.com Bensham Mono basin mixer. http://www.bathstore.com/_application/bathstore/products/taps/bensham-basin-taps/index.html Edwardian Thermostatic Shower Valve...

I am planning the fitting of a new bathroom in our home. It isn't a straight replacement so I will need to renew the piping to the fittings. When I remove the bathroom I will strip the pipes back to the 22mm hot and cold stop valves and start fresh. From there I will be using JG Fast fit...