Recent content by FozzieBear

Many thanks @Wayners . Any particular Toupret filler. They only seem to do Fill-Flex or Fibacryl in a gun tube both of which are flexible fillers. Some of the gaps are only 3mm and difficult to get filler in with a pallet knife hence Grout Gun?

Hi All, I have just had some new UPVC windows fitted and need to make good around the frames which don't exactly meet the old plaster line. There is also some damage to internal plaster where straps had been used to fix the old windows in place. Yes the fitters will make good but they just use...

Before I disposed of our bottle cooler is it worth getting it regassed? Its nearly 12 years old and has bee working like a champ in our Village hall 24 x 7 but recently it only gets down to 12 degrees C. If I turn it off and leave for a while then turn back on it will cool down to 4 degrees but...

Thanks @flameport yes I think there is reference to this in the notes in Table 4E4A that you need to derate unless connected to 90c equipment (mcbs switchgear etc). I appreciate confirmation that this is adequate (probably in exces) for the application.

Thank you @EFLImpudence and @ericmark for responding. I am looking at XLPE/LSZH cable as that seem more available/affordable. This is for a "green" distribution board with only solar and charging. However we may want a second charger at some point and it seemed sensible not to skimp on the cost...

Please can someone advise the rating of three core 16mm swa when used as a single phase supply i.e. live, neutral and sleeved core as earth. All the tables I can find refer to 16mm SWA as three phase being 94 amps clipped direct, 99 amp on cable tray or free air and 75 in ground or in ducting...

Thanks @freddiemercurystwin. I read somewhere that to distribute the load across all three timbers they had to be glued with construction glue as well as screwed/bolted.

Thanks @stevie888 No appreciate they are not proper GluLam but couldn't think of another way to describe the fabrication. I just need to find a local structural engineer to look at the approach in principle before giving actual dimensions.

I have been quoted nearly £10k for a 2 bay oak frame car port. This is just the oak frame delivered to site with no roof timber or construction. I am sure I can build it much cheaper using C16 or C24 tanalised timber. The car port is going to be approx 6.1m wide by 5.4m deep and supported on a...

Thank you all for your help and advice. My main concern was creating a vapour trap by overboarding the existing ceiling that has an impermeable vapour barrier under the plasterboard. This construction was done in 2000 and complied with building regs standards at that time but I wanted to further...

There is already 75mm between joists. Do I need another 75mm below or just 50mm?

One last question. How do you professionals deal with the joint between wall and ceiling when overboarding. do you: 1) Cut boards as close to wall as possible and justs skim, telling housholder to get decorator to caulk corner with decorators caulk? 2) Tape edges, skim and cut off surplus from...

Ahh so you would mechanically fix or glue the insulation first then overboard with Duplex using long screws through both?

Thanks @noseall . What do you mean by separates rather than inso" backed boards? I assume you mean Gyproc Duplex which has foil backing but where does the extra insulation figure? Many thanks

I have a vaulted ceiling in two of the bedrooms of my bungalow. When rebuilt in around 2000 the spec was for 125mm rafters and 75mm celotex cut between the rafters with a pvc vapour barrier stapled to the rafters and then overboarded with 12mm plasterboard as below. I have two aims. Firstly...