Recent content by Harry Bloomfield

  1. Harry Bloomfield

    Doing his best King Charles impression.

    That, is about the crux of it. When I started work, in the 60's, almost everyone had a job, and worked for their living. Yes, there were exceptions, but not many, unless they had a very good reason not to be in work. There was a work ethic, which is missing in many these days. We didn't have...
  2. Harry Bloomfield

    Cooker hood fixings

    Did you miss 'and an 8mm splash back, on top of the PB'?
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    Filler for chases

    There is no precise measure, the mix, is what suits the job at hand, temperature, humidity, and speed of working. The answer to which, will be become obvious, as soon as the OP tries to use the mix.
  4. Harry Bloomfield

    Filler for chases

    Which they were given, and perfectly adequate advice, until RB arrived in the thread, absolutely desperate, to score points. Now grow up!
  5. Harry Bloomfield

    Attaching wooden batten to concrete floor.

    Bare concrete is not usual. Likely it will be screeded, or poured pitch - both of which are quite soft to fix to. In a bungalow, pipes, and cables usually run in the ceiling, then down the walls, where there is a solid floor. A metal detector, would help to confirm there are no pipes set in the...
  6. Harry Bloomfield

    Cooker hood fixings

    Could you perhaps, drill alternative fixing holes, in the hood? Mark on the wall, the outer profile of th hood, where you need to locate it. Next, you need to work out just where the timber battens are located, behind the plasterboard. The PB will be fixed to the battens, with screws, so a...
  7. Harry Bloomfield

    Cooker hood fixings

    Sounds like a rather big hole to me!
  8. Harry Bloomfield

    Filler for chases

    Sometimes, you just have to engage common sense - if it falls off the float, it's too wet, if you cannot work it, it's not wet enough. No amount of weighing/measuring, will ever get the perfect mix. Sometimes, you just have to engage common sense, this is one of those occaisions. You've rather...
  9. Harry Bloomfield

    Consumer unit keeps tripping ourlt

    Free power, if he plugs that extension, into that spare socket.
  10. Harry Bloomfield

    The study of a radiator

    Not really!
  11. Harry Bloomfield

    Filling up from can

    Should have sought out an adult, to supervise the operation.
  12. Harry Bloomfield

    Filler for chases

    I have never needed to measure plaster, or the water added. You just mix, and add, until you get the consistence you want, to suit the job. Making mortar, you measure the sand, and cement proportions, but again just add water to suit the job.
  13. Harry Bloomfield

    Consumer unit keeps tripping ourlt

    Good grief!
  14. Harry Bloomfield

    Alternator Repair

    Ad Reported!
  15. Harry Bloomfield

    Filler for chases

    If you walk in any building supply company, and simply ask for a bag of Thistle plaster, the default Thistle, and most common is the 'Multi-Finish' - that is what you would be presented with on the counter. If instead, you go to Wicks/B&Q, etc., likely you will find that Thistle Mult-Finish is...
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