Recent content by Hozier

Oh Jesus! in a few places the differential is more than a 2p coin in height … he’s trying to figure out whether to just accept it or get it redone. having it redone would mean trashing the tiles and underfloor heating I think. Problem is that the tiles are 8x45 so the joints are quite...

Hi folks, A friend has had these ceramic tiles laid in an outdoor office - also over underfloor heating. This was a pro job not DIY. Hasn’t yet been grouted. Should there be this much (or any) discrepancy in height as shown in the images? TIA

Yes there was a lot of muck coming out of it. I've bled the rest of the rads in turn (although only 2 of them had a tiny amount of air in). Rad is still cold at bottom - does this mean it's a rad specific issue?

I think the second ... had to turn the two dials next to the boiler to raise the pressure. I've got the heating on again now with the thermo valve off. Other radiators are hot. This radiator is somewhere between lukewarm and cold ... but the pipe that feeds the rad (under where the thermo...

Pin isn't stuck down (moves about 5mm when I press it). By new head do you mean replace the whole thing that is in my picture? Should the rad heat up with that removed if the pin isn't stuck? Apols for the dumb ass questions! Cheers

Complete novice so please explain slowly o_O Had to take off rad to decorate wall. That bit went well. Put rad back on and reversed the process. Opened lockshield valve > Opened up thermostatic valve > Bled rad. Radiator is still cold. All others are hot. Took off the thermostatic valve and...

Just finished 1st layer of boxroom using Dulux Easycare. Didn’t trust my cutting in skills (and thank God as the paint is mega thick!). used yellow frog tape and painted one wall at a time then removed tape to stop it peeling paint when it dried! For second coat, do I need to mask up and...

Thought it best to ask before making a mistake … Painting a box room one colour. Should I be brushing all edges of 1 wall, then rolling … then move into next wall (and repeat for second coat). I don’t suppose I need to tape the adjoining walls if all will be done same colour but I’m worried...

Thanks Bob. If I wanted to get a tradesperson out to take a look would it be a plumber? And will I have to get rid of the insulation that is stained?

Good shout. I'll look into this.

Perhaps - to be fair I didn't realise that lining took up to 10 hours. I thought it would just be the same as traditional wallpapering (although I'm only used to doing Paste the Wall stuff). So could I use paste the wall (Superfresco Wall Doctor) lining paper and do the lining myself or is this...

Completely get that - this was my thinking before today's call, but when he said the ONLY reason he didn't paper was because of the radiator ... that implied he knew it needed papering all along. Might be hindsight but if we'd have been given that option at the time we wouldn't be having to pay...

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It's for 2 walls. Didn't think it would take that long but I've never done it before. Charge would be for the lining paper and 10 hours labour (we already have the paint left over)

Yes outside walls (well extension plasterboard) And I've always agreed with this until this morning when I found out we've only arrived here because he didn't want to remove the radiator ... Not sure I can equate generous with paying twice. IMO you should be giving the client the option on how...