Recent content by Isleman

I have tried using some of this chemical paint stripper in the past and they have been absolutely useless. I have bought a heat gun and it was on of the best tools I have ever used . I have stripped all the doors and the stair around my house.

Finally I managed to almost finish the toilet to our bedroom. I still need to do some touch ups on paint and grout. In the end I found a cheap vanity unit and then built all the unit next to it to hide the pipes. Quite useful for storage too. I got marble on the floor which was about £120...

I have done some more progress but unfortunately not as fast as I wanted. I am running a second project which involves doing the channeling for a full rewire. Managed to do only the wardrobe and hopefully bathroom will follow soon. Plastered and sanded Ready for paint...

I have done more progress over the weekend so here are the pictures. Toilet/wardrobe 1 is now ready for plastering after cutting and sorting the angle beads Toilet 2 Door is now in place and all plasterboard fitted. I was just finishing and my wife immediately dumped all...

Here is numero 2 :D Old wood cupboard in the top of the stairs removed and structure started. Door Frame Shelving Small wardrobe frame Bedroom Door View to be continued ...

After a year with no toilet upstairs we decided we had enough of it :D so here we go . Floor lifted and new pipe installed Pipes connected to the loft where the boiler is . While doing a bathroom we thought it would be a good idea to build the wardrobe and the toilet at...

Thank you Pete. It makes sense to do it the way you said.

I need to change the toilet as its already showing some fine cracks through the porcelain but not sure how to remove its old connection to the soil pipe. I have just uploaded couple of images so you can see. I think is still the original toilet from the 60's when the house was built. Should...

How big are the holes ? I would never use expanding foam where is high temperature. If the holes are not too big just fill them with mortar (3 parts sand with 1 part cement ) If the holes are pretty close to the fire area than use some fire cement just to be sure ...

No offense to you but as you are a sparkie I have the feeling that even the quote was 10 k you would probably say the same . I bet it doesn't take him more than two weeks to do this job.After paying the tax he still probably clears 3k . The whole income for my household per whole month is...

The house sizes are : 8.20 m ( front to back ) x 4.85 m(side to side) = so roughly 40 square meters As for circuits I would say probably 6-7 The immersion heater will be replaced by CH I will definitely have another people coming in to have a look.

I moved into 3 bed semi about a month ago. The place has been build in 1960's but nothing been touched since. The electrics is outdated with just one socket per room and no consumer unit. As the budget is pretty low at the moment I don't mind putting some work myself like doing the channeling...

I think you point is valid and after reading more about the subject it seems that indeed the 37 CDi is massively over sized for my needs I was looking at the 30SI or even 25 si but is still modulating only from 7.2 KW which is still more than what I need. I think would be nice to find...

I have checked using the calculator and the result was 4.7KW with cavity and loft insulation over 75 mm and 10.3 without any insulation. I will have my insulation done next month so obviously I will need only 4.7 kw. The reason they over sized it is that I mentioned a possible extension being...

Just browsing on ebay looking for some boiler parts when my eye been caught by this listing http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Supply-Fit-Worcester-greenstar-37CDi-combi-condesing-Boiler-/320849380409?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Hearing_Cooling_Air&hash=item4ab41d0439 Does this pipe work looks right to you ...