Recent content by iwilson16

I sent some old Victorian doors off to be stripped. One came back with a black stain that seems to be oozing some sort of oily substance. anyone know what this is? How do I get rid of it? I ultimately want to paint the door, but can’t see how in this state. photos here …. thanks, ian

Follow up ….. bought two cheap ish Sylvania 18w / 1550 lumen surface lights from Screwfix to try out for size and brightness. The brightness is spot on. They are a bit on the large size though , but will do for a while. I’ll probably look for something a bit more stylish in the future.

The flat ceiling part is approx 2.7m x 1.6m. The shower will be 900 x 1200, with the 900 being under the 2.7 width (so to speak) and the 1200 being under the 1.6m part of flat ceiling. I now realise that I should be ok with IP44 rated lights since the ceiling will be in zone 2 above the...

Mmmm …. That wouldn’t work since one of the lights would be over the shower area. The shower is 1200 x 900, where the 900 is part of the 2700 width of the bathroom. I would need to go with one light in the middle of the flat part of the ceiling .

Would two 2000 lumen led dome/bulkhead ceiling lights provide enough light for this space (9 sq m)? Thanks Ian

I like the idea of a bulkhead fitting.

Hi, I’m looking for advice on the led layout in the diagram linked below. It’s a bathroom in an Edinburgh Victorian flat. Ceiling is flat for approx half the length, then slopes down at 45 degrees to a dormer window. I’ve read here that general advice is to have Dow light no closer than...

I’m in the process of fitting out a large walk in cupboard, into which I later hope to get a viessman 111 storage combi fitted. can someone please let me know exactly what sort of fixings are used to attach it to the wall? I have a bare brick wall just now, but am planning to build a false...

But what allowance needs to be made for the hot water cylinder ...? Muggles - many thanks for the prompt advice. I’ll definitely do a proper heat loss calculation taking into account mods I’ve made Before I decide on boiler size. interestingly, just looked at the home report from when I...

I do suspect the flat has more radiator power than really needed. When I moved in it was extremely draughty (stripped floorboards, single glazing, badly fitting windows, no draughtproof strips etc) and with no insulation to speak off. Living room was the worst - huge draught from bare...

It’s a 160 sq.m. Victorian town house conversion With 3.4m high ceilings. 3 double bedrooms, large lounge with big bay window, 7x5m kitchen-dinner, and 10m full height hall. Maybe 35 is too much, but I’d think at least 30kw would be needed ...?

Ok, thanks. it’s the Viessmann 100-W 35kw boiler I’m considering. (210 Hw cylinder, 3 bed, 2 bath flat.) I can run the extractor to the outside wall, and instead take the boiler flue straight up through false wall in bathroom above, into roof space and out roof. It would be approx 10m long...

Can I have the output of a bathroom extractor fan adjacent to the boiler flue at the point where both exit the property? Ideally I’d like one to be 100mm below the other. It’s a first floor bathroom, so this would be approx 5m off the ground. Nearest window opening would be 800mm away. It...

So I've been looking more closely at what I have currently. The history of this flat (split level, 3 dbl bed, 2 bathrooms) is that when I bought it in 2015 it had a vented gravity fed HW system, 150 litre HW cylinder, and a relatively new Bosch Greenstar 30 boiler. The HW pressure was...

Instead of a little drain cock thing that you attach a hose to, I want a permanent drain valve. I’m in a first floor flat, so running a hose to the outside is not an option. Instead, i want to connect it to the pressure relief pipe, downstream of tundish, which then runs into the main soil...