Recent content by jrfkane1

Thanks WoodYouLike - really helpful as always!

Thanks Guys - to be clear then (because I can be a bit daft) - lengthways with a Bona continous belt, widthways with an edge sander and finish the whole with trio/edge sander at 40/80/120 for oil and 40/80/120/140 for varnish?

I have recently acquired some pitch pine (I think) parquet wood blocks which I intend to lay in my hallway. From research on this site I understand the best way to sand a herringbone pattern is using the same grit paper in horizontal and vertical lines. My problem is that the hallway is only 1.3...

gavinda, thanks. That would make sense, although we have radiator valve controls rather than a room stat and had the patio door open because it was so warm, the valves were turned on full from the last time we had the heating on. I've turned the radiator dial on the boiler down to 0 and all...

Except that the problem was days after the spotlight installation and they were on a different circuit in a different room. Thanks for the input though :wink:

seco - thanks for your help. unfortunately those links are blocked by my work IT administrator so I will check them tonight. I should have mentioned that the red light on the EP stays on even when I move the switch which is what made me think it was a problem there rather than anywhere else.

namsag - thanks for the quick reply and forgive my ignorance but what is the motorised valve - is that in the boiler?

Hi - I have a potterton EP which looks like the EP4002 but in brown. Last night (hottest of the year!) my central heating came on even though the slide was still switched to off. I fiddled with the switch and eventually resorted to pulling it out to check the contacts but the only way to get the...

I am laying slate tiles into my kitchen but I'm intending on stripping back the floorboards in the hallway - by the time I've fixed an 18mm ply subfloor, schuter-ditra matting and the tiles I'm going to have a threshold difference of 35-40mm! I was intending to put down a schuter reno-u reducer...

Chappers - The property was split into a 999 yr leasehold (created when I purchased the 1st floor flat) and a freehold title. The owners intention was to create a second leasehold and sell the ground floor but never got round to it. I purchased the freehold title and will have to cancel the...

Thanks Guys - I've done the planning thing and got a certfificate of lawful development. The building has two gas and electricity meters but I, m not sure about the water - it looks like two pipes coming into the cellar. For council tax, the valuation office just wants to see one front door and...

I'm converting a 1930's semi that was converted into two flats in the late 70's/early 80's back into a single house. The conversion was quite poorly done and consisted of building a wall alongside the staircase and dividing the old large doorway into two. The wall was built directly onto...

Woodyoulike - you're advice is invaluable. May I have some more? I am proposing to use 18mm plyboard (why not chipboard by the way?) - should I leave any expansion gaps? Thanks again!

Thanks for the quick response - will I need to prime the plyboard in any way and do you have a recommendation for adhesive?

I am thinking of laying a parquet floor throughout the ground floor of my house. The current floors are mostly t&g floorboards so I was going to follow mattysupra's advice about levelling the floor but just wanted to check if I was going to cause problems letting the room breathe. The previous...