Recent content by Mr. Tickle

Yes, my mom and dad threw away about 30m2 of Minton originals a few years ago. No one wanted them that we could find. They were beautiful blues and reds and inky blacks. Ours are 5" squares so not so fancy.

I'm not sure they're technically encaustic, but they are on top of what i see as the original flooring. They're not ornately geometrically laid out or anything. They're plain squares set in diamonds along the hallway length. I don't know what tiling we will put back down, but it won't be these...

The hallway radiator is surface mounted pipwork from the ceiling. Can I chase pipework in to the wall and under the floor and screed over it? Should I cap over it like the electrical cables chased in to the walls?

Hello Board! Our end of terrace hallway floor is begging to collapse a bit. Partly because i think an old pipe trench leading to another room has collapsed underneath it and mostly because of old age. The origianl tiling is still there, it's all coming up and cracking. The original flooring...

Thanks for your reply, too, Ian. Sorry if the information is confusing! The previous poster asked for some additional information about my setup, so I was giving it. I also am not sure what the problem is; I'm asking for help building a diagnosis path, i suppose. I'm not sure what information...

What colour should the rad water be with inhibitor in it? It shoots out milky-white, which could be bits of turbulence in the water. It clears quickly to a straw-yellow colour.

If the PRV was faulty, would it be sucking air in to the system?

I've just double-looked at the UFH manifold; I can't see how the water flows around it! It seems that all the CH water goes through it. The F/R to the boiler go into the manifold then out the other end. That way, it seems the water would always go around the UFH, but it doesn't. So I'll have to...

It's a WorcesterBosch Greenstar 29CDi Classic ErP. It is sealed, there is no external expansion vessel. There is a discharge pipe on the outside of our house; is that the short copper pipe sticking out the wall? So, i cool the system down to ambient, seal flow and return valves under the...

Hi Dilalio, Thanks for your reply. Can I isolate the parts using the valves? The UFH is separate from the rest of house. How do I isolate the boiler? Should I get my plumber in? Is it basically closing the Feed and Return and seeing if there's a leak inside the boiler somewhere? Would the...

Hello Forum! I hope you're all well and good in this New Year so far. I think I have a leak and I would like some help from you all building a diagnostic pathway; with, I presume, "No leak and a misunderstood easy fix" at one end and "dig up 45m2 of kitchen floor to replace underfloor heating"...

Hello PrenticeBoyofDerry; thanks for your links and info. A builder left us with a re-wire and extension wiring loom not connected. We're basically finishing off the bit between the old part of the house and the new part. An electrician has been in and certified what we have now. I've tried to...

Hi Board! It's been ages, again. Glad you're all still here. Got ourselves a kitchen extension but now we're left with the bit between the new bit and the old bit. The electrics were left in a mess, so they're now sorted out. We've had the roof part replaced and a new window put in. Now i...

Here's a pic of the table so far. This is what i'm about to unclamp. I thought that I could perhaps route a channel out, cut out the worse part of the crack and fill it in with a piece of timber. I take your point about uncracked wood...!

so, Danish oil on the bare wood, then fill the holes with wax and wax the top/outer? What sort of wax do you use? Do you heat it up or apply cold?