Recent content by RobinClay

Thank you, mwatsonxx ! But "it would be nice" if the Table I mentioned also had that column ;-)

The table at https://www.diynot.com/pages/el/el004.php is all very well, but it needs another column labelled "overall width". I have some flat cable in my loft that's 8.5 mm wide over the normal insulation, and some that is 10mm wide. What are these for ? Is the smaller a ring main, and the...

Thank you ! I eventually found it - //www.diynot.com/wiki/Electrics%3Aflatpvccables

Thanks. It's ducted behind the render, then lying loose under the floorboards.

Thank you ! JUST what I need !

Nine months later.... for some people, it does take a while for the joke to sink in ;-) But I have the same "challenge" It's an old multi-strand twin-&-earth, red, black & green / yellow, all three cores are covered. The skin is the usual white PVC, and the overall size, measured with...

Thanks, Jadele - but my thinking is the same as yours !

Thank you, Ronnie. Yes, I know you can get "proper" secondary glazing - but it's expensive... :-( But thanks for the rest of your advice.

Our house is Listed, so we can't change five of the windows. They mist up in winter - have to be wiped every day - and obviously also allow the heat to escape. The opening lights are not very draught-proof, either. Upstairs are three three-light casements, the centre light is hinged. Each...

When T-ing into old tarnished copper pipe, I have always scoured the pipe back to a bright finish for a soldered joint. But how important is this for:- a) compression fittings? and b) push-fit ? How well do they seal onto a tarnished pipe ? I have been "scouring back to bright", but am I...

Thanks ! But they don't say what radius the bend is - it looks too tight.

Thank you for that; just the job. But how tight a bend d'you reckon I could get ? 180 degrees at an inside diameter of 100mm is what I'm looking for...

I need a U-bend in 15mm copper to feed the shower hose outlet from the mixer tap (both concealed, i.e. buried behind plasterboard & tiles). The two ends need to be parallel, and 113 mm apart. Can I achieve this with my bending spring (and get it out again!), or will I have to resort to...

The two walls forming the corner into which I am installing a shower are lath-and-plaster on stud. What should I (would you) put between the painted plaster and the tile adhesive ? a) Nothing ? b) apply that special water-proof membrane, with cement-based adhesive? c) hack off both laths...