Recent content by robopenshaw

Thanks for the great tip's! I was planning on practicing with some artex on a spare piece of plasterboard first! ;) I thought the thickness of the artex coudl effect the "spike" height... You think I should use the artex un-diluted? (They say you can add a little water to thin it a...

Hmm... I too have movedinto a house that is vritually pine everything! Previous owner varnished all the pine witha single varnish coat.. This has raise the "pile" and the doors are dead rough now... So I'm planning on rubbing them down with the orbital sander until smooth, the white gloss...

Thanks JohnD, Matt White was my plan and possibly a single flush mounted light... In the long run, i.e. next tiem I decorate the front room, I'm goignt o consider getting it all plastered flat... But for now, I will make do with whatever I can to mask this awfull air grill.... (Well it was...

Pice of acurately cut plasterboard to fill the hole.... Filter to fill the gap aroudn teh new plasterboard.... Orbital sander...... Then recreate that pattern.. Whatever it is... It's quite thick.... Even at the thinnest point (i.e. not the tip of then of them points), it's still...

I think he measn the air bleed nipple at teh top of his radiator.... Could that be 1/10th of an inch and 1/8th of an inch maybe??? Just a random ponder..... (Onyl way I can see something 12inch being smaller than something 10inch!!!!) PS. 6 inches is MORE than anough and if the MRs...

Whats this textured effect on my ceiling called? I thought it was stippling. But I have heard people talking about a long haired frush for stippling walls etc.. So maybe it's not that... Next question... How do I repair this hole.. Filling with a piece of plasterboard supported from behind is...

I bet it's just the copper oxidising! This is a blue/green colour... I'm thinking a base coat/primer coat would have prevented it! Purely a guess on my part though! Rob

Add all my supplimentary earth bonding... Opened all teh FCU's and put my earth sleaving over the bare earth cores... The tingle has vanished and the RCD isn't tripping. SO I am goign to assume all is fine! THe electritian is still booked to come an just carry out a suplimentary electrical...

Thats great! Thanks for all your help with that! With regards the shower installation, now that I have earth sleaving for the bare earth in twin and earth, I'm re-opening all the "box's" and putting the sleaving on the bare earth wires.... (Was too dodgy to leave em and particularly...

Is it ok to have a plug on it? The airing cupboard isn't directly outside the bathroom, it's also across the landing and the socket is inside the cupboard. But the plug on the immersion heater does get rather warm to the touch! I will eventually replace for a DP 20A switch as you...

Firstly thanks for your reply! No no no no... It's off! It's staying off until I find out and make it safe... Through either a paid for sparky or myself, but I would have to be very happy that I have fixed the problem! I'm pretty sure the source fo the electricity is the pump as it disappears...

PS. Is it possibly coupling to earth of live via filters/noise suppression /something inside the pump? I know PC power supplies can leak a little current onto the earth????? Cheers Rob

So I've condemned my shower on first test drive! When in the shower you can just feel a very mild tingle off of the metal mixer tap... It doesn't take a genius to work out that this is very very BAD! So time for a sparky really... But here are my questions anyway... Currently there...

Thanks very much for the reply. I'm off to read the wiki pages now! Should have done that first! (DOH) Been reading loads on it.. The pump is situated in the airing cupboard takign teh supply off the rear of a plug socket there via a fused RCD switch... (That reminds me I need to change the...

Ok quicky question.... Ok, just installed a mixer shower with a boost pump. THe boost pump is plastic so breaks the earth bonding on the pipework. So... I need to add supplimentary earth bonding to bridge the hot/cold pipes leaving the pump to the hot or cold pipes entering the pump...