Recent content by steeplechase

I think chipboard used to be made with a urea-formaldehyde glue or sim ilar and the main problem was the emission of formaldehyde which causes irritation, dependent on individual sensitivity, to eyes/nose/throat. The amount of formaldehyde emission seemed quite difficult to predict and did wear...

I was near to tears! Weeks of careful work rebuilding my first floor shower, but after 5 weeks of splendid rushing water my tile grout developed hair line cracks, discoloured and water ran down behind the tiles into the shower tray (upstands all round and 'stone' tray as I was replacing an old...