Recent content by teacherphil

Thanks for the advice. I'll give it a go. Phil

And how do you then replace the floorboard without having to remove the others all the way to the wall? Or do you have to put a board with no tongue or groove in it's place? Could you give me an example of a yard/shop/website that I could buy replacement floorboards of this size? Thanks

Many thanks for the reply John. What if I wanted to get rid of the carpet and get back to floorboards. How do you replace tng boards in the middle of a section of other floorboards?

We live in a smallish victorian 3 bed double bay terrace and the downstairs rooms have been knocked through. As with many other parts of the house, the floorboards are in need of repair and has been bodged over the years. The floorboards seem in reasonable condition apart from where the room...

I am building my own greenhouse on the end of the house which now looks more like a conservatory. I've framed it out using 47x47mm treated timber and intend to glaze it using 10mm twinwall polycarbonate sheets and glazing strip screwed into the frame. The sheets go the full height of the...

I've assembled it correctly but hadn't tightened the nut up enough. Have done it now, and no more leaks. just about to try with the heating on just to make sure. Thanks for your help. If you ever have any physics questions, I promise I'm better at that than I am at basic plumbing. Phil

It's coming from the olive, or at least that joint. Taken it off again, the olive has now disappeared inside the valve and is jammed tight. I have put it back together again and tightened it as tight as humanly possible. One more try.

water everywhere. ****. redraining now

just refilling the system now. fingers crossed

I am a Physics teacher, usually competent with most things DIY

corrent means correct. The collar is no more means I broke it pulling it off. I have tried putting the olive on then the nut and tightening it, but it does not grip on the copper pipe and i can pull the whole thing off by hand. Does the olive have to be soldered on or something like that...

I have recently found a leak in one of my radiators. I isolated this to the thermostatic valve. So I bought a new one. I have been having a nightmare trying to fit it. First it is an old radiator which means I had to replace the "tail" (this is what the man in the shop said it was called) to one...