Recent content by twillmo

Thanks Ivor Windybottom! It actually wasn't anywhere near as disruptive as I thought it would be (for anyone reading in the future, I'll put the steps I took at the bottom of this post, it is mostly various different ways of supporting the stairs to do various jobs). And thanks for validating...

I'm replacing my suspended floor with a concrete one, and have just poured the slab. The plan now is 150mm PIR, UFH pipes, and 50mm liquid screed. The stairs are currently supported on a temporary 6x3 timber which allowed me to pour the slab straight through (picture below). The stairs need...

If you have skirting boards, then the gap behind it will also include the depth of your skirting board too, so it sounds like you're gonna have around 28mm (assuming 18mm skirtings)

Hook is like 1.5m, connector block is like 2.2m

That's a good shout, thanks! I guess as it's next to the sea, and quite a humid country, the wood will be very damp and salty. Having a connector block exposed like that seems so bad! A child could easily climb up and touch it. Or an adult could accidentally knock it.

Back to the topic though, does anyone know what would be causing the tingle?

Unfortunately we booked directly. I'm keeping on at hotel management though.

I already have done. They didn't care. Pretty shocking to say the least. It's another point to add to my scathing review of this place

I'm on holidays, and there is a metal hook on an umbrella with a cable running up behind it to power a light. I can't see any screws going through the cable, or any evidence of the hook rubbing on the cable, however when I touch the hook I get a small tingle. Any idea why it might be? I'm just...

I normally use Dulux diamond Matt for high traffic area. Recently I've tried little green paint a few times and really like it

Check out the edited version of my comment before this one. You can do it with a laser measurerer

You can use your high school maths! Good old Pythagoras. If you go outside in the evening with a laser measurer, you could measure from where you are to the top of the chimney. You can then measure how far away the chimney is along the floor (might be a little tricky with walls in the way)...

If you do wanna do the chase wall and trunking route, I did it recently. I got a Samsung frame that has a separate box that lives below the TV where all the HDMI etc connects to, and then it just has one wire that runs to the TV. I still had to bury some pretty big trunking in the wall to...

Sorry! Hopefully this one works: https://www.diy.com/departments/oak-veneer-acoustic-panel-l-2400mm-w-572-5mm-7-2kg/9010115274778_BQ.prd That's just an example from B&Q. Everywhere does them nowadays. I've.neber tried using them.

Circular saw will produce and edge like that no problem. You're much better with a hand saw than I am!