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    Finish feel of epoxy grout

    Sorry, think I might have used Kerapoxy, had to look up the tub... not the kerakoll.
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    Finish feel of epoxy grout

    Mine's slightly gritty, not like silicon. It was also a pig to clean off. Don't think I'll be using it again.
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    Damp around new French doors

    Are there any drainage slots, anywhere in the bottom of the door fame? If so are they blocked?
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    Valliant EcoTEC Plus constantly running

    No, the flow temperature is for the rads/heating, what is yours currently set at? I run mine low, around 50°C
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    Valliant EcoTEC Plus constantly running

    Until you find out the issue, can't you turn the heating water flow temperature down, so it's not that hot?
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    Finishing off Wall under Window

    Strip of PIR foam first, then plasterboard or window ledge. Are there two windows, as there is a gap on the first pic, but not the second one?
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    Screwdriver bits - can anyone recommend a decent quality set that's NOT made in china?

    Whia bits/blades are very long lasting. Dewalt, erbauer etc haven't lasted long for me. Just snapped a wera, but I'm willing to accept it was user error o_O
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    Gravel path - Bit of a dilemma

    Probably wise to leave a gap. Rather than lawn edging, what about driveway grids? you fill them with gravel. You might want to use a weed membrane too.
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    Sage coffee machine

    As a rule of thumb, for espresso, I try to extract twice the weight of grinds to water, so 14g coffee to 28g of water in an extraction time of around 25-30 seconds. If it's sour when you taste it, tighten the grind up, bitter, loosen the grind. On barista express machines, you can override the...
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    Old conservatory base built nearly to damp course

    OP, would also add, some skip outfits offer cheaper skips for soil and rubble only. Last one I had was around £110 for a builders skip.
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    Old conservatory base built nearly to damp course

    Cheaper to buy a breaker from FB Marketplace, might get one for £50, then you can sell once you've done with it. Mine has been used to pull numerous floors and slabs up. I used an angle grinder to make a cut around 150mm from the wall, and removed the slab that was around 100-125m deep, then...
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    Central Heating & Under Floor Heating (Water) 1

    Has the system been working properly or is it new to you? Presuming you do have 2 x zone valves on your system? This allows separate control of floor and rest of the house. They look something like this: Zone Valves
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    Wet UFH Limited by Floor Probe Temp

    Could it be heat loss of the room? If the floor probes are not allowing anything past 27°c, perhaps now that there is insulation missing the room can't maintain your target temperature. Do you have a room thermostat? wondering if you could could disable the floor probes for a day or two. I...
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    Shallow footings and suspended floor problems

    I've been using volumetric concrete wagons, handy as you don't have to work out the quantity to precisely, as it's mixed there and then. Good luck with it.
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    Shallow footings and suspended floor problems

    When I refurb'd mine (1900 house), I reinstalled suspended floors. The old floors were rotten and wormed, so had to be replaced and there were a couple of old concrete ones laid onto ash (no DPM's) and cold as the arctic. My kitchen is now a solid floor with UFH. As it was my first dealing with...
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    Covering tarmac drive, aggregate bonding, tar

    Haven't got managed to get on with this yet.o_O A few months ago though, I noticed a drive had been covered with what look like small granite/basalt chippings (10mm guess), these were dropped onto a hot tar base by some contractors, seems to have stayed put, but not sure if you can DIY that?
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    What to use behind these shower wall boards

    My bother is 99% sure he's having shower wall boards in his refurbed bathroom. The walls are a mix concrete block (painted) and part stud work. What is the correct thing to put up on the wall before the shower wall boards? Been looking at STS boards (wickes), can you use plasterboard adhesive...
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    Time delay switch for heated towel rail

    As we are on the subject of time delays, Flameport, could this be used as programmed timer for heated towel rail? Sangamo Powersaver Thanks
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    Marshalls croft stone walling height

    I've used these before, about 5 courses tall, you can make curved walls as your mock-up (not quite as tight though). I wasn't aware of the limitation of 600mm, but don't really think it would be problem making it taller. Each course of bricks sits back 25mm or so from the course underneath...
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    Can we just suspend the "general" sub forum?

    Could do with a VIP code enabling for new users, it used to stop this kind of cr4p! :cautious:
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