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Hi, I'm looking to instal a new floor in our kitchen but it's a mix of a tiled area in the corner and floorboards. Not sure what the final floors gonna be yet what are my best options? Don't fancy hacking up the tiles as that'll throw up extra problems as it's most likely concrete or...

Thanks, managed to find some titebond original in a model shop for £4. It was for a guitar neck repair lots of sites had recommended both titebond or hide glue but while hide glue seemed to have benefits such as being able to reverse the joints the ready made stuff had a bad rep and making...

Thanks, do any of the sheds sell any other brand of yellow or carpenters glue or is it just the usually the pva stuff. Looked online and the liquid hide glue seems to have a bad rep and don't fancy the hassle of making my own hide glue up.

Looking to buy some titebond hide glue but would rather pop out and buy it than order from ebay. Anyone know if the sheds sell titebond or any other decent brand of hide glue Thanks

Thanks for the ideas guys, I did think about a carjack but it's one of those annoying heights that's probably be a bit rickety as the height of the bricks would need to be quite high just to get to the full 600mm or so I need. The trench struts look ideal unless i can find something solid and...

I need to lift some floor joists up to level a few things but only have around 500mm in height to work with. Smallest acro's I've seen are around 1m and most jacks far too small. Any ideas what would be the best thing to use or can you get adjustable jacks/props around that height thanks...

Thanks kevplumb. I think fiddling with the heat exchanger is beyond me, micky. I was hoping to find some easy fix if that's all it needed but think it's beyond me and will have to get someone in It works ok for a while if you like a shallow bath :) but then cuts out and is now giving a E1...

Is there any easy way I can see if the pump is OK on my boiler ? The manual states stuff like "turn the spindle with a screwdriver" which would be helpful if I knew where the spindle was :) Other stuff states remove chrome centre screw to vent pump and spin the shaft to check the impeller can...

Currently having problems with my boiler where the hot water keeps cutting out after about 4 minutes. The boiler's an Avanta Plus 35c. The radiators work fine and will happily come on and off but when using the hot water taps it's fine for a while then shuts down the boiler and registers an...

I understand all outside electrics i.e. garage need their own supply would a separate consumer box with rcd's run off a spur from one of the main rings be sufficient or does it need to be a bit more complicated than that ?

Thanks, I usually lose half of it in my hair so guess I best get two :) Thought I'd check first just to make sure as I dont want to run out half way through but on the other hand didn't want to overdo it and be left with loads lying around.

Been a while since I've done some plastering - Would one normal size sack of thistle finish be enough to plaster a ceiling probably around 4m by 4m (probably a bit smaller but not too much) . Would it be enough to give it a couple of skim coats i.e whats the normal coverage for a sack ...

Thanks all , I considered using bonding as I've done that before with a ceiling that was covered with textured paint to level it out. To be honest I found the bonding more of a pain than skimming as it goes on thicker and not being a pro it's a real hassle to bond the ceiling. The ceilings...

Anything special I should be doing before just skimming the ceiling ? Luckily they were a bit tight with the glue so the old blobs left behind aren't thick so I guess there's no need for me to try and get all the glue off before skimming. Is it just a case of pva and a coupe of coats of plaster...

I've always tiled direct to bonding and never had any problems - like joe says pva is fine it's not like you're putting on a thick coat and you've the tiles and the grout to stop it getting wet. I've usually tiled direct onto the bonding without pva just wet the bonding first to stop the...

or am I OK to apply the finish coat when it's started going off ? Only an area of around a couple of square metres where I removed a fireplace Thanks

Finish plaster is hard and wouldn't flex with any movement in the brick so would just crack along the brick lines with any movement. Bonding plaster or sand/cement render is more forgiving and acts as a floating coat to absord any movement therefore stopping the finsih coat cracking

Shouldn't the supply live go via the L connections rather than L1 ? or doesn't it make any difference. I thought the switched lives went thru L1 or L2 for 1 way / 2 way switching

Replacing a 3 gang switch and wanted to get the connections right as it'll have a commmon live. The switch has the following connections Top L \ L1 L2 / L \ / \ / Bottom L1 L2 \ L / L1 L2...

Thanks for the quick reply, are 6 terminal JB quite common ? i.e do the sheds sell them as I've only seen the 4 terminal ones