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Hi All, I'm running some UFH in my new extension. Originally I had one mat, meaning the tail was just below the thermostat and everything was lovely, but I've had to use two smaller ones due to room shape. Anyhow, my issue is getting the second matts cold tails to the thermostat. I don't think...

See, that's what I thought at first but I looked at some design pics at the thresholds seemed to stop level with the brick. As you say, obviously no issue if they cover it!

It's probably the case - it was just always taught to me as a big nono. But then I'm old, so maybe it's an overhang from days prior. You've still lightning to contend with, too so fibre just seems a no brainer.

IT Consultant here, though not a network engineer. General practice is to never ever link two buildings with separate power supplies using Cat5/6/etc. It's not good outside at the best of times anyway, and it's not great over distance. In short - best practice is to use a fibre connection...

Another concrete floor question - you'll come to love me! (I did post this in the Flooring section, but it always seems real quiet out there!) I think I might have made a small mistake! When I screeded the floor, I put upstands all the way around including the door threshold - but in the cold...

Long story short, I tried to join the TA so was initially practicing for the 1.5 miler (Which I eventually got down to the 10 minute mark) but in the end they failed me on medical grounds due to a minor medical thing years before. I guess they could afford to be picky at the time! Got me into...

I started running on and off in about ... 2010 or so. It's been very much a bell curve for me, in 2015 I was routinely running 10 - 15 miles, and did three lots of Paras 10 (https://paras10.com/the-races/paras10-tab/) tabs. I did the Catterick 10 miler, fully loaded with 15kg of weight, in about...

I think I might have made a small mistake! When I screeded the floor, I put upstands all the way around including the door threshold - but in the cold light of day I'm thinking that it's really not gonna be suitable for tiling right up to the door threshold. I.e., the tile overhanging the...

It sounds like you're doing a serious chunk of work in both rooms anyway, but this is exactly why I pushed my installer to add thresholds between rooms even though the flooring was identical. He was surprisingly reluctant, but you barely notice them and I'd hate to have to pull up half the...

We're having tiles in the utility and I'm going before PURELY because we have freestanding appliances and I want to make sure everything is spot on in terms of height and finish. It's a bit of pain logistically, as I could have had the units in already but it is what it is. In the main house...

Solid shout on the paddle mixer - I see Screwfix do a cheapie for £60 which has gotta be worth it! Don't suppose you know how big the bin was - I was thinking to mix 4 bags in a 75L tub?

Ah sorry, totally misunderstood! Yeah for the most part, just got some areas to foam around the insulation upstands (it's a concrete floor, so hasn't got far to go )

Cheers! It's about 6m2 so not huge huge, was just a bit surprised how many bags I'd need and it sets so bloody quick! What do you mean by escape routes? I've got a door to the outside which helps a lot

Didn't quite realise how many bags of SLC it'd take to raise a floor by 10-20mm. How many can you realistically mix at once in a bit enough container? I'm thinking of using something like a plastic 90L bin which would take 4-5 bags I think.

I like the 3 inch thick perps on the one course of that block wall :D

Slipped a builder a few quid to come and have a quick nose and he was pretty happy with it overall so I'm probably making a mountain out of a molehill. So I'm gonna grind it back a bit over the weekend and get rid of any high spots and loose bits then I think I'm just gonna primer it and self level.

Cheers - it's about 6m2. No UFH or anything.

Thanks again, Daz. Do you reckon it's worth renting a hand grinder and just taking off the top layer?

Cheers! Do you do any prep prior to putting that down? And am I good to put self levelling compound on top?

Like I say, readymix so not 100% sure but we discussed what it was for etc