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thank you both for you replys. one thing that has come from this is after some research i was amazed to find lead can exist in toys also. my young one has just inherited a box of metallic toy cars from family. being thtat these are metal pianted cars i have now removd them as the majority...

saw this on website. NOTE TESTING FOR LEAD: The most widely used methods to test for is the scratch test. This is done through all layers of paint on a surface and sodium sulfide is plied. If the scratch turns black, the paint probably contains lead. is this true. i dont get black...

hi folks, im in a pickle. ive stripped and stained the majortity of our houses door frames and skirts. only then did i remember somthing about lead based paint. our house was built in 1949. also when i stirpped the paint there evidence of green paint underneath and sometime a...

ok. is this process actually necessary? (perhaps for the introduction of a new radiator) should i risk leaks in my system? :shock: where can you recommend purchasing fernox or sentinel and how much should i expect to pay? any help would be great thanks.

hi, I have a 1m x 600mm radiator (double) i m going to replace with a 2m x 600m(double). I have had two rooms knocked into one and i want to increase my heat output. Having removed one radiator i am happy with the procedure to drain and refil my sealed system heating. Are there any...

Hi needed some advice. Been checking out my Readers digest DIY book. Need to paint plaster skimmed walls (dry-lined) in a kitchen. The kitchen perhaps isnt as ventilated as it could be so condensation is going to be a serious issue. (I have a large portable de-humidifier currently to...

cool...... phoned BC and they said 250mm. just curious fill over joints - at right angles?? i cant picture that...can you explain further or am i missing the obvious?

Existing room. Converting 7.5 x 2m outbuilding connected to house in to a kitchen.

hi, has anyone tried these? i'm thinking of using them in wall insulation however the mind boggles when coming to U-value and r-values and the like. currently i'm looking at a dry lined wall. the brick will have a DPM and 3x2 battens. then with 9.5 foil backed plasterboard(9.5mm was all...

okay ignoring my previous post the timber frame would actually be smaller in size than what i had planned. couple of questions on timber frame if i may.. (as ever) :D i have a concrete floor...can i secure the wall frame to the brick wall with anything at all? metals brackets? how do i...

ok. thx for your comeback. i'm feeling after looking at google, that the timber framed option , while obviously the best, will probably be beyond my skills, knowledge and budget. plus the outbuilding is only 2m across therefore making space a premium. my first assumption being that the...

please excuse my limited knowledge but i'm in need of guidance.. i want to dry-line the inside of my outbuilding wall... my original plan was for 2x4 and plasterboard with an insulating material... i understand now i will need smaller wood battens...any clues? the plasterboard will...

right i'm a little out of my depth here. but...as i understand it.... the thermal plasterboard (foil backed) protects the wood from the inside of kitchen....."vapour check" a DPM - that bit lost me.....another material that sits between wall and 2x4?? whats protects the...

no the walls dont actually make contact with the roof. outstanding. i wont be installing any heating but i will be doing electric as i used to leccy a few years back. unfortunalty i am not certified. one of the problems i might have is getting another leccy to certify my work? i...

This is a very interesting issue. I understand that planning is not req'd as the walls are interior. Also however i understand from another source that if they are not supporting walls i dont need build regs either. My walls are like partitions in my outbuilding and so are attached to two...

yes i did compress it in the orginal project as it was for soundproofing ok there you got me....would the damp proof membrane i have used on the floor (before concreting over) be used on the walls for that purpose? vapor-check layor? could you expand on that a little for me ok. the...

anybody? anybody at all??!! :D

Hi, I am currently musing over converting my outbuilding into a kitchen. The current outbuilding is about 10m long and about 2 meters wide. The outbuilding is combined into 3 rooms ending in an outdoor privvy. I want to knock through he first 2 walls and leave the privvy to its own...

Yes as far as i am aware. The solution you suggested sounds good. Or remove the feed altogether. The socket at the other end is just a plug that plugs into an upstairs mains socket. :roll: Like i said it were there when i found it.

Hi, I am currently musing over converting my outbuilding into a kitchen. The current outbuilding is about 10m long and about 2 meters wide. The outbuilding is combined into 3 rooms ending in an outdoor privvy. I want to knock through he first 2 walls and leave the privvy to its own...