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Accidentally drained my heating system. This caused an air lock which is now fixed and it’s working again. the water escape was a putrid brown and I did wonder how healthy it looked. I have: baxi condensing boiler Hot water tank in airing cupboard Cold water and hot water tank in loft (open...

no it was all turned off, no error

Indeed, and the merger of Germany with Austria/Hungary. It was to return Prussia (a lot of what is currently Poland) to Germany which was artificially taken away post WW1. The horrors of WW2 were sown in that railway carriage. An extremely vindictive and punishment laden resolution to that war...

This may be a silly question but…. I neglected to say the radiator is still taken off. The boiler won’t start for my hot water tank or heating. Am I just being stupid and the boiler doesn’t work if the circuit for the heating is interrupted and broken? I assumed it’s like mains water. If...

indeed. I remember being told Hitler invaded Russia on the whim of his astrologer! It was always the plan, to get oil from the Urals after he failed to get ours in the desert. in fact he didn’t even want war with us, the idea was to secure the pre Versailles territories and wipe out...

Indeed. And both US and U.K. cinema seems to show us winning the war, when it was won by the USSR really. They needed the US military complex but the post yalta map of Europe shows who won the European war. other than the axis probably Britain was the biggest loser. We lost an empire and...

you have to temper that against the media/current obsession with rewriting history through the lens of a tyrannical male patriachy. hence I can’t believe much of it, because they set out with the narrative they want which is “western men conspired to write others out of history so we have to...

Harris thought it was a waste of resources. Having re-read about it this morning I’m with you.

indeed. Although so many houses were built in that time. Most houses in my city are 30s. Perhaps it’s just here. I’ll have a look at that website. Funny that his most impressive work is overshadowed by his most famous, the dam busters mission, which actually had very little strategic value...

me too! I am an avid fan of wellies and their innovative construction. Barnes Wallace classic! The shortages yes I agree that was much later, I was more speculating at that point if given Hitler had already invaded Czech at that point whether there were preparations in hand. Highly unlikely...

haha, well I am 6 foot 2 and a 34 waist. I have made the hatch under the stairs. I took one look at the gaps and just assumed I would damage the pipes which are there. I don’t know which ones are old and which ones are “live” and I feel like I’m going to knock those bricks down getting...

Got some pics the top ones are under dining room lower ones under the stairs. plenty of room for air but there is no way I can move about down there! I don’t know if this is normal, if so, I presume working down here is just for small guys who weigh less than I do! The ones under the...

There are some gaps but not big enough to get a human through. Enough to get cables and pipes through. Plenty of air bricks, and I can feel airflow when I’m down there - noticeable. bascially the internal walls all go down to the foundation level, but under doorways it’s bricked up AND there...

I don’t see how it’s possible! I am laminating the entire downstairs…. I thought I could make a small hatch near the the edge..so you only need to take up a few laminate planks and not the entire floor to get a plank up? The planks are about 3m long. I suppose though , IF I need to take it...

seriously though - I don’t foresee any work needing doing except for a new boiler when my current one packs in. That could be 2 years could be 20. it’s not like I imminently foresee needing to use the space. I just thought it would be good to have access. the last boiler enginer said they...

haha I’ve bought it all now! too late!

Ok so I got under but here’s the punchline - it’s blocked off so totally pointless, can only access a small area. The main thing I wanted was access to the entire subfloor but now basically when my flooring goes down it will have to come up if I want to access under the dining room etc...

Ok so I have made the cuts successfully The one joist in the middle it’s nailed into, I cannot budge the nails it’s stuck fast. bolster chisel under then crowbar? I got a nail punch and the heads are tiny. Punch them in?

I have one yes. I can mark on it and I guess if I am a MM or 2 either way it doesn’t matter. ive already knackered my boiler this week I just wanted to check this now in case I was adding structural collapse to my litany of DIY failures ! as far as I can see it’s a floorboard, not a joist I’m...

Hi, just running this by people who know more than me! I am trying to create access to the subfloor under the stairs. I managed to get 2 planks off but not enough space to get myself down without crashing into the mains supply cable. so I want to cut the 3rd plank to the left of these...