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yep agree with rich, i work with a spread who insists on his pva bone dry before he skims :? dont quite get in myself but each to their own and im sure hes the minority who does that. even showed him the back of a tub of pva where it explains to "skim while tacky" ....... but what do i...

3mm would be your least for floors.

should be the sparky's job to cap them i think...... but most never do as everything is always left to the spread to sort out

should be the sparky's job to cap them i think...... but most never do as everything is always left to the spread to sort out

the customer would never know what experience youve got...... unless the job went ...... up!

can be a bit of a pain but good old hammer and bolster it off, as long as the radios on the time will soon fly :D

im puzzled too :oops: i take it from the closest side to me, i think thats classed as the bottom :?

cheers for all the input fellas, it did get dot n dabbed today. what the builder had done was lay the course of blocks too close to one edge leaving about 1.5" gap on the other side so i was looking for dot n dab as its much quicker than float and set, but this builder insisted to the...

we have 2 rooms living room and dining room with double doors seperating. we have now had the doors removed and the gap bricked up with blocks. but the blocks are narrower in depth to the original wall by approx 2-3cm. the builder says it cant be dot n dabbed to make flush with original...

sorry been a long day, i meant the blocks are thinner in depth to the original wall so there is a large recess gap now which the builder said must be rendered as its single skin. so i was hoping to dot n dab to the blocks (for speed) to bring flush with the original wall.

gap difference?? sorry, yes the blocks that have been built are thinner than the original wall so now the blocks are much deeper than the original wall. So i was wondering if dot n dab was an option as the builder says NO because its only a single skin wall. Just curious really with it...

Hi, Was at a property recently when a builder has bricked the seperation wall between the living room and dining room using single skin course of blocks. The gap difference is quite large but he says it cant be dot n dabbed as its only a single skin block wall...... how true is this, even if...

Sad lonely person NO friends, NO family just a computer.... shame!

brass ones didnt even enter my thoughts..... makes sense though especially if i nipped the pipe when trying to remove olive. Playing safe is definately the way to go, im glad you was on here seco as now i feel better about the situation and can crack on with the plastering. thanks again

usually id close the trv or valve and close the lockshield then remove rad but this system is so old and the lockshield wont budge on the 1st one iv tried, and im just a bit scared to apply too much pressure as i dont want to do some serious damage. If i used a hacksaw to carefully remove the...

not too sure if im confident in attempting that one, if i turn everything off and tied up the float in the f&e tank to drain the system then remove rads and attatch the speedfits then undone the float and turned everything back on would the speedfits hold the water pressure coming through...

yes to stop plaster etc getting clogged inside. pipes are staying, just the back boiler and tanks etc are going. the owner will still need to use hot-cold water in the meantime so am i correct in thinking that wont be affected if i leave the heating system drained??? So how do i keep...

Iv been asked to drain down a heating system with a back boiler for plastering purposes. I need to get the plastering all done before the new system is installed. New rads will be fitted with a new combi heating system so Question is once drained down and rads removed could john guest push...

all depends how good of a mate he is, you see theres mates and theres real mates! Plus could your mate return the favour somehow in the future...... thats how i would base it.

Glyde, if your tiling and i would personally then follow rich c's advice to the letter. Read his past posts the chap knows his stuff :D