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Thanks both for your replies. The area to be boarded and tiled is tiny. It is 1m wide by 1.2m long but tapers off after just 700mm at a 45deg angle. So it is a very small space indeed. That's why between £45 to £85 + VAT + carriage, if they will supply just a single sheet of 22mm ply at...

Thanks very much for your prompt reply. I now realise the folly of just trusting somebody 'in the trade', believing that a 'moisture resistant' chipboard would be just that, and their reassurances that it would be fine and plywood wasn't necessary were as unstable as chipboard itself. >> A...

Your help please, I can almost answer my own question on tiling over chipboard (!!) - start again! But because I have already come so far, I would appreciate your advice before making any more false starts and wasted material purchases. I am raising the floor of a tiny downstairs cloakroom...

Chaps, I just called GET Scheider tech helpline and the 4" slimline turbo GSSTFAN4T rated at 129m3/hr volume capacity is only a 16watt unit with a maximum 2.5mtr duct run. My current one is 25w and works on a 7mtr duct. Their advice is that volume rating is not necessarily rated to power and...

Thanks so much both of you for your replies. I have just checked the original fan, Manrose rated 25w model EAV450, Oracstar on the outer casing, but no m3/hr rating. I remember buying it from Homebase which was cheaper than Buildbase 15yrs ago. The only reference I can find on the web is to a...

Hi, >> Does anyone know of a slim, compact, but powerful 4" duct diameter extractor fan that will draw well along a 7 metre long duct in a very small room? << The cloakroom is just 7cu metre volume. I have a 7mtr long duct run in 4" smooth PVC soil pipe. I want to lose the current old...

05Feb - Reposting thread - Suggestions please on how to make a neat job of the pipework from a RAK compact washbasin with Bristan Prism monobloc mixer? Where the rigid tails (15mm reducing in steps down to 10mm threaded end) drop down it will look ugly with so much pipework relative to the...

Can anyone help? I have a Dado rail - grab adhesived on all the way through my hall stairs & landing. Dumb idea, I know, but back in the early 90's when I had just discovered No-Nails I fixed this dust collector rail on with BOTH screws & No-Nails !! It has to come off because it is a large...

Thanks Richard, ... that's what I call a thorough reply, really grateful for all that detail. I have skimmed a wall successfully before so with your detailed guidelines I feel confident that I can make a 'silk purse' out of this. Can you clarify a few points please? Some names you use are...

Thanks Richard, I have read the topic and many others that you and roughcaster have advised on. The soundest advice seems to be to tackle the problem at source - the plasterboard joint flexing. But it seems that even that could result in cracking………. All very frustrating! I have seen some of...

Thanks. So do you think the 'free' unknown TRV + L/S set on the link in my previous posting are not worth the risk? http://www.ultra-group.co.uk/hudson-reed-product-detail.asp?ProductId=591&ProductRangeId=123 Your view is valued. Should I instead go for your recommendation, new Danfoss...

Thanks Graham. Just to confirm before I order the kit for this. 1) Vertical designer double radiator Hudson Reed Revive 1800h x 354w rated 1.74Kw, the room calcs out at only 1Kw (only 2/3 of an outside wall and heated room under). The earlier reply to my concern on overspecing with this rad...

Xerxes is so right. Usually it is only you that notice these things and once you have made the best that can be of the situation you forget about it and just use the kitchen. You have to point out the error to most people othwerwise whey won't notice. I did see another reply to this query...

Thanks. 1) Does anyone do a 15mm to 8mm Yorkshire reducer? Still prefer pre-soldered fittings as a DIYer, I know they are more expensive. I have seen 15 to 10 & 10 to 8 but not 15 to 8 in one hit. 2) I plan to use 15mm chrome tails from radiator and then reduce to 8mm under floor into...

Hi, Do you mean the 3mm or so holes for the handles? I made similar mistake on one drawer. Managed to reposition that lone handle to cover it up. Can you perhaps play with reversing doors - left to right, turn upside down etc? Doors are completely reversible. Maybe some doors can open the other...

Thanks for the reply & advice. I understood that this wasn't going to be an easy one. Have papered a ceiling before in same house, 800 grade I think. With lots of prep the result was great, but a few years on some areas show slightly creased paper at the board joints. , Have read other topics...

I agree microbore is ugly to a feature rad, so will use 15mm chrome or painted white. This is not towel rail in bathroom, but a white vertical feature rad alongside window, 1800mm high in study room. Advise please? A) Is there a TRV angled chrome that you can recommend? B) What reducer 15...

Sorry if the Hudson Reeve radiator valve link doesn't go all the way. Hope this one works instead, but if not choose Designer Radiators from where you get to, then scroll to the very bottom left of that page for the the HT326 angled TRV chrome...

Response to spacethegas. The Hudson Reeve TRV set is HT326 THERMOSTATIC RAD VALVES £35.20. http://www.ultra-group.co.uk/hudson-reed-product-detail.asp?ProductId=591&ProductRangeId=123[/url] They are hopefully a known/reliable brand. These come included with the Hudson Reed Revive Radiator...