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Thanks Joe-90. Have I been imagining the difference with the earlier paints and there being more problems with surface finish, drying etc after the new regulations came in for less solvent content? I wouldn't have thought to brush after rolling? I had normally done the reverse if anything, used...

Thanks Dan. Filler Loop - this loop was really an aside I think, it was the method I had read of for draining off some of the water to reduce the 2+ bar pressure. If you really think it and therefore the non-return valve is on the wrong way round, then so was the old one installed on the...

Thanks for the response. I understood that this Vaillant Thermocompact boiler was auto-venting. Somebody suggested bleeding/ venting the pump, but it is inside the boiler. If I have to bleed it manually, should the the boiler be turned off during the bleeding? With the stat turned down (Danfoss...

Any other views on this please? I am stuck with a system that won't fire up, the pressure has come down to 1.8 bar and the radiators seem to be bled out and free of air. I think that draining from the hallway drain valve may have made the air lock situation bad. It should have been done from the...

I have used Dulux Satinwood white 'wash brushes with white spirit' version on the whole house woodwork and loved it until the new regulations for reduced solvents seemed to ruin paints of all types. I feel the water based satinwood is a cold translucent white, difficult to get good finish with...

Dan, thanks for the reply. Appreciate your help but if the direction of the new filler loop is wrong, then it was always wrong? Please see photo below and confirm if you still think is the wrong way round. I replaced like for like and the non-return valve is in the same position and the flow...

I have a sealed heating system with Vaillant Thermocompact boiler. It was working fine then yesterday I drained it to fit new radiator and revised pipework in hallway with new drain off valve. Before refilling the system I noticed the filler loop check valve screw was weeping water and was...

Thanks both for your replies, good stuff. I was largely swayed away from the MDF the minute I heard about it, - "MDF + water = !!! Trouble ??" But the case was put very forcefully for an MDF one. Justin Passing - you are exactly where i had got to, the £83 for a robust and reliable...

Thanks both for prompt replies. Do you know these two panels specifically- the MDF Helios covered in plastic & Uniline? Stardanny - If by hardboard you mean the MDF one, it isn't that cheap if you assume it will get 'worn' as you say which must mean it will let moisture in so to then replace...

Hi. Please help with a difference of opinion on a bath front panel between the local trusted bathroom trade supply shop and the plumber who will do a simple but attractive bathroom refit in a rented property – I have good respectful tenants, nonetheless it should be a practical and robust...

Hi JCT, Good to see you back. Thanks, I had favoured silicon anyway, black I think looks best against black tiles. I may swap out the odd tile, but I have looked through the others and all the ones I have left seem the same from the same box. I wasn't wise to this so didn't look out for it...

Tictic thanks, I will press on with grouting & sealer. Rapidset too thin? - Ref my comment on the first Rapidset mix being a little thin........., will that have had any detrimental effect long term, apart from taking a little longer to go off? I wrote ......... "I had a small problem...

Hi JCTiling, I have laid the granite tiles and they look great. I used 2mm spacers which are just right because the small bevels on the tiles make the gap look larger, so best to start with a slim spacer. Not so Rapidset - I had a small problem with the first mix of Rapidset being a little...

And finally how long before it can take regular foot traffic? Thanks again. I will post a photo of the finished job.

JCT - Thanks very much, what a thorough and incredibly fast reply to both queries. With that support it can only go well - I hope. The thinner spacers sound best. I will report back on progress. Thanks again. BTW - Sprout is the 3-legged cat, otherwise known as Tripod !! Dodgy heart, bit...

JCTiling, Thanks very much, I will crack on with it tonight. Just a couple of other small queries if you wouldn't mind please.............. Q1 > Tile spacers / gap - I have some 3mm tile spacers which, for this small area seem plenty. I also have some larger ones about 5mm but that gap...

Thanks TPT, a very prompt reply and much appreciated. > So Rapidset adhesive is Ok, thanks. > The 25mm plywood is well screwed down & shows no movement at all when bounced on, Ok. Q1 > Primer - mine is the ordinary BAL primer, not SBR - hope that is Ok? Topps manager said it was just as...

Yes, the slowest tiling job ever!! But I get lots of domestic diversions. I am just about to lay the granite floor tiles, they cut easily using the wet diamond cutter, so that's great. The 25mm marine grade plywood floor, only 1.5m2 is all screwed down tight and sealed on back face and edge...

jct thanks very much. I appreciate that two professionals can have different methods, neither of them wrong, but the advice to the novice can come across as confusing. I think on balance I will prime/seal the top surface. BTW... The floor is like concrete, would take the two fat elephants...

Thanks again JCT. Just to clarify about priming/sealing if you don't mind please. I have obviously sealed all edges and the underside and the 25mm ply is now well screwed down. But the top face - the one which the adhesive will go on, should it be sealed? I have the BAL acrylic primer...