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Hope you can help. Despite reading other posts on fixing angle bead nobody seems to have addressed how it is positioned to get a 3mm skim. I have a newly plasterboard boxed in vertical soil pipe. Using the black plasterboard screws won't be very successful I would think because right on the...

JCT - Many thanks That has clarified all those Q1 to Q6, great. Q7 > I also have a joint in the plywood, suppoorted by a joist at that point. Should I prime all faces and edges and have the joint 'dry' or should I gripfill/glue the joint edge - along it's edges and push together then screw...

I have a belt sander Toledo TBS-800 Screwfix own -that has just started 'missing', a few blue sparks - sometimes starts, misses then splutters into life, then not at all. It is a few years old and has been a very robust and good cheapo. Otherwise it is fine, I have loads of sanding belts so...

To refresh this is a small cloakroom, suspended floor with granite tiles 1.5m2. ============================================= Previous topic was on plywood vs. chipboard - plenty of advice on that; thanks - I am definitely fitting plywood! I have started this topic new as it relates to...

I am fitting a high quality/ durable laminate floor in the hallway. Having fitted both glued and click types in much of the house, I am looking for a better looking and more discreet quadrant moulding - plastic or wood - than the ones usually available in flooring stores, to finish where floor...

johnd - Yes the pipes are definitely dry, I have read on here and myself experienced difficulties with water left in pipes in the past. Oldbuffer - thanks for such a thorough reply, some great tips, thank you. I now have the solder mat £5 and all I need to do the job. I have done joints in...

sooey thanks a lot, your reply helped a lot. Would be very grateful for answers to the following please....... 1) Blowtorch Heat - Agreed I need to wind down the torch heat, and maybe get a finer pinpoint nozzle to be more focused, would that help? 2) Melting of solders - When the ring...

Please someone, any chance of a reply to my post of a few days ago, see above, from Wed 23-Jan on :- 1) Soldering with pre-soldered (Yorkshire?) fittings. - getting a good joint? 2) Topping up Yorkshire joints - extra solder? 3) Not melting adjacent joints? Your valued input would be...

I posted to this thread yesterday 22-Jan on a few items........ Would appreciate a reply when someone can, in particular on the subject of soldering, see below ...... Soldering with pre-soldered (Yorkshire?) fittings. - getting a good joint? I have 15mm pre-soldered fittings to do a run of...

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JohnD - Thanks, the tip on pinching the olive lightly first before putting on PTFE makes a lot of sense. I will investigate the joint closely this evening and report back.

Thanks for all your replies, really helpful.... Leaking Compression isolator valve I checked it and had no more than a couple of small drops in a whole day. It might seal up on its own but could also get worse in the future. I haven't opened it up yet, will do it tonight as it will mean...

Thanks for the quick reply. Good, I almost knew but needed your confirmation on the soldered joints for inaccessible pipework. I will check the compression isolator valve thjis evening. It was a Toolstation one for only £1 and they are for certain cloned to a low spec in the Far East at...

Hope you can help with my latest nightmare! Advice please on:- 1) Compression vs. soldered where pipework will be inaccessible 2) Can't stop a new compression joint from weeping. I am gutting and refitting a downstairs toilet, I have exposed the pipework behind a boxed in soil stack and...

tictic Many thanks for your input and everyone is at least agreed on plywood. You say 18mm should be good enough and iwaters says 25mm....... and I know a raft of building tradesmen who think 22mm MR chipboard is fine with PVA as a sealer !! I know !! I am very grateful for all your input...

notched trowel. >>> There are notched 20mm x 10mm trowels, is that Ok? iwaters said "Yes you need to use flexible addy and grout. Unless you are confident in your ability to lay tile quickly I wouldn't use rapidset as you only get about 30 mins use before you have to bin it. You will...

Thanks, I will get the 24mm ply. > Which BAL adhesive should I get, flexible I presume? Is it easy to mix/use? I presume I use a notched steel float-like spreader? I will take the Wickes ready mixed flexible adhesive back for refund. It has terrible reviews which i have only just noticed...

Thanks iw, I called Oxford Timber and although it is on their website, they don't do/ can't get 22mm. Their 18mm or 25mm is expensive so I have found 24mm WBP plywood from a local timber merchant Powells down the road for £48 delivered tomorrow. I think I should get that as it is both a good...

iwaters and tpt ! 24mm plywood - Ok? After a pretty fruitless trawl for the elusive 22mm, unless I order a lorry load of it, and crazy prices; it turns out my local timber merchant will deliver a 24mm WBP plywood full sheet for £40+VAT = £48. A marine ply 25mm sheet would £85 but that feels...