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    Fixing & positioning Plaster Angle Bead?

    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...
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    Tiling on 25mm Plywood - Prep + adh ?? for Granite tiles

    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...
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    Belt Sander - are the Carbon Brushes at fault?

    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...
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    Tiling on 25mm Plywood - Prep + adh ?? for Granite tiles

    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...
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    A slim quadrant moulding for Laminate flooring?

    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...
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    Leaking Isolator + Solder vs. Compression?

    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...
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    Leaking Isolator + Solder vs. Compression?

    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...
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    Leaking Isolator + Solder vs. Compression?

    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...
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    Leaking Isolator + Solder vs. Compression?

    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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    Leaking Isolator + Solder vs. Compression?

    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.
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    Leaking Isolator + Solder vs. Compression?

    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...
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    Leaking Isolator + Solder vs. Compression?

    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...
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    Leaking Isolator + Solder vs. Compression?

    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...
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    Tiling over 22mm Chipboard (MR) ?

    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...
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    Tiling over 22mm Chipboard (MR) ?

    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...
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    Tiling over 22mm Chipboard (MR) ?

    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...
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    Tiling over 22mm Chipboard (MR) ?

    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...
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    Tiling over 22mm Chipboard (MR) ?

    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...
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