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Thanks Sparkwright - called my plasterer today - we were overboarding as per my request! So discussed other options and we're no longer overboarding! Saved a bit of time and materials there! Thanks Mark

I asked a similar question a while back... and with the help of this forum got it all removed and clean (ready to re-apply!!) Check the last post in this thread whitling2k

*Moved*

what they all said! We have cracks wider than that that are on the outside wall and follow through to the plaster! Whilst we had a structural engineer around (for something else) - I took time to ask him. He told me it was nothing to worry about. If he can't fit a pencil in it - it's...

I'll ask next time I see him then. tbh, i've got lots of other things to do first - part time (mostly) DIY refurb of 1/2 my ground floor so I'm looking at least months before I get the plaster back round. So just to double check (and probably annoy the forum members!): Would you be able...

Thanks for the tips. Safe zones noted. The rest of the design I am leaving up to my electrician. I will do the donkey work - drilling, routing and preparing. Overboarding is at my spec - I had initially planned to attach battens and joint/tape myself - I thought the natural progression...

Okay - cheers! I might research some water based paints. I'm getting tempted just to chav it up and matt-emulsion straight onto timber!! (sadly half my house was done that way by the previous occupants!!) Whitling2k

Fair points - cheers guys [*lugs them into the street - kicking them as he goes] Whitling2k

Now then! We are getting a plasterer to overboard two walls. It's going to be my study so will need a few plug sockets adding in. There is already a ring main present - I am just adding 6x extra double sockets sockets into it - protected up to present regs requirements (according to my...

Now then! We are getting a plasterer to overboard two walls each with rads. I am replacing both rads with new ones - in different places and clearing up from a bad woodworm infestation as part of the same project. I am now half-way through installing a chipboard floor and want to run my...

Hi, Does anyone have any recommendations for paints? I'm soooo fed up of white gloss yellowing! We have tried dulux, johnstons and a B&Q cheapy for comparison. Whilst the Johnstone seemed the best to apply - they have all yellowed where in shadow. I have tried covering it straight...

Just wonder if it's going to be worth trying to sell two rads to the scrappies? I've never got rid of stuff this way - so wouldn't know where to start!? I only have two (one about 1x1m and 1 about 1.2x1.8m - both single panel - so am tempted just to drop them at the local tips until...

Looking at it from the other side i.e. as a customer - I would use you for future work if you treated me like this. I would be happy to loose the full deposit - getting anything back would be a bonus - let alone such a large amount. I would also tell my family and friends that I've met a...

Our first house was a similar position - you really need to treat these things as investments. One line of thought is asking your self if you save/make a proportion of the investment back? If you spend £8k now - if it adds £4k to your house value in 5 years time - is it worth £800 per year...

Hi - I have just this weekend fitted a CH fed plinth heater (myson kickspace 600 - got one BNIB off Ebay for £140). We decided on one of those over a large vertical rad. So far (one evening and one morning) it's taken the edge of the cold and was not too hard to install. I've made sure the...

All done and seemed to go well! I was a bit aprehensive about this one - only seen one vented system part-drained before and that caused problems! I think kudos to the original installer of this heating system. The only minor niggles I had were with parts of the system that had been "user...

Wow thanks you lot - there are some really good tips on there! should go into the FAQs! I'll definitely isolate the boiler until I'm all filled up, love the tip about locking the inhibitor into a drained radiator. I'll leave the mag-filter for now - part of my project is to remove a section...

Thanks whitespirit. So it doesnt matter what inhibitor may be already in there? Their websites suggest not mixing; sentinels website for example says words to the effect of only top up with fernox after a partial draindown if your system already contains fernox and not another brand of...

Hi, I am planning on draining and refilling my sealed CH system at the weekend to reconfigure some pipes and rads, and add a drain cock. It’s a large system with 20 rads! I have isolating valves (that do work) between my ground and first floor (where the boiler is). First question –...

I've had some similar problems - and used a range of methods. From your description - sounds like access is ok and you have just a few nails to remove. Perhaps snap the very end off a (for metal) hacksaw blade so it slides in - and wear gloves! Can you access the ends of the boards? You...