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The heat won't help at the moment. If you're using trade paint it will stand a some water to thin it which will help given the temperature. You just need to keep a wet edge and don't over roll it. Stick with the trade paint, it's far far better than retail stuff.

I'd have done what was suggested earlier, sweated the joint off and then gone from there. Any competent plumber would have done - I can only presume he's not able to solder? I'm no pro but I think back to the toilets.bathrooms I did in a full resto job and they are works of art compared with...

Indeed. Scary stuff!

Glad you got sorted but that *is* rough. Is he really a plumber?

You stated that having no MOT invalidates your insurance. It does not. You are wrong. Read the RTA, it makes it quite clear that the provision of third party cover cannot be removed if a valid policy is in force regardless of any other offence being committed. No MOT isn't even an endorsable...

lol that's ******. Nothing you do regards breaking the law can remove your third party cover provided you have a valid policy in place. If you commit an offence such as drink driving that causes your policy to be void, your insurer under the RTA will pay out their third party liabilities. They...

An MOT is not required for insurance purposes but many (most/all?) providers will drop from fully comp to third party cover only in this case.

Hopefully! Regarding ducting, the existing roof vent has it's own plastic ducting and from the bathroom I've used the foil type of ducting (not the heavy insulated stuff). I didn't want to mount the fan to any of the woodwork to avoid it humming (late at night with the run on, the room is an...

Indeed. Based on previous extractors I'd be expecting at least 5 years service.

Yes, bought via TLC who I have to say are brilliant. Their service is tip top. Warranty I believe is one year. They make it easy, they ship a new one, you keep the packaging, pop the broken one in the box then call them to arrange courier pick up. 10/10 :) It is of course possible that S&P had...

After all the over thinking and messing about with wiring, let's hope the fan is more reliable than they've proven to be for us. We're on our third. First lasted 3 months, second 6 months. This third one is doing better but we'll see.... Previous two had bearing and/or motor failure. When they...

I would suggest they get their solicitor involved to attempt to recoup their losses and run away from the property as fast as they can.

Spider crawling across the detector? Rat/Mouse in the garage?

I've used the Bosch variant of those blades to good effect. Just masking tape on the top of the worktop to prevent splintering and scratches and an anti splinter piece in the Makita.

Absolutely not, but as an indicator of timescales for those who do not need to secure their future quick smart it should ring alarm bells loud and clear if we think we can wade in and get a deal in 5 minutes. The truth is it takes time, clearly a lot because of all of the differing interests at...

Excellent, thanks for the info chaps!

Sorry to jump in on someone else's thread but are alu bi-folds suitable in a south facing wall? We currently have wood and the sun and heat takes it toll on the wood protection and are considering aluminium when the time comes to replace.

Yes, it's really not ideal, it's a bodge but aside from items foxhole posted that's about all that can be done aside from not over plastering but that's been done now.

Not sure about reading it wrong but perhaps interpreting it wrong. Basically taking thickness out of the piece on the back in a graduated way will allow it to sit back further and remove or at least reduce the amount of protrusion.

Yes (though I have seen it done on the front :) ), you'll probably want to think about securing it properly on that end to pull it in just the right amount. Any minor gap behind can be caulked.