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Found something on the "Easyflow" website which I hadn't considered...the Blending Valve anti scald thing. Ours is a "Resilience ThermaGuard" and it was set to "MAX". I tried the closest tap upstairs and sure enough really luke warm despite the head of the tank showing 55c. So I went and closed...

Hi Folks- our system is a 210L thermal store heated by: A- 2 x 3kw immersion, never used B- Thermal solar panel C- Multifuel Stove (Woodwarm 12kw) At the moment "C" is the only thing contributing to heating the store and the central heating pump is set to come on at 70c although all radiators...

Hi, does anyone have any advice on how to patch the holes around the pipes that carry the water to/from the thermal store. The pipes are external and off from the wall, but where they enter the ceiling cavity the existing "filler" is a right dogs dinner, some form of mastic by the look and feel...

The test patch I've done has sanded down really well using a medium grit paper.... I'm going to sand a part with fine paper then paint over it a few coats and see what it looks like in comparison to medium . I was a conservation stonemason for over 20 years and having worked with lime mortars...

Well- update.....have done the upper bedroom- retaped using the scrim and Wickes ready mixed jointing stuff, all went pretty well needs a bit of sanding but not much- all internal corner work. I reformed the entrance into the utility room using metal corner strips but this time used Wickes...

Never heard of a taping blade....got a Marshalltown internal corner trowel, standard "pre-worn" 11" trowel...Just seen Screwfix do these Marshalltown taping ones for £12, may as well get one on the trip to Inverness....Sorry to sound a divv, but would I then rough apply the easifill with the...

Thanks again- never heard of easifill will prob get the "60" so got a bit more time- does this need a drill mixer attachment or could I get away hand mixing it(got quite a few bucket trowels)??

Cheers Steve- that's the plan I reckon- do the living room ceiling, stairwell and the bedroom above the living room where it's really needing done and fill any other hairline cracks... then monitor it for a year or two, house needs repainted and I'm closing off one side of the living room (open...

I've said this to the missus that we're P**sing against the wind- and the entire house sits on 12 pad foundations so no real solid floor, high wind loadings here in the Highlands, our house is heated by a multifuel stove so internally and externally we have huge temperature variations..... The...

Our house is only 6 years old, but in the last few years ALL the taping is failing all over the house. The plasterer who did it is referred to locally as "slap-dash"(!!), but he was subbed in by an NHBC registered main contractor. The joints have been paper taped, not the mesh tape, and as the...

Cheers Steve, been having a better look at it and stripped back some of the paper carefully. the mesh would fit in the "channel" so may try an experimental small area to see if it can be retaped and skimmed without first sanding anything. The screw heads are weird, if anything it looks like the...

Hi- our house is only 5 years old, it's all timber construction and on metal stilts(200mm) on concrete pads. The ceiling of the living room is getting progressively worse, think the joints were paper taped and they have all failed, and the screws are visible on some walls and along the joins of...

Planning to lay a circular slab 4.2m diameter, maybe 100-125mm thick. The ground below is glacial till, no soil, and IMO doesn't even need a sub base. I built a 1m high circular drystone retaining wall 3-4 yrs ago and it hasn't budged an inch. The slab will be a recreational area within the...

A lot of folk make the mistake of stacking the wood like they're building a dy-ke and leave not much for the air to get through, then they leave no space between the rows and make things even worse. I've seen the white mould on some of our logs that sat rather too long in the rain. That's why...

Not Ranch, dated looks plus the neighbour has 3 young kids so not having a ladder for them to play on and look over.... I googled for ages and found some spec from Leicestershire and their council. Their spec is posts 100x150mm at 3m max spacings for 1800 high, but with 3 rails, and about the...

Decided to go half on the costs and labour of putting up a 28m fence between us and the neighbours. We both want proper privacy, so far I've estimated that we'd need 17 (100mmsq)posts to make 16 bays @ 1.8 m apart, using 3.6m (100x38) rails and 150x19mm boards- fixed to both sides of the rails...

So like the annular nails that hold pallets together etc? I know the ones and separating anything put together with these nails is very difficult! Cheers for the advice....not sure I'm patient enough to predrill/nail/punch with the added bonus that the oval ones bend so easy!!

Are they those horrible nails with oval bodies and heads that look like they've been cut with pliers?! The ones that are a B*****D to hit squarely -assuming you use a hammer or do you use a nail gun, then punch them? !!

Hi folks, We've decided to put down a new floor in our upper hall/living space. It's awkward in shape, nothing I can't deal with, but I'm not sure over a few things as I've never laid a SWF before. 1- the subfloor is chipboard t&g, from what I've read this doesn't work too well with nailers...

Maybe instead of using chemicals to save myself and the "environment" I should just rip em all out by hand. Thirsty work that, then I could stand back and take a nice big glug of Aspartame riddled juice to quench my thirst and give myself brain cancer.... Everything has a risk, it's called...