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Most of the time the obese man would stand to the side of the bath, just watching me bathe. In this cases, he didn't displace any water. Floor was ok!

Yeah, I'm slightly concerned about the stairs. If the weight of the bath is basically two normal men, so that's effectively 6 men standing on the stairs at one time. Was thinking to slide it up some runners, using a winch at the top - means no bouncing, and only two men plus bath are on the...

Need to get a 160 kg stone resin bath (1580x585x680) up some stairs, round a few corners and into a bathroom. Have a plumber in doing the bathroom, but he's not making confident noises about how we do it...... Just four guys, two at top, two at bottom?? :S

Used https://swedishlinseedpaint.co.uk/Holkham-Green in the past. Currently painting a timber window with paint from Oricalcum - happy with it so far but the test will be in 30 years time :P

hahaha yeah I did. If you've already put primer on, then it's too late. Apart from the drying time, linseed paint is pretty easy. The recommended three coats is less than the 2 undercoat, 2 primer, 2 top coat that you'd normally put on exterior wood. Mixing down the undercoat with oil and...

Linseed paint.

I'm sorry if it came across that way to you. I'd also like to add that I don't think linseed paint is some kind of silver bullet/wonder product without any drawbacks. Just that it is (in my view, and for good reason I think) the best product currently available for painting exterior joinery, and...

I stand by my belief that petroleum derived (plastic) paints are not right for exterior joinery. This is not out of some ideological stance - I don't mind using them in other contexts. And in honestly, I would prefer to use them if they worked - they are easier to apply, and dry quicker.

I never suggested that.

The mainstream way of doing things leads to peeling paint and rotten windows. I'm fine with using mainstream modern paints on interior joinery, but they are simply not right for external joinery. Unless you are a tradesman who just wants to get the job done fast and for it to look ok for a...

Fair enough - but yeah, it's not something I've ever seen, and the performance of the linseed paint I've used in the past is in a different league to the plastic paints I've now stopped using.

Acrylic paint will always crack on exterior wooden joinery. Always. Then water soaks into the cracks, and the wood cannot dry out because the acrylic paint is not water permeable. The lower parts of the window - the cills, the bottom rails etc, will rot. Just because professionals use a...

I've been using linseed paint for a while now, and I'm very happy with it. However I've got a situation that's new to me - painting over some re-glazed glass. The glass will be set with linseed putty, and the standard advice is to leave the putty to harden for as long as you can before painting...

Linseed Paint. Takes longer to dry, but never cracks or flakes, and lasts a long, long long time. Plastic paint (I assume Dulux Weathershield is a plastic paint) will crack, flake, and cause your timber to rot. Avoid at all costs.

My kitchen rebuild is finally getting to the closing stages, and I have to make a decision about the wall behind the main counter-top. Should I tile it all the way to the ceiling, or just part of the way up? If I do this, I'd then either need to skim the rest of the wall, or perhaps put on some...

All standard advice for timber worktop installation is to not install for 6 weeks after any plastering is done. I understand the reasoning and theory etc..... But in reality, how important is this advice, and how big is the risk? I'm having my kitchen plastered (mostly onto plasterboard, but...

I think your kitchen is on a rather different scale to mine! The most I've ever cooked for is 5 :) I still think that with the spatial constraints I have, this is the best layout I can manage. I also have pans with handles longer than 18mm, but the hob has a diamond layout, so there's no need...

I went over all possible layouts quite a few times, but personally I prefer to have one larger stretch of worktop rather than two smaller ones. Hence choosing this layout. I could possibly put the dishwasher (450mm) immediately to the right of the larder unit (rather then to the right of the...

Doesn't come with a plug. Installation instructions only talk about hard wiring. Can't think of a single justification for this!

I like your thinking.