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Water is coming out the shraeder valve at the top of it. No air in it at all. I understand this to mean the rubber inside is compromised. There really isn't anywhere. Any heating cupboard that may have been in the bathroom has long since been removed, and the heating pipes don't go up into the...

Unfortunately there isn't a good place for it. Boiler is in the kitchen near an external corner with a window immediately to the left, flue goes up and out horizontally. Space above boiler is 320mm, below is a washing machine and the room directly above is a bathroom with no space for this...

Hi all, Expansion vessel failed I think - water flows straight out the shraeder valve when depressed. Going to give full backstory though because I need to decide how to proceed. I moved into a new house only a month ago. The boiler was serviced back in March 2022 and as part of the house...

We've browsed some flooring stores this morning, and now we're considering saving some more money and going for engineered wood.

Ok that makes sense for most panels but to reach my desired length of say 6m or width of say 3m, I will then need to have some odd sized panels with a lot of cuts at the ends. Especially the floor, 3m width is 2x1220 panels plus a 560mm wide panel to get to my required width. Instead of 3m, am...

What do you mean 'seriously'? Im trying to get a good design that minimises cutting particularly of sheet material or every single timber joist. A 2440 x 1220 sheet will not fit perfectly into a 6mx3m footprint. To avoid cutting sheets I would have to make the building either 2440 wide or...

I was intending to sandwich the OSB between the floor and wall joists i.e build the floor first complete with full OSB coverage and then lay the walls on top. Is it better to have the walls directly on the floor joists and put the OSB in the middle of it all? I'll need extra joists then around...

Yeah thats what Im saying - the timber lengths are metric i.e 2.4m, 3.0m, 3.6m. But the sheet materials are 2440x1220 so aren't directly compatible for spacing.

Hi all, Im planning to build a solid garden building/workshop. The size Im hoping for is 6m long x 3m wide. 2.5m high at the tallest point, 2m at the rear. Ive got an outline design done in sketchup which looks like this. The floor joists are 6x2, 3m span. The walls are 4x2. Floor...

Even if they're AC4 rated? The ones I'm looking at are for example Series Woods at around £15 to £20 per sqm. Quickstep is approaching £30 to £35 per sqm.

Why would I use Quickstep when its the same price as engineered wood? If I could afford quickstep Id use wood. Whole point about doing it in laminate is that its a more budget friendly option, hence looking for a price of £15-20 per sqm. Traffic loading won't be an issue, probably ever, its a...

If I could afford quickstep i wouldnt be fitting laminate at all, I'd be fitting engineered wood as it's priced similarly. We're not doing wall to wall whole house now, we're doing hallway and dining room downstairs (keeping living room carpeted) and 3 bedrooms upstairs (keeping landing and...

Wide or narrow plank? I understand wide plank laminate may be quicker to fit however in terms of look, narrow looks more 'real'?

Anyone got any views on difficulty of fitting 12mm compared to 8mm please?

I don't have any choice in it really, missus is adamant on it and it's how they do it in Europe.

Thanks I'll take a look. How difficult is fitting 12mm laminate compared to say 8mm? Im concerned about the extra work involved regarding skirting, door frames, thresholds between rooms. It'll be 17mm total thickness if I use a 5mm underlay board, which is alot, probably twice the thickness or...

Still undecided on whether to go full on EU version Tado or not. My boiler manual says set the temperature dial to 1 or 2 to maximise efficiency. This would be 47-50 degrees C according to the manual which I guess maintains condensing mode. I don't know how the Tado would choose to set the...

Bit too pricey for my budget unfortunately, I'm looking at around £15 per square meter plus £3-5 for the underlay, there are some options at that price.

It is a concern yes. My missus is from Europe and over there having wooden floors all over is commonplace. She has this thing about carpet not being hygienic or causing/retaining dust.

Ive fitted laminate before, so its not new but I want to get a really good finish this time. Upstairs, I am still planning to keep carpet on the stairs and landing. This will separate the bedrooms so I won't have to worry about lining up the laminate for a seamless look. Downstairs, I may have...