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Hi all, I have a gas boiler than is for underfloor heating and hot water (on demand) on the ground floor, heating and a hot water tank on the first floor, and then heating on the second floor. The first and second floor heating and the hot water tank are managed by a Timeguard TRT038N 3...

Hi all, Complete noob here! We have a garden room that is in need of re-varnishing. We have no idea what was previously used on it as the garden room was there when we moved in. If I was guessing, they have used a coloured varnish on top of the cladding but when I looked online (and at...

Thanks for this. My father in-law told me the same thing over the weekend. There's no need to fully sand it back to the wood. Give it a light sand and then put new varnish over it. I was under the impression that you had to go back to the wood. It's saved me a huge amount of time!!!

Thanks. So just try the Worx Detailing Sander? Don't bother buying an orbital one? Also, should I use varnish/paint stripper first?

Thanks. So an orbital sander of some sort or something very specific? Ive got a Worx detailer sander right now (just the triangular shape) but I was assuming that wouldn't really help much?

Hi all, We need to revarnish our garden room. We don't know what varnish was used before so I'm assuming to we need to sand it all back? With the sanding, it looks as though it will be really tricky because the panels overlap. Has anyone got any tips on the easiest way to sand it? See the...

Just another question. Will it cause issues if I have my heating switched on all day each weekday on the second floor but then have the radiator valves shut most of the time. Then I'll use the single smart TRV on one radiator to open the valve on demand when I'm cold. Or does having the heating...

Hi, sorry, that's what I was referring to when I was calling them "smart individual radiator thermostats". I probably had the naming wrong. I've ordered one just for my office and I'll see how it goes.

I've just realised an issue with my logic. If I still rely on the existing thermostats on each floor then the smart individual radiator thermostats will be a slave to the main thermostats. So it will still end up switching on the heating for the other rooms. So how would I be able to only...

Right, now that I've solved the boiler pressure problem from the other thread on my own, all while you lot were probably still in your pits (I'm feeling pretty cocky and proud of myself!), I'll turn my attention back to what I was looking at my boiler for. I have underfloor heating on the...

Ok, job done! It's only 7:54am on a Saturday morning and I feel like I've achieved more than I normally would in a whole day. So I reckon that I've got a good shot of convincing my wife that I should be able to play a round of golf today rather than look after the kids right?! The two...

I've just found the below website and it looks as though I can repressurise the boiler using the internal filling loop (which is the blurry white thing in the foreground of the photo ending 4424. Video of how to do it here so I'll try that:

Hi all, I went to check my boiler today, as I'm thinking of changing my thermostats, and noticed a puddle of water underneath it (photo with the big green circle mark up). It's leaking a water droplet every ~20-30 seconds. It's not the only issue that I've noticed in the last few months...

Thanks. I'm not quite sure what you mean? But there is no space underneath the existing slats to put anything.

Great, thanks

@opps Thanks for your post. I had no idea what a festool plunge saw was but they look like beasts. Plus they're very expensive so I think the Worx jigsaw is a good place to start. Is there anyway I can minimise the chipping using it? Thanks for the other advice to

I dint have anything. Unless a bread knife counts .

@Burnerman @Lower Thanks for both of your replies. I've just read through the below article comparing the two. While having the extra omph of the reciprocating saw would be good I think the jigsaw might be better for my task. The smaller blades should allow me to cut straight rather than...

Thanks John. A jigsaw looks like just the trick. It looks like you can get blade heights as little as 3.8mm so that would fit easily in between the slats and save me having to initially cut at an angle. What is the typical distance between the edge of the sole on a jigsaw and the blade...

Hi all, I've already asked this question in the Garden section but it was part of a longer post. So I want to be specific. I have a fence that I need to treat but before treating it I need to clean it. However, I think I also need to find a way of cutting a couple of inches from the bottom...