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Surprised there's no kitchen forum..... Anyway, when I did the kitchen in our previous house I made all the worktops from 1" blockboard and laminate, made my own edging. That was in 1981. The kitchen in our current house has a free-standing cooker, which I'm going to replace with a built-in...

After the Ronson canisters ran out, I bought a Rothenburger, which was touted as the Ronson replacement at that time. No small nozzle, wouldn't idle, flaring, I think it went in the bin. That was a good while ago, are they better now? V8

Remember the Ronson? Small and large burners, a control knob that held its settings, steady at low-flame, didn't flare. Then the cartridges vanished... was it the EU idiots, or a family dispute, I never did find out. Anyway... since then I've tried various new cartridge blowlamps, and I have a...

Well, I seem to have got away with it. All heated up this morning. I did bend them very gently. Agree with the point about annealing if there's much bending to do. Ivor

Yes, I did. Then buzzed them, and they're OK. So tomorrow we should be warm again. I hope. Thankyou.

Thankyou. I posted it in Appliances now. Meanwhile, the eBay seller of the elements advises that I can indeed bend them. I was surprised, I expected him to sit on the fence or give no reply, so take a bow Spares4Homes. Off now to do some bending. Be interesting thugh to see what the...

Originally posted this in the Heating section: Creda storage heater with the kettle-type elements.... Heats up, but not very much. Took apart, buzzed the old elements, one is OK the other is bust. Very twisted and the outer casing is burned. The one that still works is also twisted. I...

Creda storage heater with the kettle-type elements.... Heats up, but not very much. Took apart, buzzed the old elements, one is OK the other is bust. Very twisted and the outer casing is burned. The one that still works is also twisted. I noticed that the old elements were too wide to fit in...

Good point, and that's fair enough, don't want to fry myself with outdoor electrics. Ivor

Depends on the boiler. Oil? Annual. Conventional flue, scope for stuff falling down the flue, maybe. Modern boiler with (excessive) electronic gubbins, probably. But my 1991 boiler which works or doesn't, and the flame colour can be seen through the little window, I don't think so...and...

Thankyou all. Many ways to skin the cat, it seems. We do have Economy 7, but no controller, just a (broken) time switch in the airing cupboard and only one top-loading immersion in a 48" tank. Well, the plumbing dates back to 1969... The main Sangamo timer is intelligently positioned in an...

In our present house we have gas heating. On the HW cylinder I have two stats, one near the top of the cylinder, one nearer the bottom, selected by a changeover switch. This gives the option of heating a full tank, or less water if no one is having a bath. This has worked well for 28 years...

What did the service engineer do? He must have changed the wiring, or changed a component such as a motorised valve. There is a way of wiring the programmer so that the lights stay on if the system isn't calling for heat, but when the system does come on the lights should stay on, not go out...

I'm intending to build a very old-fashioned garage with wonky old beams to go with my wonky old (C17) house. Would like BC to be not involved, so it will be less than 30m2. Detached, more than 1m from boundary. If I subsequently build a lean-to carport alongside by adding a catslide to the...

Our 'new' house is all-electric. In the kitchen is an undersink water heater, looks about 2 gal, in what appears to be a fibreglass casing (sorry to be wooly, not in the house at present). It works fine, but doesn't seem to hold the heat very long. Would be very difficult to run a pipe...

Why not? If one can support a chimney breast with brackets, why not a landing.... You may get a good sized cast-iron bracket from a salvage yard, or you could make a decorative bracket out of oak or even softwood, and fix it to the wall with coach screws/plugs. After all, Westminster Abbey roof...

What to do.... 100 year-old oak floor, sanded. Osmo Hardwax oil applied ten days ago but still very slightly tacky in places. The room is warm, well ventilated. The chap used a roller to put it on, didn't buff it, went and left it. I didn't stand over him, but I have the impression he put a...

Use a breaker upstairs? Caramba.... The hearth slab is cast on noggins attached to the joists, it's going to be a few inches thick. If the downstairs ceiling is lathe & plaster you could well bring the lot down. If it's plasterboard, you might just get away with cracking the joints. Either...