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I live in just such a house lol. There's a plug you can get called Dryline Pro, which as the name suggests is actually designed principally for dot & dab drylined walls where there is a gap to bridge between the surface and the bricks/blocks that are providing the ultimate support. Although not...

According to my OH in her experience it's more often labyrinth than mesh, but yeah same idea - force the grease-laden air to (repeatedly, if possible) hit some sort of solid surface that will catch grease before it gets into the duct, and make that surface easily removable to allow frequent...

Yeah I use Fischer myself however never had any issue in masonry as long as the plug gets expanded properly, which it does if the screw is the correct size. I think Fischer also has a design element where the plug is intended to be pulled further into compression by the screw exiting the far...

:ROFLMAO: oh dear, I hope to god I don't end up building one of those. Or at least that the evaporator I install can cope with whatever does come back down the duct.

It actually is a centrifugal fan, which I was a little sceptical about myself, however it is purpose designed for the application. According to the spec sheet the fan will still move 300m3/hr at around 420Pa static pressure. From my amateur Googling it seems friction losses tend to dominate...

From my own experience with building a 4 inch sawdust and chip extraction system into my workshop, whose longest run is close on 10 metres and has multiple bends, including a couple of metres of corrugated flex hose, and which has no problems carrying particles significantly larger and heavier...

Sorry I should have been clearer... When comparing to other domestic duct runs I meant similar situations e.g. venting through a second floor and an attic, then out the roof, as opposed to short horizontal runs. These configurations are less common but they do exist. The need to keep the air...

A 6mm wall plug will usually require the use of a 6mm masonry drill bit, with your drill on the hammer setting. You can use 3 to 5mm diameter screws, although 4mm will be best. 3mm can be too loose, and 5mm can be so tight that it will start to spin the plug, which will prevent you from fully...

Good point. I'd plan to inspect it every now and then, especially in the early years, to get a handle on just how quickly grease buildup is occurring and whether and when it's going to need cleaning. That said, whilst we do a lot of cooking, I mean "a lot" in domestic terms. So a use rate of a...

I'd be very surprised if they can hear air moving through a flue liner, three courses of brick and an inch of horsehair plaster. Also they have the whole chimney breast hidden behind a stud wall. Technically we don't need anyone's permission to line our own chimney, however we are on good...

Should've said already had it checked and cleaned so we know it's not blocked. I don't think we need it to have a draw for a forced air system like an extractor, although now I think about it, the draw will certainly help when it's in use. Might be a heat loss/noise issue when it's not...

Thanks, yeah no suitable vent through options that aren't way more complicated. To the left is stairwell for access to upstairs property, to the right is 1950's kitchen extension, and through the wall on left and right is neighbour two doors down. There is a small area of external wall in the...

Having read multiple threads on this issue in various forums, I expect I will probably get mainly "argh don't do it" type replies to this, but I can't for the life of me figure out any other way to make this work. Two storey Edwardian terraced villas (1 flat lower/1 upper). We are on the...

Seems obvious now you mention it. No business is ever going to turn down a serious order. Mine is looking like £2.5-3k at the moment. Definitely nicking that "just starting out" tip (y)

Cheers cdbe. Oddly, Lathams website states outright "We supply products to a broad range of trade customers. Please note: due to the nature of our business and our delivery vehicles, we are unable to supply to the general public." ... perhaps it's just a tactic to deter people looking for very...

Having difficulty sourcing furniture/architectural grade sheet materials (mainly ply but also looking for melamine-faced MDF) in Edinburgh. I know big wholesale suppliers such as Latham's carry these materials but they don't sell to the public Online retailers seem to all be based south of...

Hi all and thanks for the helpful replies. In the end it turned out that there were indeed inconsistencies in the machining, so whilst they were all identical thickness (and all thicknessed down on the same side) the T&G wasn't always matching up as well as it had seemed from my random checks...

Hi, Looking for a little expert advice if possible. Georgian house. Have lifted entire room of tongue & groove pine floorboards and am replacing them with reclaimed floorboards, also pine, and left in the room to acclimatise for a few weeks. I have run the reclaimed boards through my...

Contemplating installing some 12V RGB SMD strip inside the front of a bullnose profile shelf. The shelf itself is some 4.5m long, and I'm looking to light about 4m of that as below (image shows cross section of front of shelf). I don't intend ever to have the LEDs in use for a continuous...

Interesting info thanks! I assume this is to help the multi-chemistry chargers use the correct charging profile depending on cell type?