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Hi all. Been a while since I've been on here so hope all are well. My Heatmiser Central heating control system communicates between devices, a central control panel and the home network via STP cabled network cables. These are advised to be screened at one end (which they are) and ideally run...

Hello all. Have a frustrating tissue with a wooden fireplace surround i've built: it's made of 28mm thick pine glued (white wood glue) biscuit jointed and screwed together with the trim pieces glued and pinned. Where i've filled the screw and nail holes with a 2 part epoxy...

help, please!! i've got a lounge with gloss painted walls…the walls ar flat but the paint has quite a rough roller texture…rathe than just sugar soaping and painting over i've tried sanding the paint a little to get a flatter surface. problem: hand sanding doesn't even scratch the...

hello all...my bro in law is taking out an original fench door that has a window either side, about 2m wide. Currently the only support is a wooden plate above the door/windoe frame but the door frame seems to be taking some weight so can't simply be removed. Walls are solid 9" The...

Anyone know how I can calculate the load bearing capacity of a 4x2 (or multiple 4x2s) - need to provide support for a 300kg water tank over a 2m span with the tank right at one end of the span. I was thinking 4 4x2s sitting on a 4x2 wall plate bolted to the gable wall in loft and the other...

Good afternoon all. I have a puzzle for you - need to build a front garden wall...three brick pillars, one at each end and a central piller all two bricks sqaure Then I'd like 5 ot 6 courses of full brick, then plinth bricks with a half brick wall above this capped with bull nose...

Hello all. Toilet and soil stack related question...sorry - a bit long winded.. My brother in law wants to move the downstairs toilet to under the stairs from the rear of the house (usual little toilet outbuilding) and move his existing 1st floor bathroom loo from the back wall to the aside...

Hello all. I'm looking at removing a non load baring wall in my house, typical 4 box affair downstairs (kitchen on the left at the back and lounge on the right at the back) joists run front to back. The upstairs has three rooms at the back, with one dividing wall above the kitchen and one...

Hello all. Hope everyin is well. Looking to make some quality kitchen base units and not got the time to spray MDF, so looking for a high quality conti board for the white base units (doors will come later) Anyone know a good supplier? my only other option is MDF, or plywood, but that's...

What's the reason for holes in joists being in the 25-40% range and notches in the 7-25%? Can anyone explain why a hole in the centre weakens the joist less thana hole near the end?? Or is this just a historic finger in the air rule of thumb?? I ask as Ideally i need to put a hole near an...

Having just renovated a couple of rooms I now need new doors to finish them off...all the internal doors will be replaced over the next few months/years. it's a 1912 victorian house but the doors have been butchered beyond repair - cantre stiles and rails removed and glass fitted...more locks...

Mate has a potterton 100L that he called the AA out for as it intermittently working. AA man replaced the pcb but then said it needed new flow and air pressure and thermistor sensors...which sounds s little strange. thermister registers just under 1m ohm at a warm room temp (sounds about...

Putting in a new loo on the same wall as the ouitside main stack and about 4m from it. between the loo and the stack is a 'between floors' stairwell window I have to avoid. So my question is: Do i drop vertically from the toilet 1.5m then run 2.5' to the main stack and use a 92.5' joint...

Hello all. I'm using CAT5 FTP cable (Foil screened CAT 5) for my heating system control centre/network thermostats and it requires the use of CAT5 FTP with the drain shield wire grounded. This is all fine, BUT is best practice to sleave the drain wires in the wiring centre, or does one just...

Need to make some cabinets from MDF...usually get my MDF from B&Q but the edges seem a little soft. (I know MDF IS soft, but soft for MDF). Is there a general opinion than Wicks MDF is better quality than B&Q. Both seem to have deals for 5 sheets for about 15/16quid each... happy to look...

ANy good? Half the price of BAL flexible/mosaic fix which is great but not if my tiles are then going to fall off! Anyone used it or know a cheap source of BAL adhesive?? Thanks, Virgil..

so we've chosen our tiles for the shower enclosure - a light grey bevelled 100x300 tile. Want to set them 'brick bond', so a vertical joint will be in the centre of the tile below, like you would when laying bricks... The problem then comnes at the edges of the cubicle. It'e exactly 1200...

And, no...the wife was in all day yesterday, so it's not THAT... Got to hand it to you boys (and any girls) who do this for a living....did a ceiling and three walls yesterday over 7 hours, and today woke up and my right forearm is in pieces ! I know you probably get used to it after a...

Hi - I'd like to have 12v available in the workshop but at a high amperage (tobe able to power car parts for some testing work without the need for constant battery being topped up) i need to runs fans, motors and other items which will draw quite a load. I think ui read somewhere that...

Hello all...so have my new unvented cylinder up and running so need to get rid of the old tank currently running off the old boiler (super mexico). Heating is pumped and water is gravity. The Danfos 3060 only has options for water with heating or nothing at all, so I need to know how to...