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Should have read ‘don’t’ fit all the way in

Does anyone know why the strap on boss adaptors fit all the way in leaving a ‘trough’ which will surely collect all sorts of gunk? See pic

Can anyone tell me where I can purchase bespoke oak worktop breakfast bars 60mm thick x 2300mm long x 960mm wide please?

Is it best to support floor joists on a timber wall plate on top of a concrete block leaf or use engineering bricks?

Thanks for the reply but wouldn’t that still be the case with concrete too? Ie cracking due to expansion or is screed less flexible?

Is there any reason why I wouldn’t want to screed directly onto steel decking instead of concreting worst. It’ll be 100mm deep approximately 4m x 2m on an external steel framed balcony.

Just a quickie, is it ok to install the vent for a log burner in the fire place behind the log burner ie air bricks? Thanks in advance.

I’m not a plumber by any stretch of the imagination but it sounds like you might have an air lock somewhere. This has worked for me cos I used to work for an old plumber and saw him do it on a few old gravity fed systems and have done it to clear an air leak I had once and that is to seal your...

This is the other side of the boiler.

Thanks,I have recently moved into this property and it hasn’t been updated for many years and it must be, if not the original system, then close to it. This system has a large water tank that feeds the cylinder in the airing cupboard and then there’s a small tank that drops down in 15mm then...

Thanks for the reply. So am I right in thinking that when the central heating is running it also heats the water in the cylinder? And if so how come when the HW is switched on, the CH doesn’t come on?

Would someone please advise me on whether this is possible? My property is a bungalow with an oil fired boiler and gravity fed HW system (I think!) I have removed 2 rads from 2 bedrooms and drained the CH system down (I thought I had isolated the CH feed from the HW as there was an isolator...

In defence of dot and dab (I prefer float and set myself) if you do it like i do, the wall is practically solid afterwards anyhow:- Apply vertical beads of drywall adhesive at 300mm centres then tamp HARD back straight and level creating a solid bed behind boards. Then any fixings through PB...

If the walls were cavity walls and there is no history of damp, is it still not okay to use gypsum products? Sorry to hijack this post!

Sounds like a tyrelene finish to me applied to smooth rendered walls with a special applicator.

How about painting with blue grit leave overnight or longer until it dries then bonding coat then skim over or as cherryred said; dot and dab.

Excuse my ignorance but I can understand damp affecting an external solid wall if gypsum used but not internal or cavity walls?

Apply 2 coats of PVA first following instructions on container.

I'm with you. Need to do a course in lime work me thinks. What I'd like to know is; does it really cause serious problems if you patch up an old wall that is lime / sand cement with gypsum plaster and then skim over whole wall with gypsum multi finish? Cos I have to admit I've done this...