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    Floor adhesive consistency

    Just started to floor a kitchen with tiles and found adhesive consistency all a bit off. Been years since I tiled a floor but as far as I can recall the adhesive consistancy was shall I say more sloppy. I began by using a Mapei adhesive mixing to correct amounts 5.2L -5.6L per 20kg bag. Heck...
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    Patching concrete floor

    I have a kitchen floor that was covered by stick down vinyl. I intended to put laminate over this but the floor is anything but level so am going to again use glued vinyl, more on that in a minute. As the units have been moved the old vinyl did not cover a sufficient area. So up cam the old...
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    Laminate direction

    I know is a well trod topic but I keep looking at my layout and just cannot decide. Please help:love: Attached is a layout of the area to be done totals some 32m2 Currently kitchen is done is some stick on vinyl and dining room in carpet with a changeover strip of wood. I want to change both...
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    Extension radiator tail parallel thread.

    I have a couple of rads that are going to get covers hence I need the trv to be outside the cover. This then needs a elongated tail. The 2 I have bought have parallel threads as opposed to the normal tapered thread. I use Loctite 577 on tails but on these 2 parallel treads there is movement...
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    Y plan to S plan

    Have thought for a while to swap my Y plan to an S plan as the 3 port valve is playing up. I have the 2 port valves so no problem there. My question concerns the need to remove the 3 port valve a fit a copper T piece, mine is done in 28mm. I am wondering could I not leave the body of the 3 port...
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    Peninsular kitchen cabinets

    Attached are a couple of photos to better show the units concerned. My question revolves around the affixing of said units to the concrete kitchen floor. I have read that one does not need to affix the sheer weight of the setup will be sufficient. On that I am not convinced especially at the end...
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    Suitable wood for outside by bbq

    Now that the bricks are laid for the bbq I need some support for a grill and fryer. What I need is something to fill a space 450mm deep x 1350mm long which will support a grill plate , weight 30kg and a fryer weight not a lot. I can envisage the top being tiled so I thought why not a piece of...
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    Draining board grooves

    Having decided to cut the grooves in my oak draining board I proceeded to get a secondhand mdf jig. As a one off so no need for expensive laminate one. Now jig os 17mm thick for starters. Measuring the slot at the oint where the groove will disappear it is 42mm from jig top to worksurface. Now...
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    Belfast sink cutting worktop

    Have to fit a Belfast sink to an oak worktop. Have a jig on the way. Reading all the blurb about using the jig all the makes seem the same. Namely they state the worktop should overhang the sink by 10mm, both sides and rear. Also that the worktop should be level with a datum line drawn through...
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    Brick slips

    I am intending using brick slips over a brick wall covered in render. Can I apply the brick slips directly to the render, if so would it be better to apply a sealant, ie pva first? Or should I remove the render and affix the slips directly to the brickwork?
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    Brick slips

    Not sure if this is right section of forum but here goes have posted in tiling also. I am intending using brick slips over a brick wall covered in render. Can I apply the brick slips directly to the render, if so would it be better to apply a sealant, ie pva first? Or should I remove the render...
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    Back box depth

    Am redoing the kitchen which has involved altering positions of sockets switches etc. My question is the depth of metal back boxes. For example I had to move the cooker switch only some 60mm to the left. So I chopped out the blockwork, soft grey block, which is fine but as before the back box is...
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    Padding out steel beam

    I have a steel beam, PFC, installed under a first floor area. The thing is the joists holding up the floor above vary in depth and combined with it being an old property is a shall we say varying in shape. Two of the joists rest on the steel beam whereas others have a gap of a few mm to over...
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    Pair of ovens

    Am about to install two ovens, one above the other. Both are rated at 16A max. Now am wondering about the feed and isolation needs, here are my alternatives, in my opinion. 1 Feed both off a 32A MCB using 6.00mm2 and a single 32A isolation switch by the ovens in the kitchen 2 As above but use...
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    Tying in brickwork

    In the kitchen of my old cottage there is a fireplace with brickwork down to ground level. The previous owners did not use this fireplace and converted it to take an oven. To level everything up they built a single skin wall in front of the chimney brickwork. Problem is they never bothered to...
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    Recrtangular ducting.

    I intend ducting a cooker hood to the outside using 204mm x 60mm rectangular ducting. Looking at the ducting it has same problem as when I have used smaller size on other jobs the longer length sags a little ie is not a proper rectangle. And to my mind if one uses the standard connection bits...
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    Log splitter

    I have one of the cheapo electric/hydraulic log splitters. What has happened after a year outside it was reluctant to start but finally got it going. It has a motor which operates an hydraulic ram. Now what I am finding is that sometimes when I press the start button the motor it goes clockwise...
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    Sealing log cabin

    Having just erected a log cabin I need to make it waterproof at ground level. Attached is a drawing of my proposal to run past you guys.The initial intention was to just run a single bead of mastic around the slab/soleplate joint. What with all the water we have just had I now wonder if it would...
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    A tad confused

    A while ago we had a BT/Openreach guy investigate why the internet kept dropping out. Some time later I found that none of the phone extensions worked. At the time did not worry me as we use a cordless setup. Now as we are doung this and that to the property I thought I would re- instate the...
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    Concrete slab DPM

    I have just had a concrete slab laid with a DPM for a log cabin. I would like opinions as to where to trim the DPM at the sides. Hopefully the attached drawing makes it easier to understand. I obviously do not want the DPM to extend past point A or it will be visible. I am uncertain where to cut...
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