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Hi Wayners I'm not sure if the PVA is thinned or how it was prepared. I tried to sand it, but 120 grit just squeaks over it and makes no progress whatsoever, not even gumming the paper. I think the solution here is going to be a test patch and try the two options suggested by you good people

Absolutely this. Also, the claimed green credentials of EV's for its full life cycle are far from proven. There is also a very obvious problem with raw materials and the tiny little issue of access to charging points, people who live in terraced housing with no parking, flats, range, battery...

Would you not be concerned about a patchy finish if I apply only to the visible PVA? It would mean I was painting the outlines of squares in the centre of some walls, if you see what I mean.

Hi all, A plasterer recently performed quite extensive repair/infill work on some of our partition walls and elements of the ceiling. He used PVA when skimming. It's nice and smooth but not overly polished. The PVA extends to around 6" outside of the repaired areas and there is bare skim...

I can't delete the now somewhat irrelevant posts above, although I suppose they are related. In terms of which professional to approach I'd probably suggest a chartered surveyor. I'd have expected an issue like this to have been picked up during your survey at the time of purchase. Again, a...

Nevermind I can see it is.

Is that roofing felt thats visible below the deck level?

Below you can see where the tarmac abutts the brick wall. There is clear evidence of damp in the lower quarter of the brick work as moisture is unable to escape through the tarmac. It's surprisingly common, especially on properties that bound pavements on main roads, where the council slap the...

I've seen this a lot on properties where the tarmac runs right up to the exterior wall. Buildings need to breathe. If you have concrete paving slabs right up against the exterior wall, I'd suggest thats likely to be your problem. The moisture in the ground has nowhere to evaporate to so...

Afternoon, Following extensive water damage thanks to the original construction company tiling straight on to bare plasterboard in the shower area, I'm facing a bit of a tricky situation. I need to remove a single side of the 9mm plasterboard from the paramount board and then remove the...

Cheers everyone, ended up with a Duravit resin tray. Seems well made but fitting it is going to be a challenge.

I'm sorry, didn't mean to exclude any input. I'll check out the model of tray, thanks.

I don't have TV anymore, or even web ads, but for the many years I did, I often found that the brands who need to advertise are those that can't generate enough business by word of mouth. There are quality brands and there are poor quality brands, some are mixed, but generally not in my opinion...

Hello gents, Shower trays seem to be one of those items that aren't discussed too often. Without talking billionaires row or trays made from meteorites/diamonds, in a money no object scenario, what brand would you be looking at for a super premium shower tray that will last? So far Ive seen...

Afternoon, I'm hoping someone can offer some guidance. We have stripped out the bathroom in preparation for making it into a wet room, but the subfloor needs removing to access the pipework properly. We have also seen water damage to a partition wall bottom plate and the flooring itself, so...

It's not really to heat the room, just to keep the tiles warm/dry them out as its going to be a wet room. It also has intelligent controls so links with the rest of the smart home devices we have apparently, allowing pre-heating and so on. It does seem to have sensors in the floor. It's a...

Hello all, Looking at putting in underfloor heating in the en-suite. Electric heating is compatible with the uncoupling membrane, or at least is an option. It requires it's own circuit which means that unless I can repurpose an existing circuit, I'll need to get qualified person in to do it...

Can I just clarify, for the OP really, you're talking about when your main ply sheet (stock side) is down to 200mm width or so, that track saw use becomes difficult because of the need to have the rail fully supported, correct? If so, I agree, it needs to be planned around in the cut list or a...

Not a plumber or heating engineer but I do have a Nest and have fixed a few issues with my system over the past few years. What type of heating system do you have? It does sound like a zone valve. My system is S plan so I have two zone values, one for heating and one for hot water. My...

As Tigercubrider said, a track saw and a bench would make this relatively simple. At the top end, you have Festool and Mafell, circa £500-600. Below that there are a range of options from Makita and Bosch Blue and then brands like Scheppach and Erbauer. Blade wise, more teeth equals a finer...