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Hi everyone I’ve got a dormer conversion. When walking in certain parts the walls creak. Usually this is because the sole plate of the wall is rubbing against the floor. However, being a dormer, there are steels either side of the floor boards. There are then wooden battens along the top of...

Cheers Wayners. Super helpful as always!

Thanks! Is this the sort of thing you mean? https://ebay.us/m/JV6c5w When you say foam packs, do you mean spray foam filler?

Thanks Wayners. I’ve got some scrapers but not a tungsten one. I guess as long as the width of the tape is cut back it’ll be fine whatever I use. Is it also worth driving some screws in along the joins where there are joists. I think they’re mostly nails holding it in which may cause some...

Hey everyone I’m doing a full house refurb and one of the jobs on the list is to sort out the ceiling cracks. Most of the rooms have cracks going the full length of the board. Interestingly, not many cracks going the short length of the board. I’m guessing they weren’t taped to up prior to...

Thanks Wayners. I’ve already got the johnstones primer and satinwood as I’ve done the skirtings and architraves in that. Would you say it’s not worth doing them with a top coat of varnish on it to keep costs down? What did you use to get the black grime off from skin oils?

Hey everyone, I’m looking to paint my handrails to match the rest of the decor. They’re some type of wood, maybe pine or oak. They were originally varnished. I’ve sanded them back though. Originally I tried zinsser 123 and then johnstones undercoat and then Johnstone’s satinwood quick dry...

The shower screen? Yeah it’s screwed into the wall.

What alternative would I have to that?

£240

Apologies everyone. Really busy few days. I’ve added some photos below. I appreciate all the responses. The problem I’ve got is the shower above it. It mainly gets used as a shower so the water pools in the corner then slowly leaks through the shower door. From my understanding it’s a...

It’s been fitted. Batten is already round the wall but it’s the non wall side that’s got the angle out of place.

Hey everyone, Hoping someone can advise. I’ve got a new acrylic bath (fibreglass reinforced). However, one of the corners seems to have bowed slightly so it’s directing water out of the bath rather than into it. It’s only slight, the corner needs lifting about 3mm. I would return it but the...

That’s quite the difference. I wonder if that’s a cause for my shower not having a great pressure on the hot water. Thanks for posting!

Thanks! Might get a tub of Citric acid then. Any other things it’s useful for? Do you fill the whole exchanger or just the one side? Does it even matter as long as you thoroughly rinse it out both sides? Cheers! Do you just fill the one side normally or drop it in a bucket of it and then rinse...

Hi all, Going to be doing this shortly and I’ve read numerous threads but the info is contradictory and I’m going round in circles. I’m seeing people say don’t use hydrochloric acid to clean the plate heat exchanger but then seeing people say to use spirit of salts. From what I gather, they’re...

What’s the best way to clean the plate hex? Just stick it in a bowl of descaler?

Did you ever get to the bottom of this, Dave? I’m having the exact same issue with the same boiler. Appreciate it was a while ago now.

Not had a chance to do this yet but will try when I can. I just had a shower and thought I’d observe the temp reading on the boiler (it’s basically next to the shower). It gets to 60c then cuts out. Drops to 50c then kicks back in. Gets back up to 60 and cuts out again. It repeats like this but...

Stupid question possibly. But how do I test the flow rate? I think it’s set to 55 but will check in the morning.