Evening all With the budget all but run out, we have bought some cheapish laminate flooring to do out our living room and study with. The instructions suggest...
Not really selfbuilding, but there's such a wealth of knowledge here and I hope no-one will mind... I want to mount a fairly hefty armchair on a turntable...
Studies show that 12% of the population suffers from asthma and another 40% from allergies; a leading Australian fabric supplier heeded the call of people and...
Sorry Bert and others if my recent mails seem a bit behind the game but I sent them 3 days ago!! Good ol' Yahoo. Happy New Year to all...or by the time this...
Hi, Reading recent threads has stimulated the following thoughts: This sector of technology has a lot of businesses which are more marketing-oriented than...
Hi Guys, Please bear with me as i explain how we got here. As i think the background to the problem is important. In my mum&dads house they have a simple hot...
Hi, Log onto _www.DIFFLOCK.com_ (http://www.DIFFLOCK.com) Click on FORUMS. Click on THE LOUNGE. Click on CENTRAL HEATING OIL. Somebody has 2.500 gallons of...
Hi, I recently fitted a new black ink cartridge in my Epsom Stylus PHOTO R240. Was printing great. Then I did something wrong, and it screwed up a piece of...
as soon as the weather warms-up a bit, we'll have the plastering done ... after which, once our own accommodation is done, and we've moved-in, we'll be on with...
Evening all Wondering if anyone has seen any decent sales with reductions on power tools....might be the time to get a router that I've been thinking of for...
All I am looking for a bit of advice. I have just built an internal timber stud wall out of 100*48mm C16 wood form the local timber yard. When it was delivered...
HI all, since I have a couple of days freetime - thought I would tackle my flat roof problem. Basically got a roof terrace with some decking on - and after a...
Hello, I have a problem on which one of the Knowledgeable might be able to advise me. During major extension work at my house 3 new bathrooms have been ...
Hi there, The g/f walls and f/f joists are in place now and I am wandering around looking for 'problem areas.' I frequently read about air tightness for t/f...
Hi there, It's a long story but to get the tiles that we want, we may have to collect them from somewhere in Europe (Belgium? Holland? may be Germany?) Am...
So here we go with the next saga! Will be putting up a couple of solar panels to feed a thermal store. I want a largish store (500 ltrs / 800 ltrs) to provide...
Hi there, Lee gave me a link from his web site to a flowscreed company; although we are some way off needing a screed, I have spoken with them and will get a...
There is a distance of 2.5m from the flue terminal to the neighbour's boundary mentioned in an Energy Saving Trust document and an Oftec document (mine is an...
I have to slice a 40mm. width off MDF 19mm. flooring all round a perimiter wall, and I'm looking for inspiration. My circular saw will not cut closer than...
... Unfortunately it's not, I'll have to go right round. What type of router cutter did you have in mind? Thanks for the replies, I'll ask around to see if any...
But I have to try. Hi, Our next visit to our place in France is scheduled for April, when we hope to get it into a presentable condition before we start trying...
Hi all, so, I've heard the spiel, seen the products and I think I know which timber floor to go with - but wanted to check with you all whether or not those...
All ... spent a couple of hours cleaning up files area. Please if you are uploading files for general use by others ... place them in the "Download folder" you...
I came across a very useful document on Wood .... strange that it is written by MOD ..... but a great source of information contained in it. I have uploaded it...
Hi there, We now have the oversite ready for the TF to arrive, hopefully, next week. One of the issues that has suddenly arisen is a g/f screed for the ufh....
... Firstly, I'm not a heating engineer! But from what I have read of the application of thermal stores with UFH, I think it goes something like this: UFH...
... That was my problem with sourcing a suitable Solar Thermal/Thermal Store setup. One company sent copious literature (as you write) with a quote (quite...
I have a hall cupboard with very limited access, and rather than fitting a conventional hinged door I've been wondering about a sliding one. But I don't want...
Hi there, Just received a 'spam' flyer that actually looks interesting, so much so that I bookmarked. http://www.nova-flo.com/ turns of the water before the...