Sealing a shower tray
(5 messages)
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:33:14 +0000 (UTC)
Can anyone please recommend the best method/product. Tried the usual
silicone sealant but it always leaks after a few months.
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Grout Sealer
(1 messages)
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:14:23 GMT
Hi,
Can I ask if anyone has any experience with grout sealer such as this:
http://www.diytools.co.uk/diy/Main/product-2.asp?iProductID=3334
I've just had some new tiles installed in my bathroom, and I'd like to keep
the ...
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FAQ: Want to ask a DIY question? Here's how. (Version 13)
(1 messages)
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 15:43:56 GMT
This is an introduction to the UK.D-I-Y newsgroup for new and
experienced Do-It-Yourselfers in the United Kingdom. If you want help,
or just want to find out more about a problem before calling in 'the
professionals' you are ...
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Oak barrel water butt - which tap ?
(3 messages)
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 10:35:54 +0100
I'm half way there but need to find a tap ! Tried the usual plastic job
from B&Q but the threaded barrel wasn't long enough to go through the
wood and leave enough to get a nut fastened on the other side.
What do people use ...
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Fitting TRV to radiators
(8 messages)
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 10:17:46 +0100
Hello all
I am looking forward to autumn/winter and want to fit TRV's to the upstairs
rads....upstairs always get hot whilst the living room downstairs if several
degrees cooler. I know I have to drain the CH system to fit ...
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Stro render is crap.
(1 messages)
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 01:56:34 +0100
Mr Turtill,
I thank you for the e-mail and pictures you sent.
I have looked into this matter, and regret to advise you that, as you
were
not our client on this project, for contractual reasons I am unable to
discuss this ...
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sloping roof
(10 messages)
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 18:34:56 +0100
Can anyone help please. My son is building a small brick extension with a
sloping roof, which will have concrete interlocking tiles (sandtoft
standard). Unfortunately he cant get a carpenter and I have agreed to build
the ...
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Hiding copper pipes to rads/draining rads?
(5 messages)
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 15:26:03 GMT
Anyone know if it's possible to get pieces of white plastic split pipe that
can be cut to clip over 15mm copper radiator supply pipes that come out of
the floor and into the rad, just to tidy things up (paint just chips off ...
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Condensing boiler
(1 messages)
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 15:02:04 +0100
Whats the best condensing boiler around the 600
4 beds
2 bath rooms
wash room
kitchen
Thanks BS
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Consumer Unit
(6 messages)
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 09:06:14 GMT
Hi DIYers,
I want to change my consumer unit for one with resetable fuses and
an RCD main switch. At the moment its an old rewireable fuse one.
My main concern is for the shower which has no RCD protection.
I could get ...
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Dishwasher failure
(5 messages)
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 07:39:38 +0000 (UTC)
Any dishwasher buffs out there? Ours has stopped working. I'll describe the
symptoms if anyone thinks they can help.
Rob Graham
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Lidl high pressure taps
(4 messages)
Date: 24 Jul 2005 00:19:34 -0700
Saw these in store last week, but passed by as were only for high
pressure systems {as is common in most of Europe}; presumably without
storage tank in loft as I have.
If installed in such a system what makes taps unsuitable ...
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warped laminate sheets
(2 messages)
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 10:28:18 +0100
I have just had delivered some sheets of special ( very expensive )
laminated waterproofed material( an alternative to tiles ) for cladding the
walls of my new 900x900 shower.
This material is meant to be stuck onto the ...
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Flooring Problem!
(2 messages)
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 09:40:03 +0000 (UTC)
I sent a post the other day about installing a shower tray by myself. I
haven't installed it yet due to the following discovery.
I have made a stand for the tray using 6" x 2" timbers and a base of 3/4"
exterior ply as I ...
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Tying together concrete foundations
(10 messages)
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 21:03:17 GMT
I have to tie together my existing garage foundation with the new foundation
of the garage extension. I have drilled holes in the concrete at the base of
the existing garage and can insert steel rods into these and the other ...
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WC not screwed to floor
(12 messages)
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 18:26:06 GMT
Hi,
I recently had a batroom installed, and I notice that the WC is not screwed
to the floor. I have a concrete floor, but I thought that holes can be
drilled for rawl plugs.
Is it acceptable to not screw the WC into ...
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Bad Smelling Fridge
(3 messages)
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:47:19 +0100
At the back of my fridge is a plastic "tray" which sits above the motor.
This tray is collecting a really bad smelling brown paste. Where it comes
from I don't know. No smell from inside of fridge. Any ideas how to stop
this ...
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Help - re electric showers please
(11 messages)
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 09:45:55 +0100
I am replacing my broken redring shower with a new Redring Active 350
electric shower.
The shower is being fitted in a main bathroom, with the water tank being in
the loft about 6 feet above and 8 feet away from the shower ...
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Garage Floor continued...
(3 messages)
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 08:06:08 GMT
Once I've pored the floor slab - how long before it goes off so I can walk
over it and stand stuff on it? I know it varies by temperature, but in the
next week or so, so I'm thinking generally warm.
Paul
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Factory pressed dvd movies, ps2 & xbox backups for sale !!!
(1 messages)
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 00:44:54 +0800
We're offering all the latest factory pressed high quality dvd movies, ps2
and xbox silvers with factory printed colour inserts at fantastic prices,
whether for personal use or reselling. We're shipping worldwide with various
shipping ...
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