Home DIY

I had the plumber put modern thermostats on them last year. When I asked him, if I'd be better off replacing them with modern ones, he said "no no no, these are the Rolls Royces of radiators. They'll heat up anything". I'm pretty sure the problem isn't in my flat either. The pipes are hot both where they enter and exit my flat.

Depending on the diameter, I think you can sub those for bleed valves. But given you don't have one, I'd do as suggested and just crank it open.

If it doesn't seal again, I'd try PTFE tape first. Maybe six wraps or so. Very slow leaks are sometimes remedied by time since you get corrosion and sludge which helps to naturally seal.

Given that the whole system is pressurised and I've got no stopvalve, I rather not risk it. But I'll have some bleedscrews fitted, when the system is empty in the spring.

quick question best way to treat raw wood - found an old fruit crate type thing want to give it some sort of protection (will only be used in doors)and try to keep the character of the wood, is oil the best way ?

Oils are good. We have used Tung and Teak oil in the past. Tung oil is food safe.

What's the crate material?

its just a raw untreated cheap wood its pale in colour so im thinking pine but not sure

For something a little different, we've used and really like this stuff.
http://www.valhalco.com/
It allows the wood to 'silver' naturally quite quickly, though you need to leave it outside exposed to rain and sun to get that process going.
It's made for the outdoors of course, but I think crates like those would look nice with that treatment.

thanks will check it out may be hard to buy here in HK

There's this too, I bet HK has steel wool and vinegar :)
http://www.instructables.com/id/Steel-Wool-and-Vinegar-Wood-AgingEbonizingWeathe/

Could always attach the bottom to a large ply base sheet if that happened.

We're doing up our tiny (2.5m²) hall after building work and need to sand the floor.

I know forum advice is to pay someone to get it in, but will anyone want to do such a tiny space?

I doubt hiring something would be economical. Had a go with a third sheet sander but it doesn't take enough off and it would take approximately forever...

Just chuck a bit of cork effect Lino down.

Vi har lige haft et lignende problem. Løsningen hos os var at skifte pakdåserne og i den forbindelse udlufte den vej.
Det kan sagtens gøres uden at lukke for hele systemet, der er ikke særligt højt tryk på.

Sorry. My english wasn't good enough for that above post.

Tore up all of the cheap laminate from our front lounge ahead of getting some carpet installed. As I suspected, in about 5 years time we'll re-do this room and these floor boards will come up a treat if we get them refinished.

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tool! rock n roll emoji

@LongAndWinding had that in a poster tube since she bought it at the gig on the tour. Nice to free it. Tool is one of our "things." I first saw them in Texas about 1994 in a converted grocery store as part of Undertow tour. She saw them in London when MJK judo flipped a stage rusher, pinned him and rode him like a horse during an entire song.

Er, don't think that's going to cut it. Especially as we've already agreed with the neighbour we'll sand the floorboards and we've already chucked the carpet.

Maybe the question is whether there's a sander which is bigger than a third sheet but smaller than a normal floor sander which would be powerful enough for floorboards?

I used a Bosch orbital to do 7.4 sq m of kitchen tiles which were harder than wood.
Started with 40 grit, then to 80 then to 120.
Wouldn't do it again, but your hallway is small it should be a breeze.

Is there anything between the bed frame and the mattress?

The spacing of the slats on the frame looks too far apart to support the mattress, especially if it is pocket sprung.

It's memory foam and the slats are king size so are correct.

Edit: just realised I didn't post this pic...

Looking around I could hire one of these for £15 + VAT for two days:
http://www.floorstoredirect.com/machine_edgers.htm

Not sure how exactly much an orbital sander would cost but that seems cheaper.

Who bought an infrared paint stripper?

I'll be needing one (maybe in the new year, maybe sooner) as I have a lot of doors and windows to strip down.

Is it worth buying one? Can they be hired? Does anyone who bought one for a thing and has now finished that thing want to pass it on?

If you have a lot to do you may as well buy one, you could probably find a buyer at the end of the project if you really don't need it. Unfortunately I can't lend mine as I use it all the time.

I'll be done with mine in the new year/maybe sooner - I wont have anymore use for it by then so was going to see if anyone wanted it.

I'm in Japan rn but happy to pop you a message when I'm back