Home DIY

Thanks - I thought that might be the case.

It may turn out to be easier to have a sparky do it all - some of the cabling I've uncovered is appalling, and even I known some of those bits aren't up to regs.

Now i just need to worry about the sparkybnot signing off until a boatload of other remedial work is done.

Does anyone have any 6x1 off-cut I can grab for a repair?

Anyone want a Cresta elec shower for parts? It has a new 9.5kw tank in it but that wasn't the source of the problem and I couldn't be arsed with more debugging so bought a whole new unit.

What material?

I've got plenty of 6x2 pressure treated joists

PM incoming !

Treated softwood preferably.

A bit of gravel board might see you right.

I'm afraid I'm yet to get my saw out to mine, so do tbhave any offcuts.

Timberyards usually have green / tanalised ones at a couple of quid for 6ft.

I'm refurbishing this wooden ladder as a towel rail in the bathroom, so I'd like it to be somewhat moisture resistant. Can I use varnish over the top of Danish Oil? Or will Danish Oil provide sufficient protection?

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Got this old sewing table that I want to make nice again. Worth trying to strip it myself or just get it blasted? I know nitromors is weak now, dichloromethane etc.

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It's cast iron and surface will be pretty rough... so I would go down the shot blast route.
Stripping still requires alot of elbow grease and is better on straight smooth surfaces.

It's a towel rail so personally I would avoid the oil. A marine varnish would be my starting point.

Hmmm. Just done my 2nd coat. I plan to varnish over the top, so that should seal it in I hope. I'll probably continue to hang my towels on the floor anyway.

What are your thoughts on my plastering plan ^. Wet mix and a float to try and smooth it out?

Danish oil penetrates and then dries hard.
Why do you need to varnish 0n top?
Surely either or?

More importantly, why are you putting a ladder in your bathroom?

Mezzanine levels.

Bathroom ladder is on trend for 2018
I wasn't sure if Danish oil alone would be good.

Next level baths.
I wouldn't've put anything on the ladder except some sandpaper.

What are your thoughts on my plastering plan ^. Wet mix and a float to try and smooth it out?

Plastering is not a thing I do. Soz

Can I use varnish over the top of Danish Oil?

You probably can, but it's a shit idea. Just do the oil, rub excess off and let it dry well.
In my opinion this also looks way nicer that putting varnish on nice wood like that.
Remeber it's just moist towels, it's not like you're submerging the ladder in water for years.

A bit more protection that just oil

Anyone ever had a secret room/bookcase thingy done? (Not sure if I asked this before)

This stuff is great.

I plumped for the matt stuff on antique pine floorboards. Wish I'd got the gloss, it looks much deeper.

I like the satin finish on floors. The bathroom floor still looks good after three years with dark Fiddes hard wax oil. Olmo do a semi-matt as well as satin and gloss.

I work with a bloke who has a room behind his wardrobes, he's never been in it, and didn't realise it was there for the first 10years that he owned the house!