Home DIY

If it's dry, leave it? Put new/more on top?

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nice tiles

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South London Makers did mine. A little 💸, but good peeps and v happy with them.

know anyone in north London for the same? :)

& @LongAndWinding thank. I've ended piling up the 'new old' stuff at the side as it was cut into some odd sizes. I'll fill in-between the loft legs with the new new stuff.

I know it's not meant to be up against the eaves but I have a cowled vent installed which I'll vent into the space if I can ever find it through the felt. This should be enough ventilation right?

Also these downlights seem to have a vented shroud already installed, no need for an additional hood I assume?

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I have a small area of quarry tile flooring which I want to cover. Currently I'm thinking about covering the tiles with a liquid dpm then self levelling compound on top. How does this sound? I guess the proper way would be to dig out the tiles first.

If the tiles are sound and not loose that should be fine as long as the resulting height of the floor is fine. Also the tiles are likely to be quite flat, meaning you don't need much compound.

Note that self levelling compounds vary quite a bit in terms of the depth they're good for.

Cool thanks, one big concern is the main electricity cable comes in under and up through these tiles, partly why I don't want to disturb the tiles. Would I need to make some kind of barrier around the cable when doing dpm and compound. I have no intention of touching the cable, it'll be boxed in eventually.

Unsurprisingly the cables are quite safe by design. If you hit it hard with something sharp enough you might get through the outer earth part and through to the line which would result in horrible consequences with death being a very likely outcome and possibly the least painful.

You would need to hit it very hard though.

Yeah I wouldn't worry about it too much. You could always put some kind of plastic sleeve around it to prevent the levelling compound making contact but I doubt something cementitious is going to bother the cable jacket. It's not a bare copper pipe.

Does anyone on here have a Howdens account?

They've got some kitchen cabinet handles we like the look of but I have no idea of price and whether you can even buy cabinet handles alone, without buying the rest of a kitchen.

I have a moss problem on the roof. Does anyone know if its something I can power wash off or is it a scaffold and then clean up job? Or can I just leave it?

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I get an Inception vibe.

you should pop that in the weekly photography competition

Unless it's causing a problem I'd leave it be. Moss can be a bit tenacious sometimes and won't just dislodge by a pressure washer alone.

Some people actively encourage it. Gives a bit of character to a roof..

Which handles? I've got some howdens kitchen catalogues which have prices in.

Just checked the catalogue. No prices in there either.

Pewter effect cup handles were about £5 with VAT on our order. Cupboard knobs something daft like £8 each.

I'd be wary of getting a power washer up there, looks like you could force water in through the gaps between the tiles

Thanks. I was worried it might begin to dislodge the tiles and cause us bigger problems. Will leave it be. Save me hanging out a velux window with the compressor leaking out in my bedroom too.

Ha! It has an amazingly nauseating quality, especially if you look at the road for too long.

The cheapest passive option is to lay a length of 3mm copper wire along the ridgeline above any mossy areas. When it rains it'll oxidise and wash a copper solution down the tiles, which kills moss spores. That should stop it spreading at least.

power washer

Hah yeah. If the question involves 'power washer' the answer is almost always 'No'.

Unless it's 'should I get rid of my power washer?'.