Home DIY

double check it's not the trv valve being faulty - remove it and replace with a decorator's cap.

Noice.

25mm is a tough one as it’s the size timber comes rough sawn (1” or 25.4mm). Unfortunately you have to jump up to 32mm or 38mm rough-sawn and machine it back to get 25 or 26mm finished size, paying for the sawdust in the process.

You’ll do a proper job and those spindles will match nicely, bet it’ll look great. DF smells lovely too.

yeah, fairly sure at this point it's a broken TRV

So I managed to successfully get my shelving up however out of the 80 holes I had to drill about 8 I couldn't get through.

What are my options for fixings? I was thinking concrete screw perhaps and drilling straight into the wall?
Basically tldr I dont want to remove the shelving to attempt drilling again so seeing what my options are in situ

Started painting the front room. Did the first coat, then got a bit carried away and decided to see how easily the fireplace surround would be to remove. Couple of hours later, turned out not too bad
I should probably plan these things better, and paint after I’ve wrecked a wall, but 🤷‍♂️

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Did you close both sides?

Fitted some lights in the loft. Fitted a riser kit. Tripled the insulation, and boarded it out. That's Phase 1 of 5 for the insulation and boards.

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Always remove trvs and fit decorators caps.
Even when "off" they can open and cause problems.

Got some pros in to sand the pitch pine parquet, finished it myself. Didn’t think they’d want to wait around until we went to bed.

Quite interested to see how the Fiddes holds up. Think I actually prefer it to the Osmo upstairs.

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Looks gross in that photo. Actually nice IRL.

Before / after

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Wow! Props on getting all that old stain up. I went through so many sheets to get that up and it kind of made me think I should have got someone in!!

Niche flooring question here.

I've sanded back and stained all the downstairs flooring. Last week had a huge pine wardrobe delivered and the old chap who delivered it dragged it through the house, despite me lifting the other end it's left a gouge mark throughout the hall and dining room (where it's living until upstairs is finished.) This gouge is quite visible in the light.

Is there anything I can do to rectify this that doesn't mean I'll be feathering it out with sanding and painting the whole floor again?

Steam or hot towel

Last week had a huge pine wardrobe delivered and the old chap who delivered it dragged it through the house

Shit like this drives me mad.

It scratches easier than the osmo IME. Mate used it on his parquet, and it looks great, but it’s scratched up way more than I’d have expected, especially compared to how little our hallway has scratched since doing it with polyx.
People do really rate the fiddes tho.

Got a photo? Sounds like a ballache tbh.

Do I need to get any of the paint up first if getting the floor sanded/refinished? Looks like it's been painted a few times over the years without any particular regard for doing anything more than just slapping more on over the top.
Or would that all just be taken care of by whatever hefty machine is brought in.

Victorian floorboards

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Sander'll lift it. Don't breath the dust.

ta. reckon this is one I'll happily pay someone else to do, such is my tendency to half finish jobs (or at least drag them out over weeks/months)

If you do, make sure their plan for making sure your gaff isn’t coated in toxic painty wood dust is credible

Has anyone used Osmo Polyx Raw 3044 (white) on pine floorboards?

Would like to avoid things getting to yellowy (but at the same time don’t want the chalk-wash-live-love-laugh look either..!)

That’s been my experience too. Less of a problem on light wood but very obvious on sapele. Just doing the entrance hall in clear glaze as it’s more waterproof, and it dries quicker.

Has anyone sanded their own floors? Any tips?

I'm planning on sanding my two bedrooms (4m x 4m) and hall (1m x 5m). Can anyone give me an idea of how many sheets of sandpaper I should buy? One place said 3 per grade, per room. Another said 15 per grade, per room.

Yeah my mates parquet is teak or iroko - the scratches stand out fairly prominently unfortunately .

Don’t most hire places let you return unused belts anyway? It could be 3, it could be 10 tbh. Depends of the state of the floor, what sander you use, and how easily the machine chews them up.