Home DIY

Thanks all for the valve info

Cheers.

I'm the similar.

Fwiw I’d buy a cordless RO sander because a lot of the work you do with them will -
or should - be outside.

If you are sanding stuff inside you’ll need an extractor and managing the hose and the power cable becomes really annoying very quickly.

Losing all of those plants would help. Otherwise, it looks like a shack that has a lot of gaps for falling and driven rain to get in.

If you're going wood on brick, I'd consider a DPC - between the brick and soleplate at least.

Ventilation is not a panacea for damp getting in - although it does help.

It's mostly for dispelling damp from inside - breathing, cooking, washing etc...

As you're (I'm guessing) not heating the shed, having some air bricks at the bottom and vented soffit / eaves / however you do the roof isn't exactly going to burn fuel though.

The general approach is to stop water / damp getting in, and have a way for any that does get in to get out.

As said, it depends on what you are going to do with it. Cordless is great for stuff inside as you only need to deal with the vacuum hose. Corded (in my case with the cordless being the green Bosch 18v) has more power and obviously doesn't run out of electrons. So if I'm doing big bits, outside, I'll use the corded.

Speaking of extraction, just ordered ANOTHER set of these as I seem to keep losing them. I'm just going to start taping one to every tool that needs one instead of swapping them around.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363595010165

taping one to every tool

I did this. Game changer. Although I did also buy a couple clicky connectors too.

Unless you have a massive extractor and boom arm over the work. So I may have forgotten to mention that success in this mdf sanding project might require £5k of tools to start with!

I understand what you mean about working outside although I would recommend extraction even outside as it helps to stop the sandpaper clogging up.

Forgot to mention in previous replies it's a rotary sander not random orbital that I would prefer in this case. RO might work as well but having the choice I usually opt for rotary.

I may have forgotten to mention that success in this mdf sanding project might require £5k of tools to start with

Sounds like the perfect LFGSS project

Too late now!

I picked up a ERBAUER ERO400 125MM ELECTRIC RANDOM ORBITAL SANDER

Got to say I'm quite impressed and wish I'd got one earlier. Managed to sand the biggest bit of the drawers outside, but then had to do the rest of it in the kitchen.

Obviously it's hard to know how much other dust but with the hoover attached I was pretty impressed at how well it worked.

For the money, these are great - I have one :)

Stop sanding shit inside though!

If you are unlucky it will be the older type where you can't just swap out the head and it's a multi hundred quid plumber job...

I found my hoover (a Miele one with replaceable bags and filters)
a) didn't capture all the dust in the filters so each time I turned the hoover on for a while it blew out a plume of fine dust;
b) got clogged up with all the fine dust and overheated and kept shutting down until I took it outside and brushed all the dust off.

Or do the much cheaper option and take a bit of 2x2 and drill a holes of the right size either side, hey presto.

Nb, it’s attached to an M rated extractor. I wouldn’t do any interior sanding with anything less. YMMV, but fine dust is no bueno for your health.

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Point taken on the indoor sanding. But I should emphasise that we're taking about knocking down a couple of raised spots and quickly keying the surface

While looking for other stuff I found the fitting document for my electric towel radiator (made by Geyser) and it says “electric towel radiators should not be fitted in zone 1”

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Looks dodgy as fuck to me but they don't specify installation zones in their manual.

I would contact the manufacturer and ask. It'll be a complete PIA to remove as the wiring is run behind the tiles.

Surprised that the building inspector signed it off.

Does anyone have a freestanding tub with a shower in it? Or even pictures of same?
My gf desperately wants that setup and has bought the tub already. She figures I should be able to fit it easily.

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Needs a corresponding freestanding curtain (eurgh shower curtains) which a) goes all the way around the tub and tucks in to it all the way round to avoid flooding, and b) can be removed/tucked away when you want a bath, as long as it isn't dripping wet.

Sounds terrible, would avoid. Unless you have a wet room I suppose

I'd just focus on mitigating the flooding and making sure you install it in the most easily reversable way.

That way once she concedes it was a bad idea, it'll be easier to change.

Joking aside she wants something like this right?

Will this be your only shower?

IMHO this is more of a hotel type of thing.

No, for two reasons: sanders are hard on batteries and flatten them quickly, and you’re going to want a vacuum hooked up most of the time anyway, so you might as well plug the sander in too.

Further to the dehumidifier chat. My dad is more or less ignoring the situation ("it'll be fine, you're being excessive") so I went up today again to help remove more sodden possessions. Sister had pulled up the carpet and underlay at the weekend. More rain than not isn't helping the situation.

Two rather pleasant customer service interactions though - hiring a big dehumidifier from Travis Perkins they put a discount on that made it less than half what I was expecting, then took one look at my dad's car and decided to bring it round on a flat bed, for free. Also, I ordered a domestic dehumidifier direct from Meaco, website wasn't very clear whether they actually had stock so I emailed on Sunday and someone replied straight away. They then changed the delivery address before sending it out today.

Ran the dehumidifier for an hour before I had to leave - made the right fridge-y and fan noises but didn't produce any water. It's a refrigerant one. Do they take a while to get going or does it need to be warmer to achieve anything?

It's one of these: https://www.nationalheatershops.co.uk/p/dri-eaz-bd1000-building-dryer/