Home DIY

I can confirm that nitromoros + a pressure washer will not totally get rid of ingrained colour from stone.

So def seek out a specialist product.

I want to build a window seat with storage underneath in a large square bay that is single skin brick and am having worried about damp / condensation if it stops airflow - has anyone considered this sort of issue and is the better answer likely to be ventilation or putting internal insulation between the brick and the storage space?

Just wound around the screw head

You could insulate it as you'd only loose a bit of storage space. I would use MR MDF, finish in a mould resistant paint, and keep some sort of air flow path.

My guess would be that as long as other bricks can pull moisture then it shouldn't be critical.

Cheers - yeah there's plenty of space so I can lose a bit for insulation, I just didn't know how well it is likely to work! I prefer the idea of insulating as any insulation is probably good to have anyway...

This seems relevant

https://youtu.be/yzBr7Gs3mkQ

Also noticed this comment which I thought was useful and I'd never heard of before

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Floor Sander Rental in Sydenham?

Really helpful ta!

I got ours from Amazon

Will that hold?

I’ve done something similar with a rambling rose. But just done one row

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Unless it’s a watermelon rose I reckon it’ll be fine

Been an impact driver fanboy for a long time but this little screw gun with clutch is awesome.

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Fixing rotted velux windows just what I wanted to do with my Friday afternoon

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Ta (and @ectoplasmosis @tmevans )

I'll be painting the stone again after - just need to get rid of the flaked and cracked rubbish first.

What was the wood epoxy stuff for fixing rot cant mind who uses it.

Repair Care?

Rustins Wood Hardener?

I used this on a rotten piece of wood in the corner of a bedroom ceiling that had been quite badly water damaged and it set rock hard then i used ronseal wood filler to rebuild the bits that had flaked off/been removed before hardening.

not sure of it's longevity but it all was pretty simple to do and about 10 months later not had issues with it yet.

I’ve just installed a new Grohe Minta kitchen tap, which is producing a significantly lower flow rate/pressure than my old Franke tap, and indeed most other taps I’ve used.

Plumber is saying it’s due to the ‘European’ narrow gauge feed hoses that the new tap has… to be fair, the flow rate for both hot and cold seems to be the same (unvented pressurised cylinder).

Is this just what modern Euro taps are like? Do I now need to find another bloody tap?

Can you just change the tap tails? I’m not confident enough on how flow at the tail/pressure turns into flow rate out the tap if it still is constricted though the tap body.

Flow rate and pressure are different things.

Assuming bad flow rate: this requires a wider aperture, I doubt your taps would have a wider aperture than the tails used to attach them, but there's a slim chance. Your tap might have come with a manual showing the diameter at the base of the tap, is it equivalent to the tail diameter, etc? Also: Did your plumber fit new isolating valves? If so, were they full-bore ones?

Assuming bad pressure: you can increase pressure with improved plumbing to the taps: less friction, shorter run, wider supply to key taps, etc.

Fwiw we have the below and I've never felt it was underpowered. So maybe something to look into on the plumbing leading up to it?

https://www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/grohe-minta-kitchen-sink-mixer-with-pull-out-spray-supersteel-32168dc0

Product Details
Brand: Grohe
Product Code: 32168DC0
Finish: Stainless Steel
Height: 328mm
Projection: 223mm
Pull-down head
360° swivel spout
High spout for easy filling of large pots
SilkMove® cartridge technology for smooth handling
Protected against backflow
Flexible connection hoses
Rapid installation system
Working Pressure: 1.0 Bar - 5 Bar
5 Year guarantee

• This tap requires a Pair of 3/8" Inch Flexi Tail Pipe Adapters - 15X38PK (sold separately)
  

this the grain before oiling for the person who was sweet enough to express an interest. @konastab01 we used ronseal high performance wet rot wood hardener for our rotten windows

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Very nice

Guarantee all are interested, just daunted by the amount of work, but sweet is the work - it has a sweet style

has anyone used 2 part epoxy grout? the gent in the shop warned me it was a bit hard to work with. i sightly glazed over when he then gave me instructions (typical me).