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Two valves on the same radiator? I thought they do different things - one is for the balance of the whole system and isn't 'used'

Towel rails seem to be different. A replacement pair of the whole thing seems to be something like https://www.screwfix.com/p/etal-rise-white-angled-manual-round-radiator-valves-15mm-x-1-2-2-pack/857vv and I should perhaps just do that.

Only anecdotal but what I would have thought to be the balance value on ours doesn't move at all, it's somehow a fixed position, when I bothered bleeding them i think it had the most action

For pity there are no unused wastes etc but I have a drill :)

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I marked out the back of the cupboard to try and get a straight line. Used the multi tool to chop it out, oh best take off the sink waste to get at it easier. Well that went well.

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It turns out the pipe is only 22mm copper coming in so I’m only going to fit 25mm mdpe now. The hockey stick thing you have to use with the Insuduct only comes in 25mm anyway.
Next I drilled a 10mm pilot hole with the only sds drill bit I have that size, it’s 1.5m long much fun. Next I broke out the 115mm hole saw, you have to sleeve the hole and then insulate the pipe. I drilled away, first through the breeze block inner wall, went like a knife through butter. Then I drilled through the brick outer skin towards the first part. Jesus that was hard work. Cleaned up for now and have stuffed some garden fleece in the hole for tonight.
Hopefully the pipe will be ready to pick up tomorrow.

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the previous couple who owned our house have got all these junction boxes around the garage. I’m assuming the guy did most of it himself. One of these wires is to a light in the back garden, the other to some lights at the front. I think the other must be a “feed in” for the power. Can you get boxes with additional junctions?

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You can get Wago boxes with space for lots of blocks and whatever combinations you need. Available from ScrewFix or wherever.

Thanks bro

I mean that is a junction box. Are you looking to replace this for some reason. Not sure why they used a chock block for the earth rather than the terminals that are there.

Is the mains a ring or just starred out to 3 end points in that box.

fitting some downlights in my office today as electrician coming tomorrow to start on the wiring.

realise i dont have the right size hole saw so go buy 76mm one.

first hole cuts well. am cutting them into bottom of ply bulkhead from underside so awkward to hold. second of the 5 holes the holesaw grabs the ply and bucks, fucks my wrist and the drill somersaults out of my hand and avoids smashing the window purely because i added a backsplash panel to stop things falling off the back into the window bay and the drill caught that first. hurt like fuck but managed to get all of the holes done. stupidly i know that holesaws are bad for kickback but it was filed away in a long-term storage part of my brain or else i'd have remembered to not be a twat and run the drill at full rpm.

sharp pain when i move it certain ways along the tendons running from hand to wrist on the pinky finger side. hoping it's only a sprain and not a fracture so will put a brace on it and see how i go.

so glad it was literally the last job before the electrician takes over.

downlights look ok though...

Not a clue what you just asked.

Ow Ow.
So many warm memories associated with this build.

Looking at mounting a curtain pole (so fixing points just at end and middle) to a hollow ceiling. 2.5m window width so fairly large.

Obviously the best way would be to put a strip all the way across and fasten to that. Ideally though I'd like the job done in half a day and fitting a strip and painting it wouldn't allow that.

What are the chances of attaching straight to the ceiling. I was thinking some of the cavity interset fixings maybe.

curtain pole with fixings into ceiling just doesn't quite make sense to me. I'm sure there are 101 ways to do it but the overwhelming majority is for fixings into wall

I dont know if this is the best place to ask, but lets try. I would love to have compressed air at home to use for things like cleaning electronics and drying small parts like bearings. Unfortunately having a compressor is not really an option, and would prefer not to have a large cylinder of compressed air hanging about.

For the occasional use I was thinking about getting a tubeless tyre blaster, and getting an airbrush attachment. At 11 bar (Schwalbe booster) thats well enough air considering how long a spray bottle of compressed air lasted.

Any issues with this idea?

What about a small silent compressor, some of them arent that big.

Any significant benefit besides not having to pump for a minute or two? It'd get used like 4 times a year, and gotta take up at least 6x the space of a small cyclinder.

Might also go tubeless on the gravel bike so the tyre booster itself would come handy too.

It would be this kind of thing
https://www.thecurtainpolecompany.co.uk/28mm-gloss-white-ceiling-curtain-pole-end-cap-finials-13305-p.asp

The window goes pretty much up to the ceiling so there's no wall to mount to. Concern though is that will be too much weight for the ceiling.

Are you sure it would last long enough? I don't think it lasts long, also quote powerful.

You can buy compressed air in a can form for your purpose. Have a look, not suitable?

What about a small hand-operated blower used to clean camera lenses?
https://www.wexphotovideo.com/giottos-aa1900-rocket-air-blower-13374

Wasteful, but you can buy cans of compressed air. Tubeless pump sounds like a good idea though as it’ll never run out and has dual use.

Why not just get a desktop airbrush compressor. They are tiny little things. keep in a cupboard and just get it out when you want to use it.

small silent compressor, some of them arent that big.

I was really surprised how small 10m workshop's was
https://youtu.be/eJo3JMkv3JE?si=fgdWT0ip56hiLLaz

Not that expensive either.

@kiskubai honestly I think this is one of those times where you've got to bite the bullet and go with the solution you want rather than bodging an imperfect one. You're just going to end up buying one in 4yrs time and tell everyone you should have done it sooner.