Home DIY

need about 9 m of 100 mm / 20 mm parquet flooring please-anyone have any for sale?

just wanted to check with you guys; is it OK to use the bathroom/kitchen 'Forever White' stuff to seal around a window pane?

I used external frame sealant- this stuff I think:

And decorators caulk for internal stuff.

If you're sealing between the glass and the frame silicone is fine. Double glazed units aren't supposed to be sealed with silicone but people do it all the time it could damage the seal between the 2 sheets of glass.

You can get high modulus (more movement) silicone specially for glazing but I generally use sanitary silicone (what you have)

I wouldn't use it to seal anywhere you intend to over paint. Nothing will stick to it.

cheers.

If you already have silicone somewhere and want to paint it give it 2 coats of PVA thinned 75/25 water.

As part of a newly renovated bathroom and utility room I need to create a hole for a tumble dryer vent through the external wall which is plaster-brick-brick-render from inside to outside. Its seems my two options are:

(1) Buy a core drill piece (circa £50) and get busy

(2) Drill a series of smaller holes with the (lengthy) masonry bit I already own and chisel out the gaps to create the hole.

I feel like the second option is going to give a shoddy finish at best given that it is an old victorian property and the walls are prone to a bit crumbling around any significant drilling. Should I just bite the bullet and buy the core drill bit?

Will my current drill be man enough for the job?

Heating hopefully going in this week! Gas connected up Weds next week, so hopefully come next weekend we'll have working Central heating!!

As part of a newly renovated bathroom and utility room I need to create a hole for a tumble dryer vent through the external wall which is plaster-brick-brick-render from inside to outside. Its seems my two options are:

(1) Buy a core drill piece (circa £50) and get busy

(2) Drill a series of smaller holes with the (lengthy) masonry bit I already own and chisel out the gaps to create the hole.

I feel like the second option is going to give a shoddy finish at best given that it is an old victorian property and the walls are prone to a bit crumbling around any significant drilling. Should I just bite the bullet and buy the core drill bit?

Will my current drill be man enough for the job?

Option 1 for a better finish.

You can hire the drill bit.

Your current drill will not be man enough, although it does depend on the brickwork you are drilling out. What will happen is that you will place the drill bit on the wall surface and the drill bit will not go round but the drill in you hand will (snatch), it will hurt, it will make you wish you had a bigger beefer drill, you will probably not complete the job because of it.

You might be able to hire a 5kg+ SDS at the same time as the drill bit.

You can borrow my SDS if you are in SE London, it's a relatively small example of the breed, but I have used a 4" core drill to go through a brick wall with it.

You can borrow my SDS if you are in SE London, it's a relatively small example of the breed, but I have used a 4" core drill to go through a brick wall with it.

^ That - or there are people you can hire that will come round and Core drill for you, just point them at the X on the wall tell them what size you want and say drill!!

Thanks for the advice gents. And thanks for the offer of tool lending Dammit - where are you based SE?

HSS is doing a discount at the moment meaning I could get SDS drill + required core drill bit for £30 for the day. Seems reasonable.

And for fucks sake make sure you are on a ladder or something stable if you are up high make sure you are chest height to the the hole otherwise you will hurt yourself.

No leaning on the sink or standing on the tumble dryer. If the drill snatches you need to be able to wrestle it steady. Just do the maths, 5kg plus going round at whatever RPM is going to fight like a motherfucker and some.

No coming back on here bitching about bits missing from your nogging or gouges in your arms............

No coming back on here bitching about bits missing from your............

Not up high thankfully... warning gratefully received nonetheless though.

Thinking about drilling a pilot/guide hole and then drilling from the outside and inside to meet in the middle to prevent big chunks of brick being pushed out if I go all the way through from one direction. Necessary or not?

Outside in, easier to repair, paint over on the inside, Inside out could blow the brick work either side and give you a shitty looking finish that can't be repaired the same.

If you have a standard cavity wall and a long enough pilot drill you could come in from both sides (no euph) in order to make a nice clean cut in both internal and external walls.

i.e. drill pilot hole through both walls from one side, then pop outside, affix core drill, drill, pop inside, drill, done and time for tea.

And SE23. I don't have a core drill to call my own btw, so in your shoes I'd probably be tempted by the HSS £30 offer.

Let the drill do the work and you'll have a much lower risk of it snatching.

Good advice, its not like drilling a hole for a screw or a bolt. Soft pressure, let those big teeth on the drill bit grind away the brick, keep it straight as well.

Gone with the HSS offer - lets see what Satruday brings!

I've been doing a bunch of drilling through tiles with a smaller diamond core driller using quite low rpm to prevent heat build up. Should I be using the same technique with this or go full welly?

you might not have a choice on speed

I would just go with the feel of the drill, you will soon find out what is working.

you might not have a choice on speed

I would just go with the feel of the drill, you will soon find out what is working.

This, hopefully the drill will allow you to ramp up the speed slowly. Do this until you get to a play off between speed of progression through the wall and feeling like you are fighting an anaconda.

Do not start the drill when it is in contact with the wall- start it, get it spinning nicely, then bring it against the wall.

Same thing if you've starting drilling and stopped for whatever reason- start the drill in the hole, but without the teeth engaging the face of the wall, then bring the drill against the face once it is spinning.

All sound advice here Golgol - all of mine has come from my being my Dad's gopher and learning the hard way, sounds like the other posters are coming from a similar knowledge base.

Worst comes to the worst, just take your time, re read the advice and go again.

Oh and its going to be dusty, so if you value anything, cover it up.

Cross posting from my wanted thread: http://www.lfgss.com/thread104224.html

Central heating going on this weekend!

Gas going on next Weds - hopefully should be able to start decorating next weekend.

Sods law it will warm up next weekend.