Home DIY

Thanks, looks like you have a much better drill press than I do.
And so jealous of your bigger space!

Bay window with plastic architraves, cill board and knackered louvred blinds.. all needs replacing with timber lining, period architraves and beading. Before measuring up for window shutters. Wish me luck

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Hairline crack/tiny hole in cast iron (?) radiator - what’s the go-to to fill it in? read about some two-part expoxies, but not sure if there’s a particular brand or product that suits best?

Might be worth mentioning we’re planning on removing and stripping/repainting them all when the building’s central heating goes off (probably April)

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what’s the go-to to fill it in?

Rebuild with fresh sealing washers.

Until then.
Piece of softish rubber to plug the hole and a jubilee clamp to go around the joint and hold the rubber in place

Is it leaking?

Planning on some re-grouting tomorrow. How to deal with the thin bit either side of the beading? Bead goes under the tile if I remember correctly? Looks a bit thin to dig out without making a mess of the bead.

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This is better than almost all the poetry I've read over the years

I suspect you've just shotgunned the 2019 vintage Ruislip Sloe Gin miniature.

over the course of a about a month, it's generated a little poo (for want of better word) that sits on top of where the crack is - a sludgy brown semi-solid perhaps the size of a thumbnail.

@user69121 - thanks! i didn't even realise earlier that this bit was a joint/each vertical section (do they have a name?) was an individual connected part - assumed the whole thing was one big hunk of metal..! in many ways, good to know as that hopefully means the metal itself isn't pitted and full of holes (touch wood)

The sections are joined* by threaded nipples, so your leak is probably having to track down the screw threads and past the fibre washer.

Each section has a Left hand thread one side and Right hand thread on the other. So pairing a LH thread with a RH thread allows the nipple to draw two sections together as it's rotated.

Getting the plugs out of the top would show which end/sides are left/right thread. You can measure the thread size required and order some parts.

https://youtu.be/Nu1RJQGSrKk

https://www.castrads.com/uk/product-category/spares-accessories/

(*rare, but some rads just have a long tie rod right through, with Bushes to align the sections and seals )

amazing, thank you for the info and links!

I was all set to start the floor sanding today, but all the specialist places with good machines (Bona) seem to be closed until at least 2nd January.

Should I:

1. Just wait until the 2nd January, and do it then with a decent machine?
   
2. Stop being a mardarse and go to HSS Hire today so I can actually get started?
   
   

This is what has put me off the former a bit:

https://youtu.be/fSQaYB6XEC0

I've only ever used Sanders from HSS and have never had an issue.

In the end I found a place that does the Bona ones and can deliver tomorrow so I went with that - they offer a dust extractor as well which I think will be useful.

Is there somewhere I can get a primed only (no paint) vanity unit with large sink in a traditional style for a reasonable price?
Failing on large sink + traditional and anything at all unfinished so far...

Make up some drawings for your ideal unit, make a cut list and send it to cutwrights. They can prime the panels for you.

Edit - you will need to source the sink yourself.

We got a nice traditional cloakroom sink with taps on eBay for 99p recently.

If you don't mind second hand there are definitely bargains to be had then you could get a unit built to suit it exactly.

"cloakroom sink"
Does that mean a sink for small spaces?

That's how you have to search for a "small sink."

We're turning a narrow corridor into a downstairs toilet and needed a sink you can shimmy past.

You can get sinks built into the top of toilet cisterns to save space as well.

you can just lick you hands after a shit to save time, water, space and soap.

Yeah I’m happy to go second hand and will happily reuse the sink we’ve already got if I can get a unit. Don’t really want to spend custom fab money on a glorified cupboard though!

If I do this I might as well just box the pipes in and reattach the old wall sink - I’m hoping for a minimal effort job!

got this dimmer switch, lights are flickery when turned on, but will stay on with a bit of fine twisting. feels like it will be an issue within.

worth jimmying open the mystery blue box to fix the dimmerator inside? or just buy a new unit?

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Definitely a new unit. There's nothing in there you can safely tinker with.

thanks, will go buy a new one then