Nickfromwales

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I fitted a new combi a while ago. I told the landlord it was a bag of shat and don't waste any money on it, he said to try and fix it. Cue £150 worth of new fan and it worked for another month or two before popping a circuit board. After a told you so chat, in goes a nice Baxi. As I lifted the old combi off the wall and carried it outside, I remembered to grab the fan out for the LL to put it for sale / stock and went back in for a pozi screwdriver to get it out. By the time I'd walked in, opened my toolbag and walked back outside it was gone. I reckon less than a minute, if that. Went down like a lead balloon with the LL who was convinced I took it. I don't have the Pikies anywhere near my jobs, and I've used the same localscrap boys ( also registered as waste handlers ) for around 10 years or so. Their in my phone as "Pikies" and when I see them around I shout "potato" at them. Goes down a storm.

Put it out front and let the scrap boys take it. That's what puts the bread on their tables so let them have it.

Steel isn't worth the petrol money tbh.

+1. If it pays for the tea, coffee, and a bit of medicinal vino, then bag it and weigh it in as it is and get on with things of importance.

The question is Dai, are you getting there?

Maybe a nice hand-carved egg and dart moulding around the trailing edge of each tread would look nice

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Your the chosen one, Nick. ?

I thought that would have been into 4 figures. Cheap as chips.

Just changed mine on my big Makita. Makes a hell of a difference and the good thing is they're reversible so only one visit to the shop gets you two changes. Bought it mega cheap from a power seller on eBay, less than half price iirc, brand new in the box. Some late night browsing / buying pays off. Good idea on the plane, then the BS.

+1 to Belt sander.

All hail the ale.

So basically what we're saying is don't look to us lot for advice on glue All I know is what I've stuck down is still down. More ale please. ( For the benefit of the masses, tonight will be sponsored by Englands finest....Pedigree. Très Bien ).

Bonjour, from sunny Wales. Ask 3 times.... Measure Twice..... Cut once .

The PU glue I get from my local merchant ( and have done for donkeys years ) just happens to be branded D4 It doesn't wipe off with a cloth I can tell you without a shadow of s doubt. Quicker drying isn't always better, as it takes a long time to screw an 8x4 plywood sheet down

Yup. Water soluble unlike the PU's. You can wipe that off with a wet rag, unlike the D4 which you need a gun cleaner / solvent to remove. They don't have gap filling qualities but if your screwing thin ply onto flat decking, at 100mm centres, then you won't have any gaps to fill

Just any tbh. They're all the same stuff with different names. Some are waterproof, so that's prob a box to tick when choosing. This kind of thing. You'll get good mileage from 5 litres ?

D4 and PU, all terms / names for the same product. Moisture curing, expanding ( aka gap filling ) single part glue. PVA is a totally different thing, and water based. On bigger floors I use a mosaic trowel ( 3mm notch ) and apply a layer of resin / PVA wood glue onto the floor where the ply is to be overlaid, so you get a near solid bed of glue. Then I screw at at least 100mm centres for a sound nights sleep. The 'normal' wood glues go off slowly, ( unlike the PU's which give you literally minutes ), so with water-based your not counting each second when working. Plus you don't get that god forsaken PU stuff on your hands Also don't forget to liberally glue the abutting joints! Not many people, especially 'occasional tilers' ( including wa***ers who just own tiling tools ), fully appreciate the importance of this process, and then the customer pays the price down the line when the grout lines start cracking, and then the tiles. Seen it many times, and the aftermath. Tiles are for life, not just for Xmas

D4 has never let me down. Gorilla is just the Evián of the glue world.

Gorilla is PU / D4 afaik. ?

And that's with pva not PU. PU is a race against time, why beat yourself up eh?

6mm for me and never had a prob even with Ufh.

100 M intervals. !!!

And he was DAMN spot on tbh. I put them in at smaller centres if I'm 1% unsure about the subfloor. Dont complain, he did a top job. Screws are cheap, re-tiling floors not so.