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  1. Russell griffiths
    I think we need a topic on dodgy shit you found while doing a Reno or a bit of demolition. I think I could write a whole book on the house we are in now.
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    I'm a firm believer in that you can learn from looking at others failures and working on things that have failed in some way. Look at this video and tell me your thoughts on the weather proofing of this timber frame house and what should we be doing to prevent failure. Cheers russ.
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    Ok I will add one. How do I get rid of 70m of loft insulation the old itchy type stuff.
  4. Russell griffiths
    Cut a groove in a piece of timber to cover blade, tape up, hand in at council tip.
  5. Russell griffiths
    The bit I think they got wrong, Is the bitumen coating under the ceiling tiles, effectively sealing in any moisture from escape. Your thoughts.
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    I can't imagine the time it must have taken to batten out these walls and stuff all those tiles in there. Just think this was was done in 1980 so I think the hammer drills where not what they are today. All the screws in the battens are straight head so must have been put in by hand.
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    Give that man a clap @Barney12 you are the winner sir, they are in fact ceiling tiles,piles and piles of ceiling tiles they are quite thin so they put three layers on.
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    Yeeea haaaa had a red ants nest behind it that made me reach for the hoover quickly. What a bloody mess.
  9. Russell griffiths
    This is exactly what they have done. Except they have insulated behind the chipboard.............. see my other thread in insulation to see what they used. ??
  10. Russell griffiths
    I knew you wouldn't be far away. You want to see what I uncovered today in my house of horrors. Every job I do here confirms the need to knock it down. Pics to follow.
  11. Russell griffiths
    So I've uncovered some white insulation stuff behind my wall surface. Who wants to have a punt as to what it is.
  12. Russell griffiths
    Just want to do a little survey, would anybody recommend chipboard as a tile backer in a shower enclosure.
  13. Russell griffiths
    That sort of makes sense all the creepy bitey things around our place like a warm dry gap. Not a draughty bright area.
  14. Russell griffiths
    What are these frames for. Screening? Why not get the main frame welded by someone else and then fit them out yourself. I have been looking at industrial type pop rivets for fitting ally planking on a frame. That is a tool I could find a use for very regularly.
  15. Russell griffiths
    I do a lot of mig on mild steel, but always sway away from Ali as having to get different gas with the cost of the bottle and other bits unless you have at least a project a month lined up the initial outlay is just to high.
  16. Russell griffiths
    This is a channel I look at now and again, you need to take into account his location though as the climate is a bit different in Texas. But he does use a lot of European manufactured products.
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    This is something I need to look into for the new house. In our last house all hot water except the kitchen sink went through a main TMV, can this be done instead of TMV on outlet point of showers. Whats the rules on scalding yourself on the bath hot tap.
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    Oh my god you don't let your wife near anything that controls temperature i spend my life walking about in my undercrackers after she started messing with controls.
  20. Russell griffiths
    So if I forget the pump and go and buy one of those eye wateringly expensive Mira mixers, should I still fit a Sussex flange to feed the hot. Cheers russ.
  21. Russell griffiths
    Ok captain smarty pants @Nickfromwales am I over complicating things by adding a pump? If I could get away with out it would be good. My cold tank is directly above the bathroom, so can I cut a new hole in the tank for a direct feed to the mixer? Or just T in to a supply line out of the tank. Regarding the hot what does the Sussex flange do. If i T of a hot supply how will this affect the other hot supplies. God i I hope I haven't dug a big hole for myself I ripped out the old shower last night. ??
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    Ours looks like this.
  23. Russell griffiths
    @Roger440 where'd ya get the ute mate.
  24. Russell griffiths
    Going to put a pump on,new tray new tiles. Just would like to keep the budget down as it breaks my heart to spend anything on it. Looked at a couple today, first one was £130 second one £230. So was after some ideas.
  25. Russell griffiths
    Evening all, I hope @Nickfromwales isn't to far away. So please read this first bit as it has quit a bearing on why I don't want to spend to much money. The house we live in I would like to eventually knock down so I'm trying to hold it together with gaffa tape and multiple coats of emulsion at the moment, but the wife declared that she could not stand the piddly old shower anymore and it had to go so hence me not wanting to spend a lot of doe on it. What i I need is a mixing valve that can be fitted and maintained from the front, the fear I have is we have exceptionally nard water and the scale is terrible, so I am concerned about fitting something that I Cannot get at if I have a problem, ideally I would like a big face plate that can be removed and any screens or filters removed so it can have a flush out or de scale. The shower head will be located away from the mixer so a bar mixer with flexible hose is no good. Thanks skinflint russ.
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