AdamD

New kitchen and there will be an island there so the feed is for under plinth lights, sockets on the island etc

Thanks for all replies so far. Slightly different query this time - how would you approach cutting the whole for the wires here? Annoyingly it’s about half way down the plank so a bit more tricky than just jig sawing a little bit out the top

Was that on concrete? Glued to concrete and nailed to each other in the groove?

Yeah, can’t use it on that bit but I’d say 2/3 of the area to be done is floorboards so can use it there. Any tips for the concrete base? Just lots of glue to bottom of each plank and in between the tongue and grooves? Insulation presumably quite important on the concrete base?

Another query on floor installation - I’m thinking secret nailing is a good idea, probably worth hiring one for the time saving v drilling + hammer nailing each nail?

DPM - not sure, presumably is one under the house! insulation - no pic of the area

Suspended timber floor joists and timber floorboards in one part of the area, and solid concrete base in the other

Which underlay for solid oak on both concrete and timber floor boards above suspended floor?

In summary, we are having a remodelling and new kitchen and as such need to remove part of our solid oak flooring which was installed 10 years ago. Trying to match like for like has been difficult but we’ve found one which is really close and looks pretty much the same, however it is brushed and oiled and I think ours is lacquered. Oddly, the lacquered version is much darker so is nowhere near a match. question is, if we sand it all once installed and then apply the same finish (lacquer presumably), would that work to give it the same finish? It will never be the same as full replacement but this isn’t feasible financially or in the time we have. any advice much appreciated

Yeah tried powering it off. the thing is the 4 bars bit does change overnight but nothing happens within the unit, no water goes in and the salt is not going down. So it’s doing something but nothing everything! what is the crimp?

It doesn’t look like that, but will check with a plumber!

Noticed salt levels not going down and also residue on shower so had a look and it appears the softener is not regenerating properly. Everything is on, all display screen functions work etc but when regenerating nothjgn happens, usually there’s the clunking noises as it’s doing its thing but nothing now. Checked pipes and valves nothing blocked. The pic attached is on a manual regeneration cycle it ticks down but is doing absolutely nothing. Manual is as useful as a chocolate fireguard so looking for advice! Can’t contact the manufacturer yet as is weekend and Xmas so just seeing if anyone has any thoughts in the meantime

Ah no it’s not that, the en suite towel rail and rad in the converted loft get nicely up to temp and hot quickly but we just dropped the ball with regard to number of rads for the size of the room. Huge error on our part really we should have insisted on one at one end and one the other for more and balanced heat. It’s cold in the coldest parts of winter and absolutely baking in summer, is what it is I guess. not putting another rad in as means ripping up the floor etc and making a complete mess of the place again. Just going to get an oil filled portable rad for the colder weeks of the winter and be done with it.

Got 10 rads in the house, just looking for a way of doing it without spending my life going round the house turning a load off to just heat one room and then turning all back on again to heat the others. Basically we epically failed when doing a loft conversion by only having one rad in the new room upstairs so just looking for the best methods to heat it better without ripping the arse out of it to put another rad in!

Interesting but it seems like it optimises for occupancy etc, but how does that work with a bedroom for example when you’re only there at night but could be the biggest and room in most need of heat?!