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by T E Partington
Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:01 pm
Forum: Carpentry and Joinery Forum
Topic: Kitchen cupboards
Replies: 3
Views: 5191

usually you would have standard hinges with a rebate in the door or draw for your fingers to fit behind, no handles required, but correct doors required.
by T E Partington
Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:43 pm
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: Hot Water/Heating Problem
Replies: 1
Views: 3862

always get three quotes from independant people, and include the gas board, there prices are high but once they tell you whats wrong you can source cheaper labour
by T E Partington
Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:21 pm
Forum: Carpentry and Joinery Forum
Topic: Wooden flooring - which underlay?
Replies: 3
Views: 5019

you should buy laminate underlay with a built in damp proof membrane, its silver foil on the reverse side, when you lay the underlay turn it up the wall a few inches and cover it with your skirting board, any moisture will expand the timber and bubble the floor, you should also consider storing the ...
by T E Partington
Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:11 pm
Forum: Carpentry and Joinery Forum
Topic: Rotten door frame
Replies: 3
Views: 7867

i would strongly reccomend not installing a chemical dpc, the house was designed to pull damp through the brickwork and breath to atmosphere, the problem will probably be lots of layers of vynyl warterproof paint that can't breath, if you install chemical dpc's you will get excessive warter below re...
by T E Partington
Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:08 pm
Forum: Carpentry and Joinery Forum
Topic: Replacing floor joists
Replies: 4
Views: 6051

the reason for the rot is that the house has no damp course and the timbers sit directly on the brick, when replacing it is better if you can remove some of the brickwork above the joist at one end and you may find the recess at the other end is deeper than required, you can push a timber into the r...
by T E Partington
Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:54 pm
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: My Feeder and expansion tank is over flowing why?
Replies: 1
Views: 3900

Probably a damaged ballcock on your tank allowing warter in, it is possible to ajust them but if it has failed turn off the warter supply and replace it, they are cheap and very easy to replace
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