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by scroogemonster
Sun Aug 17, 2008 11:36 am
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Leaking mains water stopcock
Replies: 2
Views: 4048

Leaking mains water stopcock

I will rephrase my last post another way. One of the compression nuts on my mains water stopcock is leaking. It is the one on the water IN side (next to the blue MDPE pipe.) I have tried to tighten it but it still weeps. Do I need to replace the olive or wrap PTFE around the thread to stop it weepin...
by scroogemonster
Sat Aug 16, 2008 7:58 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Leaking mains water stopcock
Replies: 3
Views: 7600

Oops,think I have not explained myself properly. I am not talking about the body of the stopcock where the 'T' handle protudes from. There are two compression nuts at either end of the stopcock body where it gets plumbed into the pipe work ( one for where water goes in from the blue MDPE pipe and on...
by scroogemonster
Sat Aug 16, 2008 7:57 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Leaking mains water stopcock
Replies: 3
Views: 7600

Oops,think I have not explained myself properly. I am not talking about the body of the stopcock where the 'T' handle protudes from. There are two compression nuts at either end of the stopcock body where it gets plumbed into the pipe work ( one for where water goes in from the blue MDPE pipe and on...
by scroogemonster
Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:33 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Leaking mains water stopcock
Replies: 3
Views: 7600

Leaking mains water stopcock

There is a nut just below the 'T' bar handle on my mains water stopcock. It has an ultra slow leak. I have tightened it a quarter turn and all seems fine, but when I check the next day there is a ring of water around the threads. No matter what I do I can't get rid of it, it just slowly seeps throug...
by scroogemonster
Sun May 25, 2008 10:55 pm
Forum: Plastering and Dry Lining Forum
Topic: Plastering two backgrounds at once
Replies: 1
Views: 2789

Plastering two backgrounds at once

I need to plaster a stud wall beneath my bedroom bay window. There is a timber frame which is boarded with plasterboard. The side of the plasterboarded frame is attached to the brick wall of the house. How do I plaster over both surfaces. Do I undercoat the brick and skim both with multifinish, or d...
by scroogemonster
Sun May 25, 2008 1:50 pm
Forum: Plastering and Dry Lining Forum
Topic: Insulating / Plastering beneath bedroom bay window
Replies: 2
Views: 9114

Hi there, I have just started the above project and removed the internal lath and plaster. I have the insulation in place and I am ready to start boarding/skimming. I have one question. Where the timber frame meets the brick wall (beneath the small side window of the bay). Do I board completely acro...
by scroogemonster
Sat Feb 02, 2008 3:18 pm
Forum: Plastering and Dry Lining Forum
Topic: Insulating / Plastering beneath bedroom bay window
Replies: 2
Views: 9114

Insulating / Plastering beneath bedroom bay window

I need to remove the plasterwork beneath a bedroom bay window in order to insulate behind it. It is a timber frame and weatherboard construction and freezing cold in the winter. The inside is lath and plaster and very crumbly,the outside looks quite new and undamaged so removing the inside seems the...
by scroogemonster
Sun Dec 23, 2007 11:17 pm
Forum: Carpentry and Joinery Forum
Topic: Skirting boards in dining room
Replies: 1
Views: 4182

Skirting boards in dining room

Hi there. I have neeed to replace skirting boards in my dining room. When I removed the old damaged ones, there weas a void behind them amd the boards were attched to wooden stakes hammered into spaces between the bricks. When it comes to replacing them do i need to reattach them via the same method...
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