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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2016 18:22 
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What am I seeing here?

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2016 19:12 
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What am I seeing here?

Tampons soaking up the dribble from a removed radiator


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What am I seeing here?

Tampons soaking up the dribble from a removed radiator

That's what I thought.

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The bits the normally face sideways to connect to a radiator are instead pointing straight up because the connectors are on wrong.

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I think I'm more bemused by the fact that the feed and return pipes appear to be about 8mm wide. But still, 7/10 for creative solutions to problems!

Microbore pipes - the radiators in our last gaff were plugged into pipes that size. I think they caused quite a few problems...

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The bits the normally face sideways to connect to a radiator are instead pointing straight up because the connectors are on wrong.

I hope you're joking...

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The bits the normally face sideways to connect to a radiator are instead pointing straight up because the connectors are on wrong.

I hope you're joking...

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The bits the normally face sideways to connect to a radiator are instead pointing straight up because the connectors are on wrong.

I hope you're joking...

... Go on...

You can get radiators that connect from the bottom. In fact most vertical or portrait ratio rads do this

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Valid, it is narrow enough to be a vertical rad.

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Could it be a towel radiator? They're quite thin and tall aren't they?


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Could it be a towel radiator? They're quite thin and tall aren't they?

quite likely, it's in a bathroom. We saw her last night as it happens and questioned her about this, she says it's quite heavy flow and as such has to have it's tampons changed twice a day.


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Could it be a towel radiator? They're quite thin and tall aren't they?

quite likely, it's in a bathroom. We saw her last night as it happens and questioned her about this, she says it's quite heavy flow and as such has to have it's tampons changed twice a day.

I still don't get this. You should be able to turn both of those valves off.

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No work or kids today (school finishes on Thursday!) so I'm fixing this eyesore.

The beam, not the garland, you scamp!


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And the hole in the ceiling too?

That beam looks like quite a bit of work

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Did you take the old European beam out?

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And the hole in the ceiling too?

That beam looks like quite a bit of work

Just covering it with plasterboard. Hopefully I can get some battening to stick to the steel. This ( and the hole ) are a result of a shower leak. This is the first chance I've had to fix it in months! Wish me luck.


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Good luck! I had a shower leak a few months ago too but I was lucky in the only 'damage' being some discolouration, peeled off wallpaper and a bit of a drip coming down the wall.

I still haven't painted over it though obviously.


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Yes, fortunately when the flat upstairs from us leaked there was no ceiling damage, just some paintwork to splash on and kickboards needing replacing.

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And the hole in the ceiling too?

That beam looks like quite a bit of work

Just covering it with plasterboard. Hopefully I can get some battening to stick to the steel. This ( and the hole ) are a result of a shower leak. This is the first chance I've had to fix it in months! Wish me luck.

Cut lengths of 4"x2" and bang them vertically into the web at 400mm intervals (that's 400mm centre to centre on the wood). The "web" is the gap between the two horizontal sections of the steel. Get some angle bead for the edges where the plaster board meets, it'll make finishing more stable.

If you need to stick any battening to the underside, then get yourself some CT1 adhesive.

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Will cramming them in be strong enough long term?


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Will cramming them in be strong enough long term?

Yes. It's only holding plasterboard. You might need to cut them at a slight angle, but the compression rate on wood means that if you hammer them in with a mallet they won't be going anywhere.

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The web on that steel looks quite shallow, so 2"x2" should be fine.

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Get some packers as well, they're small plastic fillets of various thicknesses. They'll help you get a level/true surface to attach the plasterboard. Just glue them to the wood to mask any variations in depth and remember where they are when you come to screw the plasterboard on. Wear gloves when working with plasterboard screws as they're very sharp and also give you nasty metal splinters.

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The web on that steel looks quite shallow, so 2"x2" should be fine.

It's 6cm deep, so you're bang on


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Just paper straight over it with woodchip, it's designed for hiding small surface imperfections like that.


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Get Joans in to put a fan in the hole.


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Some great advice here, well done guys.

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Spirit of teamwork and all that. Absolutely lovely to see us coming together to help one another out instead of picking holes (arf)

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Underway!


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Whoops! The hole got bigger!


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Keep us updated, I love in progress pics.

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That'll do for today. Tidyed up now and I've got to get the kids from school at 3.

Holidays! Phew!


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Looks good! Which is annoying, as these sorts of things are infinitely more fun to read when they go horribly, terribly astray.


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That's impressive stuff, I am envious of your skill in comparison to my own. Well done, DavPaz.

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It's good so far though, not bad for a day's work.

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Looks good! Which is annoying, as these sorts of things are infinitely more fun to read when they go horribly, terribly astray.

My name's not Joans, bub.


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That's impressive stuff, I am envious of your skill in comparison to my own. Well done, DavPaz.

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I cannot even bodge, I only ruin.

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I cannot even bodge, I only ruin.

We begin at the beginning. :)


You ruin. You learn to bodge. You learn to bodge it slightly better. Then you know.

I have often said there should be a Journal of Null Hypotheses so science doesn't waste time, which is why I am quite happy to discuss my hapless trains of thought and hilarious consequences with people. I'll fuck it, so you don't have to.

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Clearly title.


Yeah, it was played for.

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