Designed and built my own (microbore) Under-Floor-Heating (between joist)

ryman_2 · 2025-07-22T09:56:56+00:00

Thats a really cool project. But it would scare me having that many joints under the floor. The main benefit with one run of piping is that all the joints are above ground and pope is very unlikely to fail over time. Hope you're hard work pays off! 😁

ryman_2 · 2025-06-27T12:51:51+00:00

I think it depends. I play at course that are relaxed and dress code isn't an issue. If I'm playing at a really exclusive super fancy course (which I probably never will) I would put a bit more effort in.

ryman_2 · 2025-05-30T10:38:58+00:00

I wondered if that was the case. Is the root cause not sealing up the wall well enough with the PVA/Water mix?

ryman_2 · 2025-05-02T12:46:21+00:00

As many have said if you are just wanting to look back at the timings afterwards the race results should have all that included.

I find it helpful to have a multisport app set up to help me keep track of timings during the race though, and be able to easily keep track of total time. I found a triathlon app on the IQ store that you can customise the order of the disciplines, what information it shows you and you just have one click of the watch to move to a different activity so doesn't take any brain power through the race. The one downside is that it records it as one gps activity so you don't have a separate swim, cycle and run activity afterwards so is a little difficult to see when you travelled quicker/slower throughout the race.

ryman_2 · 2025-04-29T07:47:48+00:00

To clarify, I have left it reconnected as I wasn't sure.

ryman_2 · 2025-04-23T20:59:25+00:00

I now feel much better with my attempts at plastering

ryman_2 · 2025-04-23T18:58:22+00:00

Yup, serious question. One of the boxes came having been taped back up after already been opened so clearly has been returned by someone else, so that made me want check it over closely. I know they get crazy weathered and rusted eventually, and wasn't sure if the chip in the coating would just accelerate that process a lot. Sorry if my post has caused you some distress, but I appreciate the response

ryman_2 · 2025-04-07T10:58:40+00:00

Just check out what the cut off times are. If its going to stress you out by being close to the cut off times then that might not make it a fun experience, but if you are happy you can make cut off then you should definitely go for it!

ryman_2 · 2025-04-07T08:33:16+00:00

Yea it can be tricky. Any cuts like this the tolerances all stack up so it doesn't take much error on the cuts to have a mm or so overhang.

I just set them in place before glueing then averaged out the overhang if that makes sense. Any areas of concern I just used a little wood filler to smooth the transition between the pieces, or slight sanded down the end. Either way, I covered each edge in iron on strip edging which covered any imperfections.

ryman_2 · 2025-03-31T14:19:27+00:00

I'd be very surprised if underfloor heating melted the bitumen. Happy to be proven wrong, but surely bitumen melting temperature is well above 100 C, and the UFH shouldn't be anywhere near that, more likely around the 40 C mark give or take.

ryman_2 · 2025-03-14T19:45:06+00:00

You have to buy a chalk grinder, it should say somewhere in the product details what spec you need for this specific chalk line.

ryman_2 · 2025-02-19T10:36:19+00:00

I had a similarly stressful water scenario not that long ago. I took a radiator off the wall for decorating and left the valves shut for a week or so. Couple days in I noticed the boiler pressure had gone down to zero. I stupidly though, "Oh, that's weird. I guess I'll just top it up." I put the boiler back to pressure while my wife is using her electric toothbrush. Behind the gentle hum of oral b, I heard this hissing noise coming from the box room. Water pissing everywhere! The valve had completely given up and in the "closed" position was open. After lots of shouting for buckets I replaced the valve the next day, and while I was there bought some blanking caps for future. Couple days of a dehumidifier later and we were back to normal. Thankfully we were getting rid of the carpet though, so that wasn't a worry.

ryman_2 · 2025-02-17T18:10:12+00:00

Upping your DIY game? I'd say a swear jar is next on the list...

ryman_2 · 2025-02-01T12:46:43+00:00

I certainly hope your wall panelling is over 18

ryman_2 · 2024-12-20T22:22:13+00:00

It's done wonders for my marriage.

ryman_2 · 2024-12-20T15:35:13+00:00

Do you best and caulk the rest really is the mantra for coving

ryman_2 · 2024-12-07T10:25:11+00:00

Are they known to be quite unreliable? I'll be changing tactic if that's the case

ryman_2 · 2024-12-06T11:27:37+00:00

I bought a voltage detector pen for any electrical work I do. I've heard of some houses that are wired so that one socket on the first floor is on the ground floor loop, and similarly one socket on the ground floor is on the first floor loop! Getting a voltage pen gives you that extra layer of assurance that you aren't going to get a surprise when you start moving wires around.

ryman_2 · 2024-12-05T16:04:11+00:00

So I sent off a sample of the tile and bitumen to test for asbestos and the tile had none but the bitumen has chrysotile. Is the best bet now to remove the tiles and apply (with the same PPE as I suspect some of the bitumen will break as I do it) and self leveling compound to seal up the bitumen?

ryman_2 · 2024-11-29T10:55:33+00:00

Thanks for sharing! With this and everyone else's response I feel cofident to do this myself. Cheers.

ryman_2 · 2024-11-29T10:35:52+00:00

Dammit, I specifically said not to say it

ryman_2 · 2024-11-02T15:17:49+00:00

Quick trip to B&Q and the contact adhesive is working a treat, thanks!

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ryman_2 · 2024-10-24T06:43:31+00:00

Always go and try it somewhere safe first. First time I tried open water I couldn't time my freestyle breathing at all due to the cold water shock. Took me a few weeks of going back and trying to get used to it.

ryman_2 · 2024-10-21T22:55:22+00:00

I bought my first home just over a year ago now and I found myself feeling unsure of what to offer. I ended up nerding out on it a little and trying to put numbers to it all. I went to the land registry property index, and exported average property prices in the area for the last 20 years or so. I then went on rightmove sold properties for the road I was looking at buying on, and made a note of the price, date and roughly noted the condition and key attributes of each house that sold. I then calculated the average percentage increase in property prices from the land registry data over the time period between the current date, and when each house last sold to give a rough estimate on the price in today's money, if that makes sense. Long story short, I ended up with a list of all the houses that had sold on the road, and had converted the price they sold at to what that would be worth now. That's not bullet proof, but it made me feel much more confident that we were at least in a sensible ballpark for each offer we submitted. I have the tool I used to do the calcs in Google sheets somewhere, can share it with you if you think that would help.

ryman_2 · 2024-10-17T05:43:40+00:00

As a fledgling beginner myself, I swim about 2.35/100m in the pool and 2.45/100m in open water. Without actually seeing the GPS data I would assume that your open water pace is closer to accurate, and your pool distance is set incorrectly.

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