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  1. jaydebruyne

    Adding tiling to my arsenal

    Lol I think he does use PVA haha
  2. jaydebruyne

    Adding tiling to my arsenal

    Why not tile on ply? The guy I use tiles on ply for floors? What’s a niche?
  3. jaydebruyne

    Adding tiling to my arsenal

    Thanks for the tip :)
  4. jaydebruyne

    Adding tiling to my arsenal

    Jeez that’s nuts!
  5. jaydebruyne

    Adding tiling to my arsenal

    Oops, too late! 9 years!!??
  6. jaydebruyne

    Adding tiling to my arsenal

    Same. Sometimes I have to wait 2 / 3 weeks and I lose the job!
  7. jaydebruyne

    Adding tiling to my arsenal

    I don’t mind the physical side of it. Everything takes time to get up to speed, it’s taken me 4 years to get to a decent level of confidence with plumbing!!
  8. jaydebruyne

    Adding tiling to my arsenal

    Yeah I was looking at a course with Able Skills.. but my plumbing course experience has left me extremely skeptical about courses
  9. jaydebruyne

    Adding tiling to my arsenal

    Yeah both mate.. so I can do complete bathrooms
  10. jaydebruyne

    Adding tiling to my arsenal

    Will do mate!
  11. jaydebruyne

    Adding tiling to my arsenal

    so after a few failed attempts at getting in a tiler only to do sh*t jobs I’m gonna learn to do it myself, that way if I do a sh*t job I only have myself to blame. Anyone here have any suggestions on the best way to learn? Just dive in? Courses? YouTube? I’ve posted on the tilers forum also...
  12. jaydebruyne

    Gash in hep heating pipe

    custard called just now, a decorator has nicked the hep heating pipe (see pic). Looks quite deep to me, and as the pipe will soften when heating is on, I’m skepticle about re-burying it behind the wall. Can this be repaired with a tape/compound or you reckon it’ll be ok as is? Or best to replace...
  13. jaydebruyne

    New building control cert for boiler move

    hey all, I’ve moved a boiler about 6 feet to the left on the same wall, is a new building control very required? If so how do I go about it?
  14. jaydebruyne

    My first cylinder install with boiler

    Totally hear you, but it also does not state that it cannot be connected to a CH PRV. So it’s kind of down to interpretation in my eyes. In an u/v cylinder manual I believe it will only discuss the discharge from that appliance, and not others ie central heating so the drawing will only display...
  15. jaydebruyne

    My first cylinder install with boiler

    The inlet valve has a NRV inside so no chance of cross contamination.. also there is an air gap via the tundish so again, not much chance of backflow.. also the likelihood of a blockage is pretty much slim to never..
  16. jaydebruyne

    My first cylinder install with boiler

    Hey Mikeygas, I have yes. I wasn’t aware of any regs that disallowed this..
  17. jaydebruyne

    My first cylinder install with boiler

    Funnily enough the cylinder was heated by the boiler so I didn’t need to test them both.. just disconnected the boost and tested the main.
  18. jaydebruyne

    My first cylinder install with boiler

    Lol I were’nt gonna Flick the switch ;)

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