Recent content by tpb1975

Thanks for the responses: Must admit I've never seen this moving zebra effect before, but fluorescent "tubes" :) seldom go so I've only had to purchase a couple in 20 years. I'm leaving them on for a day or two to try and get rid of it. One of the tubes was so dark when I first fitted it, I...

I've just bought a couple of 5ft NVC Alaska (http://www.nvcuk.com/lighting/industrial/alaska-t8) fluorescent light fittings, 2 bulbs each. I'm assuming they're HF as they don't require a separate starter. I bought Philips TD-L Super 80 daylight bulbs for them. Anyway, when I first turn them...

OK Osma solvent weld isn't suitable for their driveway gully as it's made of polypropylene. Plus they don't use rubber/silicone gaskets to seal the end caps. Guess I'm going to have to concrete them in place and try and find an adhesive.

Going to try the solvent weld on a couple of Osma driveway channels. They provide end caps but there are no gaskets or clips. I guess the idea is they're retained by the concrete base the channel is put in. Funny how I'm worried about a few drips. I've got one wall with just a flower bed...

Dug out another section of the salt glazed and it just came out. Looks like there's been enough movement over the years for the cement to have come loose. Most of it covered but not the bottom. Interesting to see it wasn't packed out with any form of gasket (tarred rope). The problem is each...

Do the joints between Salt Glazed ground pipes commonly leak? I've just had to replace a broken section including gully. After running water through the new gully and connecting pipes, it appears that the next salt glazed joint is leaking bad enough for it to come through the clay pipe bedding...

Thanks for the response. I've not tried a solvent weld before, just looks like glue and could risk cracking. I don't know if it makes a "weld" better than super glue. I've already got a flexseal sc120 which I've put an end of pipe in with a connector. Seems to be water tight but not the way...

Had to replace a damaged gully at the weekend. I was lifting flags to put in a new patio and found a broken salt glazed pipe attached to the gully. Good news is it will allow me to put a couple of drive channels either side of it and tap into the side fills. Looks like the 110mm pipe goes...

The fitting inside the lid has a diameter about 10-15mm greater than the riser and sits in the top. So with the Floplast doesn't look like you can just trim a bit off the top and the lid will sit in. But... I dug one of the risers out and you can see that the diameter of each section means it...

Thanks for the reply. Just given Floplast a call. They said there is a cut down point on the 100mm riser and possibly 2 cut down points on the 200mm riser. Sounds like you can cut down by about 40mm. Need to dig it out and have a look. Sounds like the sealing rings are quite important if...

Anybody had to resize a Floplast inspection chamber. The builder fitted a couple of these when putting in an extension. Both are about 40-50mm higher than damp proof/final patio height (when I get around to laying it). He just said cut it down to resize it. Didn't really think much of it at...

It's a 4ft concrete post on the other side of the wall (well 6ft but 2ft buried). Going to try and screw a 4x2 onto the concrete post so I can attach a latch and a batton for the gate to close against. Not tried drilling a concrete post before, going to do that before I add the concrete to...

Sometimes it's just better to keep the "we" out of it. I'd laid about 14 concrete posts "line straight" over the last couple of weeks. Asked the wife to help hold the line for the last one as I had to remove the post holding the line. Just about to put the concrete in and had a last look. It...

Thanks for the tip. Guy in the hardware shop recommended Thunderbolts as well. I wasn't too keen on these. Never seen them before but they don't use a raw plug from what I can tell. My brick has a "frog" so is pretty hollow in the middle. A plumber drilled from the inside of the house...

I need to hang a gate off my garage wall. Looks like people tend to attach a 2x4 (so got a tantalised one) to the wall with some decent raw plug/screw fittings, then attach the gate hinges to the 2x4. Would you also have the 2x4 resting on the path to help take some load? The gate is only...