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Good evening, need to replace my old cast iron soil stack including the bend at the bottom and a short length of clay pipe. I ideally need a black rest bend as the top of the horizontal pipe under the driveway is only 150mm below the finished surface of the drive (probs why the pipe is broken...

Currently trying to re-cord a sash and case window. I have opened up the pockets but cannot get the weights out! The pocket opening seems too short for the tall weights. The weight in the picture is sat on the cill, if I pull it up so the top of the weight is at the top of the opening, I can...

Just about to buy a house which has an upstairs window overlooking a sloping roof extension on the ground floor. The roof slope is perpendicular to the wall with the window. I was wondering what is the most practical/safe way of preparing and re-painting this window when it comes to it? I...

Hi, Just bought my first house, got the keys yesterday. One of the first things I did (after clearing out two car loads of junk left by previous owners) was to rip up the laminate flooring on the lounge. After I did that I promptly put my foot through the chipboard floor! Found my first...

The requirement for "simular matirials" in the PD guidence seems a bit vague. Just how "simular" does the matirial have to be? For example, finding bricks to match the original bricks my house is built from will be almost impossible. Just how simular do the bricks need to be? Also I am...

We have recently had our gas meter moved by National Grid. I had read previously that underground gas pipes should be at least 350mm deep. However while this pipe was being put in, before the trench was backfilled I measured the depth to be just 250mm. I mentioned this to the installer who...

At the moment the mains pressure in my house is quite low. We currently have about 15 meters of 3/4 inch lead supply pipe running from the property boundary to the water meter, and then another meter or so of pipe to the stopcock. The pipe is about 80 years old assuming it is original to the...

I have an outdoor junction box with several wires connected via glands. I need to remove one of the wires from the junction box as it's redundant. Does anyone know how to seal the hole that is left without replacing the entire box?

Ok, thinking about putting a sink in my garage for cleaning muddy boots etc. One thing which I am worried about though is the pumbing freezing in extreme cold conditions like that expirienced in dec 2010 and flooding the garage. What is the normal practice for installing plumbing in unheated...

Ok, so I am digging a hole in my driveway as part of a project to add a new gully. I have discovered a mystery pipe and was wondering if anyone here had any idea what it is. It looks like steel and is 18mm in diameter and 150mm deep from the drive surface. At first I thougth it may be the...

Hi, have a door which is about 100 years old with a stained glass window in it. The window is made up of about 100 pieces of glass held in place by H-shaped lead strips. One of the small pieces has cracked. If I was to replace this piece of glass, which measures about 3 inch square, do I...

Almost finished an extension project and one of my last projects before it can be signed off is to lay some pernament drainage to replace the temporary buckets which I keep having to empty. Been trying to make head or tail of part H and have looked at some online resources but still have some...

Due to a problem with a sewer under my driveway part of my driveway has subsided. The overall area of the drive is about 30 square meters and about a quarter has been affected by subsidence from the faulty drain. The sewer (a public sewer) has been repaired by the local water authority so I...

Just wondering if it would be allowed to build an extension then remove the window from between the extension and the house and re-fit it in the outside wall of the extension. Doing so would save quite a bit of money and also avoid the old window going to waste. It's a PVCu window about 10...

Hi, I am thinking about doing a loft conversion at some point within the next few years and this may include a hip to gable conversion. However I am concerned that the "loophole" which currently allows hip to gable conversions as PD maybe removed at some point in the future. If I was to apply...

Currently building a timber built car-port. The roof will be covered with a Polycarbonate sheet system and I will be covering the facias and any timber directly exposed to the elements with GRP. On the inside however I want the wood to be it's natual colour so trying to choose the best...

I am about to re-lay the concrete drive down the side of my house. The section of the drive between the street and the front corner of the house has been re-done at some point in the past but the section beyond the corner of the house, up the side to the garage is crumbling c1930 concrete...

Just wondering. If I was to dry-line each room of my house as it's re-decorated over a period of about 5-8 years, would I have to pay any cash to BC? I notice that in the list of charges for BC the following: Renovation of a thermal element to a single dwelling £662.40 But I seem to...

My back door is starting to go a bit rotten thus I am thinking about replacing it. However I don't like the idea of having to pay building control £108 just to replace a door costing about the same price. It seems an extortinate amount to pay to me. I know that I could pay someone FENSA...

I have a PIR sensor here with 8 terminals. +12v, -12v, 2 for tamper, 2 for relay and 2 marked 'EOL'. Anyone have any clue as to what the 'EOL' terminals are for? All my other sensors only have 6 terminals.