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    Render vs Plaster

    The brickie has raised the lintel on the chimney breast, ready to fit an extractor fan. I need to patch in the plaster & have a few questions. The house is Edwardian & the existing finish seems to be some sort of render with a skim of plaster. On the sides of the chimney, the render is around...
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    Re-heating solder joint

    I have 2x22mm pipes coming up through the floor with solder jointed right angle bends. They used to feed the bath which I have removed and will replace with a shower. I need to rotate them 90 degrees so they can feed through the wall- can I heat them up with a blow torch and rotate them or will...
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    Finishing edge for felt roof- timber exposed?

    I've just had a flat roof replaced with new felt. On the edge where the guttering is, the felt folds around and is then held in place by a timber batten. This is obviously exposed and I am worried it will rot quite quickly, especially as it is above the gutter and exposed to moisture- see...
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    Connecting 110mm soil pipe

    I've removed the old toilet pan and will use a Grohe frame to hang the new one, 1m to the right. This means the soil pipe from the toilet is now about 10cm higher than the pipe to the stack. Both pipes are in a straight line but how to connect them, given that there is a 10cm difference between...
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