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Thanks for the replies guys. so I should look for some round ducting really. Still wondering though, even with a 4" tube going through the wall, do I just push tube through the wall and make good around it? Or do I need to stop the rubble falling down and crushing the tube...?

Hi everyone. I've read lots of posts about core drilling and stitch drilling, but not entirely sure what to do in this situation: We are about to replace our ancient kitchen. We need to put ventialtion for the cooker hood extractor through the wall. We have been supplied with a 3m ducting...

i believe mfi were supplied by maurice lay who only supply to the trade, but also supply magnet...

That has been suggested to me before. I'm not sure about that solution as far as I can see the issues are that the dining room floor sub ventilation (the room next door) would suffer, we would have to re route the (new) central heating pipes and electrical cables... or would we? I have not...

That's great thanks very much for the advice. I'll be going for two sleeper walls and 8x2 joists, don't fancy doing any more brick work than is really required! You're right about the sub floor ventilation, we've already put a few air bricks in (there was just the one :roll: which probably...

Hi, I've read several posts on here but can't quite find what info I need, so hopefully someone will read this and be helpful!! We have a random stone built 1860s cottage with a suspended timber floor in the living room. Many of the boards have rotten (several patch jobs done over the...

thanks that's very helpful :)

We're going to get a woodburner installed, a friend of mine has just installed his own and said it was eay, will help etc, etc. But as I have read that you should get it installed by a qualified/certified person as the new building regs demand :x , we're wondering if we should do it 'properly'...

well we just had ours moved out onto the outside wall of the house by a reputable firm of builders and their plumber, no one ever mentioned anything about planning permission to us....no idea if we should have :shock: (we're in north somerset)

well having given them more than enough time to have got their 'cash flow' sorted out I paid the cheque in last week. Then I got a letter from my bank saying it had bounced. Luckily they represented it and it cleared the second time so I now have the money paid into my account. But I really...

:roll: I've got a tricky one at the moment, not sure what to do. Did a job back in Oct subcontracting for another firm. Insurance company didn't pay them on time. After lots of chasing finally went round to their office and got a cheque last week. But the boss of the firm said, could you...

Hi, sorry if this is posted in the wrong section, wasn't sure where to put it.... As a boatbuilder I often get asked to repair various things made of fibreglass, not just boats. I've now been contacted by someone who's got a badly installed fibreglass swimming pool that has cracked as a...

Just got this reply from cuprinol "Thank you for your email. You can use the 5 Star Complete Wood Treatment through our Cuprinol shed and fence preserver sprayer - not the power of green sprayer - as these are for water based products and operate at a different pressure. The odd splash of...

It's a LOT of money though, if I don't need it done. Plus the companies I got quotes from wanted the loft emptied of insulation and cleaned first - if I'm doing that I may as well spray at the same time!

top suggestion! I'll leave a gap between slabs around the edge, ie under the walls, and then lay a slab floor on a dpm slightly raised from the grond level. If it ever stops raining that is... :roll:

there are companies offering cheaper rates to over 50s too - so is that age descrimination against young drivers? :wink: I think it's all a marketing ploy to get people to ring up who think they'll get a discount becuase they're female/young/highpowered car/ etc etc. They don't get a better...

I got called up a few years back, looked at the pittance they'll pay as maximum towards loss of earnings and realised it would cost me a lot of money. So I wrote back explaing what I charged a day for labour, a brief outline of overheads and an estimated cost of loss of earnings. I also stated...

It annoys me that people on Jobseekers allowance have to apply to jobs to get their money, but don't have to take the job, even if sucessful in an application. IMO you shouldn't even apply to something you're not prepared to take up as it's a waste of the prospective employer's time and...

Thanks for that, straightens a couple of points out for me. If I was to spray the timbers in the next month would that kill anything alive in the timbers (doing damage as we speak) or do the sprays only actually kill the beetles when they fly out? Im suppose I want to know when/if it's...

Hi appreciate people's experience/opinions on this, I've read tonnes of info from this forum, and various websites and getting a bit confused and really not sure what to do! :cry: We've got an 1860s cottage with an extension c1900 so the roof timbers are at least 100yrs old, so untreated in...