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    Advice on Boxing in Pipework on Curved Wall

    No, you're right. I probably don't have the skills. Will try your suggested approach. Thanks.
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    Advice on Boxing in Pipework on Curved Wall

    I have some pipework running parallel with the floor along a section of wall with a fairly sharp kink in it (see pic below). The way I was planning on doing this was to get a length of timber, kerf cut it and fix some wooden blocks to the wall & attach the length of timber. Questions I have...
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    Damp on wall near Window

    i put a couple of coats of Ronseal anti condensation paint on that wall and 2 months later it still seems to be holding up
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    Making Arched Doorframe for Door

    Useful site - just can't work out what a sweep angle is?
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    Making Arched Doorframe for Door

    Yep, can do that and keep it out of the worst of the rain but just need to make sure it's protected from the all pervading dampness that I get in this part of the world. Will look at the sealants mentioned by the poster above.
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    Making Arched Doorframe for Door

    It's not really going to be that well protected - it is barely under the eaves of the garage roof. The door in the pic is the one I'm swapping out with the arched door
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    Making Arched Doorframe for Door

    Sounds a good approach - just wondering if this is going to be suitable for external used though - juat thinking all those bits of ply are going to swell and warp if they get wet unless I can thoroughly weatherproof it.
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    Making Arched Doorframe for Door

    I'm fitting a nice old wooden external door with a gothic arch onto the side of my garage. Not really sure how to approach the arched part of the door frame. What I have in mind is a couple of soild timber uprights and affix the arch to the top of these. I was thinking get a thick piece of...
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    Making Arched Framework for Door

    I'm fitting a nice old wooden external door with a gothic arch onto the side of my garage. Not really sure how to approach the arched part of the door frame. What I have in mind is a couple of soild timber uprights and affix the arch to the top of these. I was thinking get a thick piece of...
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    Broken Bar Shower

    I was wrong, it does drip on the handset too. Not sure which part I need to look at here - I can get to the cartridge but presumably the on/off valve is at the other end of the bar and it looks like I can’t remove the end cap from there like I can the other end.
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    Broken Bar Shower

    So the leaking happens when the tap that switches between the rain shower and the flexible hose attachment is positioned on the rain shower. If I switch to the other position I get no leaking. That said, it makes a lot of whistling sounds when I turn on another bathroom tap regardless of what...
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    Broken Bar Shower

    Thanks, yes it’s a rain shower.
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    Broken Bar Shower

    I know nothing about these devices but the shower head leaks when valve is in the off position and there’s increased flow of the leakage and a whistling sound if I turn on another tap in the bathroom. Am I right is assuming that you can’t get parts for these shower bars and you just replace the...
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    upvc windows - Are these vents?

    Thanks all. I had no idea....
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    upvc windows - Are these vents?

    Any idea what these 2 apertures are at the base of the window? Are they vents? If so don't see how they work as there's nothing corresponding on the inside of the window....
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