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Thanks! Looks quite a good idea. Does rely on having a nice flat brickwork like wall to attach to - rather than a stone wall, but might work better than my current solution (lots of sealant).

I've got a lean-to workshop against a neighbour's house, which is made of stone. The old felt roof has gone and needs repairing - and leaked a lot with the join to the stonework. Any suggestions as how best to attach the felt to my neighbours stonework. It is soft irregular stone, not...

I am considering having an (internal) galleried landing extending by about 2 foot (to allow me to move a door to a new position). The building is very old, lots of exposed beams that wouldn't meet current standards etc. My builder says that building regs/control will be required, and that...

Took radiator off wall, turned valves on full to blow lots of water through - airlock came out and rad now works.

thanks bengasman! I've tried bleeding the radiator and got a litre or so of cold water and no air. If there is an airlock nearby but not in the rad, is there a way of finding it and removing it? Is balancing relevant, as the towel radiator is on the HW circuit (and presumably the HW only...

I recently replaced and old towel radiator (which worked fine) with a new radiator and TRVs. The new radiator was cool (although the pipes near the floor were hot). I then replaced the TRVs with standard valves (as I read here that TRVs and hot water circuits don't work), and got a hot towel...

I had a similar problem - putting a soil pipe through a wall 3ft thick. Wall was soft sandstone. I'd suggest popping to your local hire shop, getting a decent corer with a clutch, with a diamond drill bit. Get a few extension bars (I used two), and (the most important bit) make sure...

In the end, turned out that the extension bar to the corer I was using was (very slightly) bent - as it went into the wall, it got stuck. (obvious really...) Problem solved by hiring a much more heavy duty corer and diamond drill with a big solid (straight) extension bar. Went though 700mm...

tried coring from both ends but could only get the corer in about 150mm - that leaves me short 300mm in the middle (about a foot :) ) not hugely keen to stitch drill the entire thing. any other thoughts? maybe saniflow isn't too bad after all... :cry:

I'm replacing a horrible Saniflow toilet with an ordinary one, and need to core a hole in the wall. The wall is 700mm thick sandstone. I bought a 117mm diamond drill which I attached to my power drill at home, and could get a bit of the way in but it kept on jamming after getting about...

Thanks!

I'm putting in a pre-fab manhole to replace a pipe bend where we've had a blockage and it is difficult to rod. What should the base for the plastic manhole be? I wasn't sure if I need concrete, or a base of gravel, or straight onto the soil? Thanks for any help!

Aha! Thanks for your help

I have a few outdoor lights that are connected with cable running along 20mm black conduiting. Presumably becuase the cable didn't stretch, there are a number of junction boxes (those round ones) with connector strip to join cable together. Do you consider use of connector strip in a black...