Recent content by dunny

Evening all I have a house built out of red brick in 1896 and I need to build an external section of wall where I am blocking a doorway up. The beds on the building are tiny (maybe 5mm) and the original mortar is quite a dark grey, almost charcoal. I suspect when the house was built they used...

Thanks - I didn't think this cold be used on underground drainage pipes but I have some to hand I can try.

Evening all, I need to apply a patch to the top of an underground drainage pipe and I am looking for some advice. At some point in the past someone has cut a small panel in the top of one of the sewer pipes that go to my sceptic tank. I have a section of the same pipe I can cut a patch from...

Hi all, I am building a bathroom in the corner of my downstairs hallway. It has one outside wall, with a window in, one internal brick wall and 2 stud walls. Inside the 2 stud walls I have insulated (mostly for soundproofing purposes) with 100mm insulation board. The question is where I have...

Any advice appeciated.

Hi all, In my bathroom I am using 12mm tile backer board (cement base I believe) as the background within the shower area. I want to tape and seal the joints and also where the tray will come up against the board. Can any one recommend the best tape and sealer please? I have seen people using...

Thanks all, that is really useful.

The joint under the stairs is the one I am concerned about I can't reroute it so I don't have any choice but to put a bend in and this will be under the floor under the stairs.

Hi all, I am connecting to a new drain from a new downstairs bathroom. As the drain comes out of the toilet it will need to turn by 45 degrees, travel 2 metres or so, turn another 45 degrees, travel another couple of metres and then go into a new manhole that is part of the new drainage I have...

Thanks - tried this and the pump locked up (I assume it is acting just like an electric magnet) - whch I assume points at the capacitor.

Thanks - if I bypassed the capacitor by just joining the 2 wires that went to it would this work as a test? I would expect to at least get the motor to spin up momentarily.

Hi all, Maybe a bit of a long shot but wondered whether anyone had any advice on what might be up with my submersible pump. It just buzzes and no longer spins. I have stripped it and there is nothing seized, no water inside etc. It has a run capacitor and that appears to test OK (shows no...

Hi, This will all be below ground. I had some drainage guys out in a bunch of drains including a manhole that has been put in ready for the new downstairs loo to connect to. So there will be a drain going (underground) from the new bathroom to the manhole. They are at 90 degrees to each other...

Hi I need to connect on to a new drain that is at 90 degrees from the outlet of a new toilet position. The drain is a fair distance away, maybe 12 metres, but since I don't want to dig right across an existing conservatory can I connect with a 90 degree bend? Maybe a long turn elbow? Thanks D