Recent content by frank2

well as previously mentioned the mortar has to be reasonably stiff to maintain a level finish otherwise the pavers will sink into the bed I think its partly the nature of the pavers theyre 40mm and the smoothish surface isnt the best medium for a good bond in the circumstances hindsight...

looks like for about 3m2 itll be cheaper taking mortar bed up and rebedding on sand if thatll work with the slope

no it was as wet as I could make it without slumping but dryer than I would lay bricks with

yes I usually like wettish mortar however with bedding pavers the mortar needs to be reasonably stiff to avoid the pavers sinking and whilst laying you dont want mortar oozing between blocks

may have made a booboo, looking for advice doing a chap a fovour he wanted 3 concrete paver steps 3 foot tread 3 inch rise roughly converting into a ramp for his electric buggy they were laid on sand but thinking extra sand to make up the slope would be too much/unstable I bedded the pavers...

Right thanks Ill strike up the stihl,when ive worked out why it wont let fuel thru!!

Hi Noseall thanks again yes both soil pipes 110mm I just thought if they were unvented then there could be a possibility of a slug of water/waste along the horizontal run causing the traps to suck

thanks noseall pipe cant go under services as itll then be about 8 inches lower than the septic tank inlet No there is no existing drain all 3 bathrooms and pipework are new I just thought to get around the above problem Id run the above soil pipe horizontally 8M across the wall to meet a new...

Another q, advice please Two upstairs soil pipes exit external walls and run horizontally to meet main stack for downstairs bathroom 1) Can they both exit with 90 bends and go horizontally to vented stack 2) Or will they need vents, I could if ok/needed fit external durgos as the...

Another question Where the stack meets the ground theres 11 inches of concrete foundation is it ok to stihl saw a channel out to fit the long radius bend as theres only 10 inches to dpc thanks Francis

Hi Im looking for advice regarding my soil pipe layout Basically Im plumbing up two upstairs bathrooms and a downstairs one on a new extension and would appreciate a bit of clarification on a few points Ive spent the afternoon digging a trench for one of the upstairs bathrooms only...

Some advice please, Im about to slate extension roof two gables, two valleys with cupa spanish preholed and am trying to get my head round the verges and valleys or maybe im just being thick. Slates are 16x10 with guage of 6" 1) the verges ive built are timber overhanging and I would like to...

thanks will have a look

I was wondering whether anyone can enlighten me, Ive been quoted wildly differing prices for breathable membrane (100%) to go beneath a slate roof and the obvious question came to mind about quality, web uv15 versus icopal monoperm can anyone enlighten me thanks, Frank

chop out wall plate in between roof timbers leaving 1" either side as bearer then block in between onto old brick work then build over, for me this will cause least disruption to room below and hopefully will be"easiest" to carry out, Frank