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So it's not a chimney as such, it's a 5(ish) inch galv steel pipe, boxed inside plasterboard etc. Thinking more about it, there is an air brick under the floor level right under the flue outside. Once I remove the fire and hearth, I'll maybe look and see if I can vent it via that air brick...

Morning folks, I'm just about to remove a Flavel gas fire - had a gas safe engineer come out last week and disconnect/cap the gas supply, so it's now isolated. The flue basically comes out the back of the fire and goes straight up 3.5m through the roof, rain guard etc fitted. My initial plan...

I have no idea how I came up with that. must have been a copy/paste. Its Jesperson concrete. The 5m's are steel framed, this is most certainly concrete, floors, walls and roof.

Hey chaps. Hope you are all safe! I own a 1950's(ish) pre-fab concrete house, with a flat roof. Appears to be Jesperson block type Flat roof, last replaced around 15 years ago. During October, a leak developed, with water coming through the joint in the concrete panel ceiling/roof. I went up...

if he's doing something that needs a tight fit, then he might a tight fit as a seal. I've used copper into alloy blocks for engine builds, and indeed into brass for turbos. I normally drill them on the small size,then freeze the copper, and tap it in with a soft drift. you'll be better of...

They, iirc, have a small house with a Filter on it, so you put the pipe into the barrel.

all pressure washers work from a water butt. you just need a small pump to gain around 3 bar to feed the pressure washer :-) i think all new karchers machines work from a butt failing that, move up here to scotland. I washed my fence today. ha ha ha

drill a 14mm hole. Reem the rest out until the pipe fits. Simples.

if its just one, Epoxy resin is the answer :-)

( in another answer, i never want anything go grow on this peice of land. EVER)

ill be bedding in a rectangle of 100mmx100m granite cobs spaced 110cm from my fence ( garden is 7mx5m). inside the rectangle will be high grade fake grass on a bed of compated whinstone grit, outside will be either pebbles or cotsolds buff 20mm. only thing that gets me is if i cover the...

any advice for laying a row of granite cobs ? aiming for 100mmx100mm cobs. garden is gonna be raked gritty stuff at the start. i was thinking of digging a trench that was 150mmx150mm, filling it as i go with a 4:1 damp mortor, and bedding the cobs. after that i can get the heights...

So, my entire 40m2 patio was lifted today and given away FOC ( such a nice guy) There is net work of roots from weeds which i have started removing. my new plan for a garden involved NO weeds. Whats my best option for ensuring that nothing grows on the land again. my brain tells...

I've done 2. one was outside due to a cast concrete structure, the other was cleverly run into a fake fireplace feature, up through the ceiling, under the floor boards, and into the room with the tv.

yip, but it can be removed :-) anyway, doesn't answer my problem. most of the slabs have been removed, and its a network of roots under there. looking to get something down this weekend.