Recent content by mdshaw

Got it, that's my day sorted- thanks for the tips.

Cheers speed, bonding it will be. This is the depth of the existing plaster: So I guess do it in two passes. Any tips for the concrete lintel?

According to the plaster selector guide on the BG site, max depth for bonding is 11mm so render it will need to be. So final problem- how to render over the concrete lintel?

The brickie has raised the lintel on the chimney breast, ready to fit an extractor fan. I need to patch in the plaster & have a few questions. The house is Edwardian & the existing finish seems to be some sort of render with a skim of plaster. On the sides of the chimney, the render is around...

I have 2x22mm pipes coming up through the floor with solder jointed right angle bends. They used to feed the bath which I have removed and will replace with a shower. I need to rotate them 90 degrees so they can feed through the wall- can I heat them up with a blow torch and rotate them or will...

I've just had a flat roof replaced with new felt. On the edge where the guttering is, the felt folds around and is then held in place by a timber batten. This is obviously exposed and I am worried it will rot quite quickly, especially as it is above the gutter and exposed to moisture- see...

Original pipe is PVC-U. The only thing with using the coupling is that because the new pipe is coming in at an angle, the top part would meet, with a gap at the bottom. Obviously, the coupling will seal it but I just think sediment / water / toilet bleach will gather in the gap between pipes...

I've removed the old toilet pan and will use a Grohe frame to hang the new one, 1m to the right. This means the soil pipe from the toilet is now about 10cm higher than the pipe to the stack. Both pipes are in a straight line but how to connect them, given that there is a 10cm difference between...