Recent content by mpajones

Hi guys So after a week or two of deliberating and doing other jobs, I got around to this. Chipped out and around the old pipes fairly easily in the end. I didn't appreciate how simple getting through a sand/cement screed would be, but it worked just find and the old pipes were wrapped in a...

Thanks guys. I'll be giving it a go sometime in the next week, blindfold and using a lump hammer.... Seriously though, I'll exercise the techniques detailed here with caution, and hopefully I won't end up all the way back at the boiler (it's 15m away so I should be ok!) Cheers Matt

Hi I'm in the process of doing up my lounge and as part of the job I need to relocate a radiator. The issue I have is that the feed and return are currently both routed to the radiator in concrete. My question is, what's the best technique for excavating copper pipes out of a concrete...

I was just installing a concealed valve shower in my ensuite tonight and accidentally broke the exact same part - 1/2" BSP female to male elbow. Can't find it on the triton website either!! http://www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/Wall-Bracket-and-Elbow-Chrome.aspx would do the trick or...

The kitchen is below the bathroom, with the soil pipe boxed into the corner as it is in the bathroom. Here is another stab based on the discussion so far. Move the basin onto the far wall (rather that the one with the door), add a box along the wall of height approx 130mm, and route the...

Thanks guys, this is sound advice. So it seems as though boring holes through the stud wall is probably a non-starter, and the other option is against the regs. I quite like the idea of running the waste out of the exterior wall (option 1) and then potentially nipping it back into the...

Hi guys, I'm fitting a bathroom for - wait for it - the mother in law over this Christmas, and need help on deciding the best route to pick for the basin waste. Neither option seems massively appealing and would therefore appreciate some advice. The two options (with pics attached) are as...