Recent content by SR71

Much obliged "Godwasaplasterer"!

Hi, I am attempting to install some exterior PIR lights to illuminate a pathway around the side of my house. The old part of the house has a "stucco type" exterior finish which I presume has been achieved with some kind of plaster? The house build dates from the 1950's I think? I have chased...

Agile, PS: What about the Statute of Repose? I've nothing to lose by asking them to "do the right thing"...more chance of a **** in the Queens handbag I suppose.... :D

DeltaT, Thats interesting... Last winter, whilst away on holiday, a central heating pipe blew and dumped its contents over the house. The heating had been left on in accordance with the insurance requirement. By the time we got back and endeavoured to investigate, neither the plumbers...

Probably excellent advice. I always thought proving a negative was tricky.... ;) In this case, though, easy, as this part of the garden was inaccessible. Hence the decision to install the gate to make it accessible whereupon I made the discovery. Like you say I understand that any...

Run out of joints? Not sure, but they certainly ran out of intelligence. :mrgreen: Even trickier bearing in mind the house was a Westbury house and they were bought out by Persimmon 3 years ago weren't they? But then, how was I to know???!!! I'm appealing to their good nature...

I recently unearthed this spectacular piece of plumbing when installing a garden gate. Can anyone advise what the regulations are with respect to how deep below the surface of the ground this house drain should be? It was about an inch below the surface... Or point me to a site where I can...

Thanks guys. I'll try some adhesive.

Cold? Not particularly I don't recall.... The mortar is hard, well bonded to the wall, but fairly easily chipped off the slate (which is a good job bearing in mind I have to re-do it.). I wondered whether the bed of mortar was just not thick enough although I'm not sure why the depth of...

FWIW, here is the patio now... It took me 5hrs to drill 9 holes for the uplighters. A question, however... I capped my wall with 10mm slate tiles which I'd cut down to size... However, 6 months on and some of the tiles are loose. What did I do wrong? I used a...