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It's well fixed in place and pulled back tight to the wall with the angle brackets now and some DeWalt Tapper-Pro screws and it's rock solid, but so it was with the original bolts! Just want to get something I won't have to worry about long term! It's a very heavy gate. I did perhaps think if...

Yes, I don't think they are quite right for the application really, I used an 8mm bit as DeWalt recommend and felt them cutting a good thread but the brick work is just too soft for such a heavy duty bolt I think. I hadn't really anticipated the brickwork being quite this soft but there you go...

Hi all, bit of a pickle with this one! I have a gatepost secured to the side of a wall and i'm discovering much of the brickwork is incredibly soft and it's been roughly shut and fallen flat out of its fixing. I have remedied this for now with some brackets and screw fixings and all is good...

Thanks for the insights! I figured that might be the situation but just wanted to do a bit of a research to make sure. The PostSavers alone should take care of preventing the preventable in that case then, I won't waste time or money on anything superfluous! Will make sure to cap them too. Just...

Hi there, I've got a lot of fencing to undertake and want to make sure it's as best provisioned as can be. I've got most things taken care of, and plan on fitting all posts with a PostSaver wrap. I also wondered if it's worth fully treating the posts top to bottom with something beforehand...

Just to close this one off with some good news. I had taken another crack at this today with some penetrant and managed to continue closing the stopcock beyond where it had seized solid. Took about three+ turns to close off and once freed up in general it also had much more travel back again in...

That's what I had worried! Same thing I experienced in my last property and had to have them replace it. It's 120 years old. Thanks for the assistance!

It's about 70ft or so from the property at the end of the drive, the brickwork is from the side facing the road. It didn't seem to make any difference to the flow closing it that far but I can say that the pressure is way higher now after turning it all the way open again. It's bouncing off the...

I got a hefty piece of steel pipe over the tap ends for leverage and I got worried about breaking something when the whole arrangement just started twisting and moving before the tap would oblige to move any further! You reckon it should take a few rotations to shut off then? I will have a go...

Hi CBW, There was no central heating of any kind in the house until about 15 years ago so I'm assuming what used to be the pipe with mains stopcock has now been plumbed into the cold feed to the combi? Absolutely nothing hiding anywhere else.

There is one exactly where you'd expect it to be but it only affects the hot taps. I showed it to the plumber when he was here and he didn't seem to have much interest in it or touch it. There's another pipe running next to this as well I can see behind the cladding. I managed to get the road...

Thank you for the reply! There's no way to isolate the mains entirely at the boiler then? I wasn't sure the whole supply was routed through a combi or not but it doesn't seem like that's the case then? Plumbing has never been my favourite! Plumber must have snuck off to turn off the property...

Hi all, I've lurked this forum every now and then for a few years now when researching projects and it seems to be a good and friendly resource. So I wondered if anyone wouldn't mind answering a pretty basic question for me but something that has been stumping me today. Had some T pieces to...