Recent content by whathaveibought

Oh I'm not the landlord though I just own the freehold and they have a 99 yr lease. I may get down the council office during the week as have some time off work. Just fearful every little job will need hefty payments to the council when all I need to do is make the flat safe, warm, hygienic...

Hello, I have just done some further checks to investigate this further as you had got me thinking... So out in the garden which belongs to the upstairs flat there is another man hole cover. I flushed our toilet and could see that the water was flowing from my man hole chamber (in the utility...

Dear Plumbing, Soil pipe and drainage experts (especially Hugh ;-) Sketch of rear of property looking at utility from railtrack showing proposed soilpipe arrangement: Sketch of new bathroom waste pipe arrangements: CAD elevation drawing showing creative design for new...

You must know boilers well if you recognised it from its fixtures and fittings - so what is involved to get this dripping valve fixed? Is it straighforward for a plumber? Could I purchase the part and fit it? Cheers

Hey Tony, I think as its late 18th century it has just the one drainage system for surface water and soil waste, or at least to my knowledge. But I shall investigate further as the guttering at the front of the house all runs into a gulley but I should think it ends up in the same place...

Much appreciated again Hugh. So it sounds like it makes sense in the area of the soil stack to cut the iron pipe and join on modern pvc type with rubber/julbee clip connector. That way I won't need to involve the flat upstairs other than ask them not to have a c*** for a few hours! Under...

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Yes very true would do this normally but in my case I have a railway track running behind the house and where I stood to take the pictures is Network rail's property. So I can get any underground drains relocated to anywhere out of the boundary. I think I will have to replace the...

Although wouldn't that rely on good adhesion of the first coat and if it may have not penetrated deeply into the wood both lays may scratch off together. Worth noting is that spirit based varnishes (non acrylic/water based) are good as they don't raise the grain and achieve a smoother finish .

Hi all, hope I'm not exceeding my requests for knowledge from you good people but I have spent hours and hours reading and still trying to come up with a clear plan for my project before work starts. I don't want to be the fool who rushes in! So here are some pictures and further down the...