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    Replacement MDPE water main advice

    Thanks for the advice Hugh I actually had an insuduct system and sent it back, the footing projects significantly beyond the outer skin and the installation of it would have been a bit messy. Cdbe Internally I have what appears to be a solid concrete floor. (1950s ISH house I think). Ducting...
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    Replacement MDPE water main advice

    Hello The internal stop cock in my house is seized, it's connected (internally) to the other end of the rusty steel pipe in the picture, I decided to replace it and I had a couple of questions before I started. Q1 -what is the appropriate way to install the replacement mdpe pipe? should It...
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    Advice request: External cracked brick & mortar lines

    Thank you so much for that explanation, could you kindly provide a glossary for this part though, :giggle: I understood none of it! "it went off bond because they forgot to cast an eye down to the perps below, and they thought "f*** it, it's not my house" and lashed a load of half bats in with...
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    Advice request: External cracked brick & mortar lines

    Hello, Hello, I was clearing out my front garden earlier and I noticed these cracks in the mortar and also 1 crack through the centre of a brick (see blue image, crack is highlighted between parallel orange lines) - Should these cracks be of any alarm, in particular the cracked / snapped...
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    Large root growing into foundation

    Hi, I've got this root from a rose/bramble bush growing into the foundations of this house, its cracked the mortar and appears to have cracked a brick in half (this is visible in the right hand side of the photo. Cut it out asap I assume?> thanks Will
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