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Thanks Hugh, that is very similar to what I first thought! But I read that a long soil stack coming into an unsupported join like that might get damaged over time with the force of the water (and other stuff) falling from height (at least 4m and maybe even 7m if we go up again). If I can...

I've just offered up the 320mm inspection chamber and it's better than I thought: And yes TS gave me a 30 not 45 bend, although I'm wondering if it could work to get rest bend right against wall.

Oh that's great if you don't need to concrete under it. And I've seen people just put an old slab under rest bend. I bought a 320mm inspection chamber to offer up and not sure it quite fits. I think the 250mm like at Travis Perkins would do though. I'm guessing you're in Herts Andy so might...

Have also found these smaller inspection chambers that are only 250mm wide https://www.travisperkins.co.uk/250mm-diameter-chambers-and-lids/osma-250mm-shallow-inspection-chamber-with-base-and-integral-shaft-4d960/p/758749 That might just fit. If I go for an inspection chamber, I have to sit...

That's the access with approx position of new stack. Can't really move the wall or fence, though can dig up more of passage to make it longer. On my question about whether you should worry about taking bits off side of foundation... In this video they are hacking away with massive grinders and...

I wouldn't say confident, I've never done it before! And the access is pretty bad, that hole in pic is about limit of it. I have a small angle grinder with diamond blade (like for tiles), and I might buy a diamond stone blade for multitool. The only other thing is the collars to grip the old...

I can't quite picture this, you mean run another whole 110mm underground pipe the 6-7m to the main drain? That would be a lot of digging! Do you have a view on inspection chamber Vs the first sketch? First sketch was effectively putting a well supported 92.5 bend in black overground plastic to...

Thanks Hugh for those: I don't know what that second pipe is, looks like another old clay drain. But I am sure the one in middle of my hole is the main sewer drain for this house. I put rods down from inspection chamber and got someone to waggle a corkscrew while I had my head down hole. I...

I want to do a good job, and not flood the house with poo, or undermine its foundations, or have to dig it all up for a routine blockage. But regs are very inflexible and my council is very slow and expensive to consider things (think 400+ quid for a new drain connection).

I worry LABC won't like any of the options and I'm really short on time! Want to do it so it won't leak and has some access but not bothered about full BC sign off. I am sure that it is my drain not water company though, it only serves my property and is fully within boundary.

The only other option would be to try to squeeze a small inspection chamber in, but it's really tight. Then I could have a more conventional underground rest bend at bottom of the new stack, like this: Is it ok to have a 45bend right out of the chamber? My other worry about this option is that...

I've made a new first-floor bathroom with a toilet on a wall over the side passage. The main combined rainwater/sewage drain runs under the middle of the side passage. So I thought it would be easy to make a new soil stack into the existing drain. But now I think it's quite hard, access is...

I'm about to tile an alcove shower. I'm using 13mm marble tiles on to tanked Aquapanel. I want to put some small shelves in for shower gel and stuff. The chrome ones look tatty quickly I've found. And I haven't got the right studwork now for an alcove. So how about just using the tiles...

Still not sure what it was but just about got rid of it with a mixture of planing and big bag of sanding belts. Acetone didn't do anything unfortunately. Thanks for all the help

Yes the paint/glue is certainly dry non the boards but gets sticky again when you sand it. Could really do with having the floor sanded by end of this week! I'll try some nitromors. Might be combination of chemical and abrasion is the thing.

It was all carpeted when we moved in but my dad reckons way back it was common to have carpets in middle of room with edges painted or in lino, so could be glue residue or paint.

I've been using an old 850W 4" belt sander with 40 grit belts. I've got a plane I could try although the paint is all round the edge of room so getting the bigger tools in is tricky. Unless I could go at 90 degrees to grain for initial pass? I'll try the belt cleaner too cos this paint is...

Sanding up old pine floorboards, maybe up to 100 years old. Rough sand of most of them went ok, but round the edges there is a thick, sticky black paint that I'm really struggling to shift (see pics below). It seems to go pretty deep into the wood. If I can shift the paint, thinking of dyeing...

I forgot to mark the radiator, in case that is important, it's in the bay window like this:

I'm redoing the main bedroom in an old solid-brick semi and the bed is going along an external wall with chimney breast. The alcoves aren't really deep enough to do much with. As it's being skimmed anyway, should I fit some thin internal insulation into the alcoves? I'm thinking one of these...