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I think I might have answered my own question. Didn't get the right combination of words in google until just now! https://www.plumbersforums.net/threads/fitting-european-shower-trap-to-40mm-waste-pipe.130515/

Hi folks I have a Duravit shower waste that has a 50mm outlet and I'm struggling to find an appropriate connector to connect it to the waste pipe run. The outlet OD is just shy of 50mm so it fits loosely inside a 50mm waste pipe. It's made from polypropylene though so can't be solvent welded...

Hi folks I am fitting some Karndean to a cloakroom. I have successfully fitted Karndean to a completely square room before, but this room has some diagonal edges, pipes, and is not completely square. To fit the planks that align to the edges I know I need to use a scribe, but googling around a...

Looks more like you have a drainage channel on that window (rather than specific holes like on the window in the LHS of the pic). Do the oversills go right to the back of the drainage channel? Is there any chance that water from the drainage holes could be going underneath the oversill (in...

It is weathertight according to the manufacturer's data sheet: http://www.alumascfacades.com/media/163179/pd109fa-m.r._scrim_adhesive.pdf

Re render and your point 8 above, I had an Alumasc system with Kingspan K5 phenolic boards fitted about 3 years ago. In that system there were 3 coats of 'render' applied: First coat was an adhesive that bedded a fibre mesh over all the boards Second coat was a fibre-reinforced base coat. This...

Hi all Have googled around for this but not found anything. I am renovating a cloakroom and planning to install 1-2 Aurora Enlite LED dimmable downlighters. Elsewhere in the house I have used these with soft-start dimmers (hit the button, the light fades up to full power over 500ms or so)...

Thanks. Regardless of the weedkiller type, what's the best way to get it to kill off the remaining roots (which are too large to dig out). I was thinking to cut them at a few places and apply killer.

Hi My parents had a kind of custom shed constructed on part of their land. During the construction of the shed they decided to change the purpose of the shed from being just a shed to more of a snug, so they asked the builder (who built it all from timber frame) to install insulation in the...

Hi Last year we had some sycamore trees cut down. I had applied glyphosate to the stumps within a day or two, and about a month later the stumps were ground out. Now, some of the roots which were left in the ground have started suckering. Very soon I'm gonna have another sycamore tree. What's...

Thanks everyone for the replies. As someone said, DIYer with plenty of time and only a few (soldered) joints to make.

It's just for water. Thinking about reduction of noise etc. As you said, maybe I'm being overly fussy.

Hi all I have a Rothernberger 15mm automatic pipe cutter (one of the ones you clip on and twist). However I noticed that the cut ends of the pipe are very slightly turned inwards (as though the pressure of the cutting wheel has compressed the ends in a bit). Is it standard practice to use a...

Thanks everyone for the responses. I have basically done what @^woody^ suggested. Managed to get a bit of timber in behind the rotten bit (had to take up a bit of floor next door). Will get fittings and bolt in place over the weekend. Ta very much, v. useful.

@Madrab Yeah - I also wondered if that would be an option. The end of the pushed-in 110mm is past where it's all bust up. It's just making sure there is enough of the rubbery flappy bits inside the existing pipe: the shuttering as you suggest would help keep it all in place. I got a couple of...

@vinn You are making assumptions, many of which are not valid. The rot in that joist is not from being in contact with the soil. That is not soil. It's concrete that holds the clay waste pipe in place. It's not in contact and it's bone dry. And it's not unventilated down there. It's very well...

@^woody^ Thanks - I was thinking something along those lines. Thanks for the detail. The joist seems sound where it's supported in the wall and getting a hanger in there (under the breezeblock) would be difficult. So, bolting a new bit in either side as you suggested would probably do it. AAMOI...

@vinn Thanks for the response. I'm reasonably competent and have verified that none of the other surrounding joists are rotten, it's just this one. So, appreciate the help but let's not worry about all the other stuff just yet - the question I posted is what to do about this specific joist. I...

@Hugh Jaleak Oh yeah... that's the other problem: https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/breezeblock-wall-built-off-floorboards-supported-by-rotten-joist.479807/#post-3872478

@Hugh Jaleak - No, it's an internal wall. The pipe goes under the kitchen floor (suspended timber). It's in concrete for most of its length (I know as I've had the kitchen floor up in the past). Replacing the pipe would be a major hassle and expense as the kitchen floor has been recently...