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And it'll still be the right answer in another 18yrs..

I'll get some 7x45mm brown plugs in. Frame sits in door reveal nicely but could rotate 90? Far/outer wall is 5m, on the right is 4m. I thought setting top of ply to underside of the 10mm uPVC threshold strip would give plenty for 6mm click vinyl/edge strip. Left side of frame is sat on...

3/8" or 1/2" to dust.

Cold. And whoever laid the conc. didn't mesh it so there are some interesting cracks. The Sikha Rapid that dropped into the cracks hasn't cracked since setting tho, and it's been there all winter so I doubt it will move..

I already have the diyers lifetime supply bag of window shims.. 2 screws holding each ply pack down to conc. base? 6x40mm rawl plugs? The conc. isn't great, 9.5 or 12.7 to dust. A splash of glue between ply packs might not hurt, once levels are ok. Maybe brackets later.

I go thru the CLS in sheds and pick out the straight ones, but I'll put the rings to curve over. NEVER would have thought of it. I have various thickness ply kicking about for packs, what LxW do you use? Will 100x100 angle brackets be enough to hold the frames down once level on packs?

I'll Put a frame together tomorrow and see what gives. There definitely won't be any T&G joints. Will 100x100 corner brackets from Screwfix be up to the job of supporting the frames off the the conc. base? Or would something a bit more sturdy be needed? What's the glue filler for? Is there a...

Fine particles of steel will cause rust spots on uPVC. Local uPVC frames were spotting with rust a treat until the local bridge engineering works put decent filters on it's girder shot blast extractor system. No liability admitted, obvs. Steel cutting or grinding discs used close by, even when...

Ah. Ok. What's your go-to screw for making up 38mm thk CLS frames? I have used 5x100 Timco Velocity, but they can strip holes if you're not careful when screwing with the grain. Presumably frames are glued at top of CLS/underside of ply interface, and frame to frame interface. I suppose glued...

The conc. base beneath the membrane is the sub floor? Clearance?

So anyway, I bought some 63x38 and 89x38. I'll get a few chocks and a long bubble and see what's what. There's 2 coats of Sikha Rapid damp seal on the conc. substrate under that membrane. I might use brackets at reccomended ctrs, with rawlplugs (6x35mm or 6x40mm) but cut plenty of short sisters...

Not sure filing would leave a surface that would seal using a compression?

Yes, that seal fitted. Not that difficult to fit either. New waste fitted to wall. tnx.

Tnx, I'll pop down and get one. Also, is that old boss solvent compatible? I'll try to put a new 32mm seal in with a couple of 45% bends instead of a 90%, but washing machine waste should be 40mm..

I'm putting a washing machine waste on the old sink waste 32mm spiggot/push fit collar on the soil pipe. It looks like the old sink 32mm waste going into the soil pipe was cut to length with a broken roof tile, so the seal is shot. The seat in the old grey 32mm collar is different, so a new O...

Is it ok? What's it like to solder? Can I put a compression fitting on it?

A plastic option should be there, just for doing the edges touching the uPVC. Steel always scratches.

What sort of float is used when plastering/skimming around uPVC windows so the white uPVC doesn't get scratched by a steel float? I looked on Screwfix but maybe I wasn't using the right search term, I couldn't find anything that looked right. Tnx Dain

If I can ever get a tradesman to do it. There's no interest in small, bitty jobs around here.

Dot'n'dab joints seem to crack. I might expamesh any transitions from stone to conc to cinder block.