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Replacing rotted timber base on brickwork

Thank you. For both floor & roof ? I had thought to use OSB for the roof and WBP for the floor... What's the difference between "exterior" and "WBP" ? (and who the hell would ever want to boil it, anyway !). Should I also Cuprinol it? Both sides ?

In the garden of this old house we have bought is a shed, two sides of which are formed by the old stone boundary wall. I want to extend this along one wall until it meets the next wall, i.e. the extension will comprise just a front wall and a roof. One slight complication is that the side...

So I want to build a garden shed. It's going to be an odd trapezoidal shape, 1870 wide x 3100 long along the short side and 4825 along the long side, as a lean-to against a robust stone wall along the short side and the tapered end. The other end is square to the parallel sides of unequal...

Patience, dear boy; patience... Nothing to stop you doing your own plans - not that difficult. If you can't contact the architect, then photcopy the plans, then modify them to suit. Photocopy again, and submit them. Or scan them & do it all on computer.

[coff, coff] Just f.y.i., StalaGmites come from the Ground, while StalaCtites hang from the Ceiling..

Just f.y.i., the PlumbSure piece of pipe in my hand is stamped:- QUAL-PEX BARRIER PIPE BS7291 PART 3:2010 CLASS 5 15MM PE-X 12 BAR 20 DEG C 4 BAR 82 DEG C 3 BAR 92 DEG C 0091310-0155 015M (ALWAYS USE PIPE INSERTS) PRD# 123456 ... but your pipe is probably...

Thank you, guys - that's really helpful. When I buy copper pipe, well - copper pipe is copper pipe, right ? So I assumed plaspipe would be the same, so I just went and bought some. Then I had these questions... that I couldn't answer.... But you did ! Brilliant. Thanks again. :D

Ask Google. ISTR it's 6 bar at 20 deg C and 3 bar at 90 deg C. The tubing is called PEX-AL-PEX. Google that, too.

... and you thought you were late in the day ! Just out of curiosity - what slope do you have on your waste pipe ? ;-)

Yup. No problem with that. But thank you for that link. I used this guide:- https://www.zurich.co.uk/NR/rdonlyres/13512082-4D2D-4C99-AEE1-BAB80D1377EE/0/500041004BG886604WebOpt.pdf ... which has the same data. I think yours may be the more useful ;-) But Alas! you answered none...

I'm installing an en-suite shower/loo/basin in a bedroom, and have seven questions for which I would appreciate answers, please. The h&c supply pipes have to cross the floor joists, so I've bought a roll of PlumbSure plastic pipe plus inserts. I've drilled pairs of 18mm dia holes (170mm...

;-) English China Clays, actually... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_China_Clays

Yes; and Yes. Or rather, "of course"; and "of course". ;-) But you were right to ask. Thank you for your comments.

Hi, Neighbour ! I guess we move in different circles. To me, a CPC is a "Certificate of Professional Competence" ;-) https://www.gov.uk/driver-certificate-of-professional-competence-cpc/overview I always thought of it as an ECC - Earth Continuity Conductor - but I guess things have...

I thought this little tip might be useful. I have been installing two-way switching to the upstairs passage lights. I needed a junction box that would accommodate these eight cables:- Earth Live in Neutral in Live out to next light Neutral out to next light Switched live out...

I know ;-) Of course ! Silly me... Thank you.

I've been searching and searching ! But I didn't know what they are called ! Thank you ! Pity they are so big. Yes, I know - "standard size". We've also got the same challenge in the parlour - we've removed a sconce. Senior Management said just tape it and plaster over it.... "Why...

I would like to install a "pull cord" fan heater on the plasterboarded stud wall of my upstairs bathroom. RCD is installed at consumer unit. There's an unused fused spur outside the bathroom, so I can run a cable from there and down through the stud wall, and then bring it out into the...

... so I've stripped off the cracked hard cement render, and as much as I can of the bitumen. I've re-pointed in lime mortar as original. Now I would like to paint the outside brick wall with a water-based stabilising solution. What do you think? And then on top of that, a coat of...