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Hi guys, would really appreciate some help - moved into a new house and the estate agents don't have the tool apparently to open some of the windows. Does anybody know what I need? https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3ymHr2FsIEuwAXkYZMi6FJTnFPsqn7MPb-9VMNRYzpE?feat=directlink...

Thanks everyone - nice to hear that it might be simple, thought I was maybe simplifying it by thinking the water and waste pipes could be used for dishwasher. As it is, the hot water pipe goes nowhere and is capped I think, so there are just two waste pipes and two cold water pipes - see...

Hi all, I'm running a small language academy, and the place we have rented has two washing machines in a laundry room. Thing is, with so many students eating here the washing up is taking a long time, so I'd like to buy a dishwasher. It's a short term let (2 months) so I'd ideally like to...

I should say I'm thinking about this: http://www.diy.com/departments/polypipe-mdpe-pipe-dia25mm-l25m/184651_BQ.prd Apparently it has an internal diameter of 20.4mm so hopefully would fit over the Y splitter (which is 20mm). Anybody recommend MDPE for this sort of thing?

Hi all, There's a small pipe running fresh spring water into a tub for animals to drink from, it runs under a summer house im trying to renovate. Pipe is 25mm in diameter, but internally is only about 16mm diameter. I'd like the water to do different things before heading into the tub...

Thanks, might be worth a pop, water should just run downhill into a field which is already pretty wet (from other leaks I imagine). It would end up being pretty deep, but likewise now even without water, if something fill in (animal etc) it'd struggle to get out. Any way round that? I...

Thanks everyone, wanting to do it as cheap as possible, so interesting to see how cheap liners were. unfortunately there's a fair bit of water at the bottom already, plus other rubble, so I'm wondering if it might be worth seeing how well it fills up by itself before pumping water out and...

Hi All, There's an old swimming pool that I'd like to try and convert into a lilly pond of some sort (Really old, basically just a hole in the ground with a concrete base and brick sides, falling apart). On the plus side we have running water coming down past the pond from a spring up the...

Wow, just want to say thanks for the extensive reply - really helpful!

Thanks. I know what you mean about being so far away. Also, the roof is curved slightly, the end part is at a different angle to the top, so i don't think a roof ladder would work so well, as it would just rest on the ridge at the top and bottom? What are the other ways?

Also, not that confident just getting on the roof - not sure how strong it is - are roof ladders the best way to go for a job like this? Any other recommendations?

Thanks for your input. Temp fix needed as I only get a few days near this building per year, and just want to keep it in ok nick until I have more time to spend on her. The pieces that blew off in the wind, and are still on now are all felt, so I guess flashband is the way to go!

Hi All, been trying to save this building for a while now: https://plus.google.com/photos/107923304694117479865/albums/5690812085155537537/5939939995383733922?pid=5939939995383733922&oid=107923304694117479865 However as you can see from that photo, there is a section of roof felt missing...

Well, not much of an idea what I'm doing, so any help will be appreciated. So far I've taken off the weetabix boards of mdf or whatever, then a load of fiberglass, and the odd bit of straw, and now I'm left with this...