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I'll be leaving the blocks raw; it's an inset/cassette unit so the blocks won't be visible. Rebuilding the opening is one possibility but one beyond my abilities (I think). But making lots of small pieces of concrete from larger ones is right up my street. :)

We have removed the gas fire and chairback etc from the chimney breast and are left with a recess that varies from 61.5 to 62 cm wide. It is lined with concrete blocks. How can I shave the necessary 0.5 cm to get an alcove that is 62 cm wide ( or a tiny bit more) - the inset woodburner we're...

Sorry for the thread resurrection - how have you found The uniq 23 inset? It's one of the models that we're considering so would be grateful for any feedback.

old wrinkly and sam8364 - did either of you ever get this resolved?

Am in a similar position/dilemma - what did you decide in the end?

Thanks! Profile updated.

My home has a upvc front door and immediately adjacent to the door is a upvc window. The door and the window both have a frame thickness of roughly 65mm. This combination has been in place for about 20 years and works OK but the faux rosewood plastic door looks cheap and doesn't do much for the...

Thanks for the reply. Should have mentioned I have reasonably good DIY skills and working from heights in OK but not something I chase after. :)

I would like to remove a soil pipe vent that is no longer used as it's been replaced by an air admittance valve. It's a pretty standard pitched roof built from trusses covered with concrete tiles and there's lead flashing around the plastic vent pipe "tile". Is this a reasonable DIY task working...

4th post in http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1664604#1664604 suggests I'll be OK

My home (built circa 1990) has two soil stacks, one serving a bath, loo and basin on the first floor and the 2nd serving a shower, loo and basin on the first floor and a cloakroom on the ground floor. As part of redoing both bathrooms I would like to use air admittance valves instead of the...

What cylinder did you end up deciding upon? And how did you plumb it (having read your thread on flanges at http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1724192#1724192)

1John, thanks for your post. I should add that I stuck a test piece on the wall roughly 2 feet by 4 feet. 48 hours later I was able to carefully remove the entire piece from the wall without breaking it by using a wallpaper stripping knife to "cut" the bond between the dryfix and the breeze...

Everbuild's dryfix looks to be a convenient alternative to dot and dab for fixing plasterboard to walls. However, I can't find any info on how strong it is - can I then tile onto the plasterboard without risking the whole sheet coming loose? Should I supplement it with mechanical fasteners?

The one described as "Close Coupled 98mm Donut Washer" on the Lunn's website looks like a very close match.

Thanks for that link - amazing selection of seals!

Help. I'm trying to find a sealing ring for a close coupled WC. No brand on the WC - all I can find is a manufacturing date of Oct 2000 and "Made in UAE" stamped in the cistern. The ring itself is essentially a foam/rubber donut with an OD of roughly 4" and an ID of roughly 2.25". This ring is...

Any issues tiling onto plasterboard held up by dry foam adhesive onto a breeze block wall as opposed to using dot and dab; in other words is the dry foam adhesive strong enough? And any advice on how to deal with walls that aren't quite vertical/level if using the dry foam adhesive? This was...

Did your Keuco cabinet have any outlets inside of it? If yes, how did you deal with those?