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I am trying to repoint a wall on my house using hydraulic lime and sharp sand mix (3:1). The problem I have is trying to get the colour looking right and matching closely the original lime mortar which is very light grey (although it doesn't have to be an exact match as I'll have to repoint...

I did know about transfer of ownership, it would be interesting what it means for someone making a mess just before transfer of ownership. Anyway, job is done now. What I've done is spend whole morning with sds chisel shaving away concrete from the pipe until I have enough to grip the...

Afraid that seems an overkill too - the entire pipe is exposed so you would be lining a 3 m section of excavated pipe to bridge a 5cm section I can't put a collar on.

Thats exactly what I can't do. Flexible connectors wrap around the pipe and I have concrete in the way there. Chipping the old concrete without damaging the 70 year old pipe seems possible until you have tried it - once you have, you realise concrete is stronger than clay and pipe crumbles like...

We've managed to cause some damage to clay sewer pipes connecting our drains to private drain running across our street. The main private sewer line seems fine but our bit joining onto it has collapsed at the oblique junction (encased in concrete). Due to the concrete, we can't put a flexible...

Is it possible to user smaller 115mm or 125mm discs in the 230mm angle grinder? Reason I am asking is I want to get some smaller discs for raking out pointing and I don't want to spend money on new angle grinder for it.

Taking your analogy further. You call me and say can I drive your car and park it round the block. I ask if you are qualified and on answering you are, I say yes you can do that. You jump in my car and drive off. I call the police to report theft. You see, I never gave you permission to...

Agile, I don't want to move the transco pipe. I just want to extend so that meter can be moved elsewehere - the pipe can stay exactly where it is. Just been chatting to NG who told me to extend the pipe and move the meter can be done by any gas engineer who has MAT1 qualification. I then...

I want to move my gas meter box by couple of meters to the left so its out of way. At the moment the Transco pipe (plastic inside steel tube) comes out of the ground on the external wall with meter stuck on the end of it. I am not fussed about pipe position as its not that big but I want the...

The pipe goes from the ground up and into the house, a 4m straight piece which is at 2 degrees and then a 2.5m piece which is completely level. He obviously started first piece too high and then like you say had no choice. Its a new installation though all the way from ground up, he made a...

There is no rodding point, yep, its all going to be boxed in and plastered over. I have no idea why he's done it that way - its fairly obvious. I guess we'll have a chat on Monday

I know it should be to make it fully building regs compliant - minumum 18mm in 1m. What I am asking is - in 2.5m length before the first bend - is it going to make enough difference in practice to risk falling over with blumber?

My plumber has put a soil pipe in inside the house, going from the toilet and has made it completely level - he must have used a spirit level its that accurate :roll: Its a 2.5m run with no drop before a bend and then after the bend it has a normal drop. Is this likely to cause me problems...

My rising main comes into the house from the cloakroom in 25mm MDPE pipe (which is brand new all the way to road). From rising main its around 5m length of pipe to the boiler with tees to 3 sinks, 3 toilets, a bath and a shower. All the tees are before pipe gets to the boiler. My plumber...

I am ordering a new composite backdoor and have a choice between low alu or normal pvc treshold. I would like to go for low alu treshold but once its been tiled on the inside, 22mm high treshold will only be around 7mm in height. I am not sure if that is enough or too close (especially by...

So whats the reality then. What do I have to insulate? Plumber mate knows I have no cylinder so just shows he's clueless. I was planning to put cold pipe adjacent to central heating/hot water one in the same run - is that a problem?

What does it matter why it was taken out? We didn't do it out of boredom or to spite the house. Consider the original statement - we are trying to replace with equivalent - identical size, same profile, same material. Why would we rip out perfectly adequate skirting only to replace it with...

built in 1937

I take your point about it being good finish but I don't like mdf. Just personal preference.

We've recently ripped out all the timber from our house as part of renovation and are looking to replace with equivalent. What I am finding in builder's and timber yard's is quite disappointing quality of wood - full of knots & small cracks (probably from drying too quickly?). It looks very...