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Mine does the same fella - ditto the rest of my street... Soil pipe / drain pipe - they all end up in the same pipe underground (mostly) so shouldn't be a problem Hmmm - I'm sure they exist (some sort of collar??) but you might just want to go for broke and replace the whole thing - in for a...

Cheers fella, To be honest if this doesn't up the H/W pressure enough for the existing shower head (which is just a one from the mixer tap) then option 2 is to convert a small storage room downstairs into a shower cubicle. Assuming hot water only from the tank and no cold would a 25 gal...

Morning folks, About to start the prep work for putting a new cold water storage tank in the roof (old one is too low and gives pants hot water pressure, hence the need to raise). Because the old water tank is getting on a bit, and because of the timescales involved, I'm buying a new one...

No dispute with the lead on the basis of bursts due to old age - more on the scare of "it's lead so it'll send all who drink it mental" basis - and just coz I'm an arguementative sod :) You've also got to consider the chaos it'll cause in some houses - in my gaff the water comes up in the...

If you don't want to screw :wink: but are worried about damaging any plastered ceilings below you (if say you're in a flat), then buy a nail gun and use that - hours of fun, plus you can use it to fire nails at melons, pumpkins etc in yer garden afterwards.

That's part of the problem - it hasn't got a pot on it - to describe it's a bit tricky but here goes:- The stack terminates in a slab of concrete over the top - the actual vents are in the sides of the stack at the top (imagine removing 8 bricks on each side), so you get lots of air, but sadly...

To be honest (and all in my humble opinion) the lead pipe thing isn't a danger insofar as it's lead - lead's been used as a pipe material for many, many years and you don't see thousands and housands of people falling under the cosh of lead poisoning (the rash of carcinogens, fatty foods and...

Morning folks, Decided that due to the chimney / fireplace on my house being utter bobbins, we're going to brick it up at the bottom and create one of those fireplaces that's just for effect (which the better half will probably put candles / shiny things in etc etc :roll: ). I'm aware that...

You can get drill bits specifically for tile drilling if you want / need to go straight through a tile rather than the grount (they look like an arrowhead), but take it slow and steady. And if you've any spare tiles then have a few practice runs on them to get it right before you try it on the...

Yes - and always, always, always ask him his suggested best way to do things like chases - my spark had said "chase here, here , here and here etc etc and gone off to let me get on with it, I spent a day chasing out with hammer & chisel, only for hime to come back, pull out a grinder and chase...

To be honest its partly because you've spent 100's of 1000 of pounds on the house in the first place. :( Speaking from personal exp - just bought my first house, and it needed massive renovation work (including the full re-wire), it's pushed me and the missus just to get onto the property...

I agree, which is why he'd need the MCB's for the overload protection, and the RDC for the disconnection Ok - I mis-read that bit - though he was talking about having a 32A MCB at the shed end, then a 16 & 6A MCB's... Must have been drinking strong coffee yesterday :? So I was working under...

I'd make it a 32A RCD at the shed end as well - that way if you get a fault from kit in the shed it'll trip the shed only, not the main RCD at the house end (thus cutting all power to all house kit on RCD). If you ain't gonna do that then you could just bin the 32A MCB as the 6A & 16 A MCBs will...

Had a similar(ish) problem with my stopcock - although in my case the previous clampet who owned the house had painted over the stopcock in the open position - knacker :x Had to freeze the pipe in the end coz the external stopcock was seized solid - I'd reccommend that you hire a proper...

Finally I can justify buying that bender a few months back!!! (the "I'm sick of B**tard compression fittings" excuse wasn't the strongest one I've ever used with my better half) - this though will positively contribute to being able to give enough flow for a shower! Mint! :D

Marvelous! Good news on both fronts.. :D Yes I was on about pre-soldered ones (didn't actually realise you could get non-soldered ones - but you learn something new every day I guess :) ) And for the pipe from the tank - I'll not run it absolutely flat - give it a bit of an angle...

Morning folks, 2 questions in one morning - here goes - Just need to double check on this as I'm getting conflicting info from reading material / people. Do solder joints need to have extra solder added to them? Some people are telling me that a joint contains the right amount of...

Ok - not even a knowledgable amature but here's my take: - This is known as a "fudge to get round part P" and isn't safe (but may become more common as people wake up to the limitations that P places on you - in the days before P you could have done it properly, got a spark or someone with...

Or tile it since it's behind yer bench - makes it harder to risk damage to the pipes as you can't nail through ceramic, though if you drill it you're stuffed whatever you use to protect it :?

To be honest you may as well just leave it - if it is salt leaching out of the brick's it'll disappear in time - trying to clean it / treat it it a bit like trying to ice skate uphill. Try and ignore it and as far as I'm aware it'll go away in time. There may be some treatment out there already...