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As an update to this, I had all but conceded to not replacing this pipe until my Father-in-Law told me that he believes the pipe is Galvanised, not lead. Whilst I initially thought this was good news, I have read that Galvanised pipe is very likely to be rusty inside. Bearing mind that my...

Tony, I agree. That said, the long run will be under the new driveway, so I'll be covering it soon with hard-standing one way or the other. I don't have an issue with flow rate, I'm purely thinking of doing this to get rid of the lead, which I'm told is unhealthy. Naturally I'd prefer not to...

OK, I've done some further investigating (thanks to photo-documenting my renovation project!) and the lead pipe goes about a metre into my house, where it joins to MDPE pipe to finish it's journey to the main stop cock. Getting to that connection would not be viable. I could chop the pipe...

Well, interestingly, the reason for the work is that we're putting a new driveway in and this pipe is under where the drive will be. So, I could get the driveway contractor to dig a narrow trench for my new pipe, but my concern is where it changes to enter the property. I'm certain I can't see...

Thanks for that. I'll give them a call, though I didn't think they were interested in anything within our property?

I totally agree, I guess these rules didn't apply so much in the early 1900's when my place was built.

I had this once, I made the mistake of cramming the tap to get that last fraction of a turn and all seemed OK. Until 5am the next morning, we were awoken to a noise outside. I looked out of the window and my garden was literally like a paddy field with water gushing out like a fire hydrant...

I need to move an existing outside tap by about 6 feet. It looks like its piped in lead right up to the tap. I've dug right down and found the t-piece where it branches off the main supply pipe. I just need to cut it off on the branch and extend it to the new location. Is this best done in...

Thanks Whitespirit66, I'm very likely to fit a Magnaclean, something I was advised to do a few years ago by a good friend of mine. I stupidly never got round to doing it, but I'll take this as the push. During the renovation of my bungalow, I've lost count of how many times the heating system...

I should have had faith. Cleaned the Heat Exchanger thoroughly, reinstalled in, fired the boiler up and bingo! Seems to be fixed. Better still, I've turned the DHW down by 8°c so far as the cleaner Heat Exchanger has resulted in much hotter water for the same boiler temperature setting. Might...

So, my Vaillant Turbomax Plus 837e displays the signs of having a blocked DHW Heat Exchanger (hot water temp cycling hot/cold). I've removed it, expecting to see a gunked up mess, but frankly it wasn't as expected. I've run water through it in all directions, seems to flow and it's currently...

Can't believe you've had no replies. I did mine myself and I'm not a tradesman. It is fairly advanced for a DIY'er, but not the hardest thing I've ever done and I'm over the moon with the results. Good luck (thread bumped for you if nothing else)

The level of the rest of the bungalow makes complete sense. The rear entrance doors are directly on the damp course and the floor is completely flat and level throughout. I've had a look, albeit not close up at my neighbours and they look like they might be the same. I might go and see, but...

Thanks for your input Gazman, I'm fairly confident in resolving it and the plan certainly is to renew the step. My question is more around why it is like it. I'm certain it's how it was built, as opposed to a later alteration. So are front doors usually positioned directly on the damp course?

Excuse the state of the external brickwork! LOL. Hoping to render this year! I noticed it mainly due to the height at top in relation to the soffit, which I am planning to pull apart once the nicer weather arrives.

Our Bungalow was built in the 1920's, we've renovated it and have lived there for 10 years. The front door has always been a bit of a pain, but I've only really just taken the time to think about why. It's actually positioned a whole brick course above the damp course. Is this normal? I'm...

OK, so I could possibly overcome a fundamental problem I have in my main bathroom at least. I (stupidly) ran 22mm pipes to the Bathroom, which are now all concealed. So, whilst the bath fills very quickly, if you want hot water at the basin, it takes forever. In fact, for hand-washing you...

Following on from something that was raised in another post, I'd greatly appreciate a bit of guidance. I have a fairly hefty Combi Boiler. I also have 4kw of Solar PV, which I feel I should be utilising to heat hot water during the day. Could it be viable to install a Hot Water...

Gasguru - I appreciate your reply. Regarding the diverter, I guess the heating engineer can check this? But does sound interesting. Regarding radiator balance, again, has been done but probably room for improvement there. I am interested in the range-rating comment. Is this a spec...