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Sounds like there isn't enough fall away from the trap..

Latest development after a scale drawing the gate will be 135mm short of the latch side pillar, the pillar being inline with the house, this gives me exactly 3000mm clearance, I do not want to make the entrance narrower so I might get a boat which has trailer access considerations, thinking...

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I put a bid on those now thanks! Something like this, preferred stack branch in blue, alternate option to achieve top waste connection in red.. I realised my bog pan is bottom connection so the discharge will be through the floor void so even less clearance for the waste to connect to the top..

Agreed. I've been shopping about for an old salt glazed clay one..

I want old cast for the sake of the appearance yes, I dislike plastic tat on my 1800's walls. Besides I can build the entire stack for about £150 and I know a local media blasting & painting firm near me to get them freshened up. I doubt anything new or imitation can be bought for anything near...

Good idea!

haha yes well, I have been advised I need to make three different sized caulking irons from rebar, in a coal fire, over an anvil.. funny thing was, my only question then was; how do I make oakum! Pipe nails for the collar ears holding to the masonry you mean? I have been thinking to use SS...

I am also wondering, being 2", can I connect on with a 90deg boss, 135deg Y branch, or 92.5deg swept branch, or doesn't it matter? Thinking I'll grab whatever I can find hopefully, if either will work!!

Hello, I am planning to reinstate a period original cast soil stack on my Victorian semi, this will be a slow project as I will source most of the bits reclaimed and be thoroughly prepared before the changeover from PVC so there is minimal bog use down time.. Anyway, as you can see existing...

You basically need to fix something to the fence post which is parallel to the gate to allow a normal latch/striker to be affixed. Can you trim the corner of the post parallel to the gate then fix appropriately sized timber to allow a latch to be screwed on? Alternatively 'carve' said piece of...

Which part of my technical advice was incorrect? ;)

Gas conduit must be ventilated at both ends, same for meter cupboards, boiler houses (HL & LL vent grilles). Tracpipe technically has it's own ventilated conduit by way of the plastic covering over the spiral corrugated inner construction, but I believe it is not yet approved by the gas...

True regarding hopper. Divert it to a real drain ideally, if it's local to a sink or external floor gully..

They've used a tank connector onto that down pipe, is it RWP? Don't think condensate (grey water) is allowed into RWPs any more, possibly not for a long time. That notwithstanding, I'd swap it for a brass tank connector, it would not deform when tightened and grip and seal the RWP much better...

Nice! If you have off cuts of that feather board I'd use a length to cover the post & spike visible.

the flexible pipe may have broken off an exhaust vent in the wall / roof previously. Look for it and reconnect if possible. Does it vent from the bathroom? If it does, presumably the bathroom fitter did it, makes you wonder what else they did..

Green oak is very pretty. Pine is pine. Upto you. Mind you nothing pine lasts in the elements.. For example, the roman style oak washhouse in my parents garden is 150 years old and just gets prettier with age. Your call really.

2.4x2.4= (*0.075) = 0.432m3 required compacted. Now just work out percentage compaction you get from vibration compacting type 1 and multiply 0.432 by that to give required loose type 1 volume

Thanks for comments. Yeah good idea to make the top hinge mount adjustable, ideally for X and Y so it won’t fall open or closed depending on settlement. I think this kind of hinge for the bottom pin would be ideal, taper roller as per car wheel bearing, with a weather shield. I do want a...