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no cos open vented and F&E can not be raised high enough to reliably fill pipes at such a high level

This ground floor flat has concrete floor and ceilings. Open vented system, can't convert to sealed due to boiler instructions. Only realistic route for pipework is under 35mm floor screed. Chiselled out chase in screed with club hammer + electricians chisel. I would have prefered to cover...

the gas valves for this boiler are available cheap (£20) on ebay. This boiler will work with a universal thermocouple but that means the overheat stat will no longer fuction, this is pottentially damgerous.

thanks for the answers so far. I've used a cherry picker before, but not to work on a roof, has anyone taken a roof ladder up on one? scaffolding is probably right, I don't fancy one of those towers at 12m, and I don't fancy erecting it holding the instruction book in one hand while in the...

hi 4 storey building, two 2 storey massonet's one built above the other. New boiler in top appartment, no suitable outside wall so Flue to go through atic and through tiled pitched roof, hence lead slate. Lader would have to be about 10-12 metres high, plus roof ladder. Any advice in...

try drilling the head off the screw.

the seal is made by a little red (or green on flexi pipe) fibre washer, which goes inside the metal nut.

you need to get this sorted properly otherwise you are going to get damp and all sorts of problems, plus its grossly unhygenic. get a builder in or get digging. Replacing a section or two of the clay pipe with underground plastic might be the easiest option.

the other option is to mount the plaster board on treated wood battons (about 25 x 50mm). The battons are fixed to the wall, use packing between the back of the batten and wall if necessary to keep them straight. This is called dry linning. For your switches and sockets use special cavity...

the other popular solution for a coping layer to keep the damp out of the wall is a layer of clay roof tiles. Have a look at some brick garden walls localy to see how its done.

you could dig the holes and get a ready mix firm to bring you the concrete. This is the best way if you don't have a cemment mixer and a lot less hard work if you do. I would go for a spot mix company who charge for exactly the amount you require and many even offer a free wheel-barrowing...

I have seen articles on the net for acrylic floor screeds that can be layed in a thickness of as little as 3mm.

drop em blossom :twisted:

It will if the water can't be turned off from the street or a communal main stop tap. This means the pipe needs freezing first. last one i did, it didn't need freezing, it was a quickish job and I got £42.50 plus VAT plus £5 new stop tap. Midlands area, however I am cheap. remember running...

I never use ptfe tape on NEW compression fittings. As has been said, the friction is lost and personally can't tell when the olive starts to bite on the pipe. As a result I have overtightened joints in the past, deforming the olive or even cracking the nut. I always use three or four turns of...

good post good on you for sharing your experience and congratulations on the safe completion of some serious DIY.

make sure the external ground level is at least 6 inches or 2 brick courses below the new damp proof course. Like jbonding says, turn the heating on, could also hire a dehumidifier, waite a few weeks and see what happens.

concrete render often means water can get behind it through pores or cracks and the easiest way for it to get out again would be through the brickwork to the interior. Some experts don't believe chemical DCP's don't work, especially in solid brick walls. Does the property have an original DPC...

why not fill in the void with concrete

NVQ 2 is the basic qualification for plumbing. You learn basic pipe fitting, hot and cold water supplies and a lot of sheet lead work. However, it depends what you want to do. If you want to be a general jobbing plumber it'll teach you nothing about how to do the job efficiently. You need to...