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why not use the short chrome pipe you have and dry line the wall to hide the rest of the pipework ?

I found this topic after a search for the brickie tool which I was thinking about buying to help me build an extension. However, because I am reusing some bricks from the 1920's which are very irregular I realise, after reading TexMex's explanation of how to achieve neat brickwork, the device...

:idea: I suppose if you did encounter really fragile blocks. I don't see why the fixing could not extend through the cavity and into the brick of the outer wall. If you could obtain a fixing 200 long. 8)

I am no builder, but I have read that it is best practice to finish the top of the concrete foundation 150mm below ground level. I think this is to reduce the action of frost on the concrete. These days house walls need to be wide because of new regulations regarding insulation. A lot of...

does the cast iron stack have a toilet connected to it already. Does the cast iron stack carry on up through the loft to vent through the roof

NO you need to empty the water out of the system first, as Kev has suggested. or freeze the pipe or as Chris has stated if the system has a header tank try using bungs in the pipes coming out of the header tank

ask them to lend you one. demo it at the local weight watchers, you might make a killing. (especially if the hubby wires it in)

interesting thanks

not even lockshield valves ? how would you connect the rad then DIA :?:

I bet that dented the figure on the pay packet for that week.

Thanks masona, that link is excellent.

OK DIA...you got me on the regs infringement here. Sure you don't mean planning regs.

YES PLEASE Kev

What is the method of bricking a wall that is not a whole number of bricks long. For example if the wall is say 10 and 1/3 bricks long. (The wall will be 9 inches thick (english bond) in some places and a half brick thick (100mm, stretcher bond) in others) Is it to increase the width of...

If all else fails, you can obtain black silicone :!:

LOL :lol: I reckon if 2 Jags carries on, to alow the bath water to drain from their hermetically sealed new home, it will be necessary for the householder to first open the air lock. Hissssss. :D

If your really struggling to make the joint, you can get a hemp substitute for use on wholesome water supplies. Use it with joint compound.

see if it still creeks if the water is alowed to cool to ambient temperature before pulling the plug. Maybe the window and door seals are so good, that empying the bath is producing a partial vaccum in the room and the ceiling is bowing down. :P

you can get circular cross section flexible plastic conduit for this job, it can be plastered over. The danger is that if the pipe freezes one winter it could burst and leak into the wall causing a lot of damage, I've seen this happen a few times in the past. If you put the pipe in...

Why not build the walls of the structure from single skin brick or block work. If the masonary structure of the walls is continued over the door, on a lintel , and up for say eighteen inches , then you could perhaps bring the flue out through the side wall or the front of the structure instead...