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Are these worth a visit as I have a development planned? I did some building work in 2004-5 but not really since then.

Only with a length of old black water pipe, so not properly

Other side of the material.

Thanks for your comments. I am not sure what to use to try to remove the stuff. Chemical or mechanical? I applied some bicarb to the piece pictured and the bicarb has not dissolved it. Could get some dilute hydrochloric acid or caustic soda but the seals would not appreciate either. Mechanical...

Thanks. Had a closer look in the inspection chamber and poked around with a screwdriver. I could see what I thought was dried loo roll on the bed of the pipes and chamber, closer inspection and prodding indicated it was a hard abrasive material which could be chipped away, about 1/8" thick at...

Small bathroom: Shower, bath, loo and basin. Klargester some 30 yards away. Sometimes **** gets stuck in the nearest inspection chamber at the rear of the house and smell arises. The smell goes when I wash the **** away from the chamber. Guessing the traps don't work properly? Bath trap is a...

In January 2016 I got a F7131S on freecycle, the compressor worked but there were no panel lights. The panel had three resistors which had rust on them and a hole in the PCB where one resistor wire went soldered onto the PCB. They are located close to the power-in socket. I removed the...

Currently a single storey property in an L shape. One leg of the L is two outbuildings and a bedroom, the other leg is lounge, kitchen, bathroom and study. Planning app is to convert the two outbuildings into the accommodation unit by removing the external wall on outbuilding leg and to build a...

Got an extension to work on shortly, planning has been approved but the detailed drawings are awaited. So I will need 4-5 internal doors or 7-8 if I replace the existing pine stained ones as well. The existing front door keeps on binding at the bottom regardless of how much I plane off it and...

L shaped single storey building in the countryside, extending away from the road so planning is not hard to achieve as most of the new build is not seen from the road. Want to extend two outbuildings by two metres to include them in the rest of the accommodation, from 3.5m to 5.5m wide. A 10m...

This is a conversion I helped to work on finished in 2005. The external windows were supplied by the builder I was working with and from recollection they came from Magnet trade. They are hard wood but some kind of Indonesian fibrous hardwood. They were stained with Sadolins extra durable...

Thank you for that gem.

In some places the left is coming down because it is shearing on the edge of the rafter https://www.flickr.com/photos/67356568@N05/17130699046/ In other places in an outhouse which is single pitch with a 6" timber strip at the top of the pitch which covers the top part of the top row of...

Building is an L shape, one single pitch on one leg and two pitches on the other L with a small hip section. 2/3rds is accommodation and the rest is two outbuildings. Felt is coming down in four to five places, I have repaired four other areas with breathable felt. No leaks. The roof was built...

The small flush does not cycle properly when pressed. The water continues to flow into the bowl. The water stops after repeatedly pressing the buttons. Do they fail easily or is it a poor design, is there a better one out there or is it standard wear and tear? Thank you.

As I am fitting a cooker hood and splash back I have decided to tile from the kitchen surface upwards maybe to the wall units which are 560mm above the surface. No idea on styles, simple white/off white is easier to clean than fancy designs I guess. I guess the painted plasterboard has to...

I am fitting a cooker hood and so removing the ceiling fan, which was pretty useless. So there is a 4-5" circular hole to fill in the ceiling. Assuming a round section of plasterboard is cut and ready to fit in the hole, I would appreciate advice on how to fix the plasterboard in place...

Thanks for your advice. The bulbs are R80s. I checked the switches with a multimeter and they seem ok. Maybe I have to remove the light fittings and check them.

Electics were installed 30 years ago. Two downlighter in the hall with large pear shaped screw in bulbs Switch either end of hall Suddenly stopped working today. No flash or bang. Fuse is fine as are other lights on the circuit. Wire connections on the rear of the switches are ok...

This is a single storey and single pitch roof built 30 years ago. The felt has gone in two places where the timber overlap butt together on top of the tiles at the top of the pitch. The gap is upto 1/2" at the butt. The wood is 6x1 vertically and 3x1 on top of it then 6x1 screwed onto the...