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When I've done it in the past, I've used p/b, and it's been fine... I don't see why a bit of 6mm ply wouldn't do the trick as well? Mind you, I'm just a DIY-er :lol: Maybe I was stretching the point with the cardboard,, I'll admit..... mind you, seeing what passes for a job in this house, I'm a...

Make the holes in your wall have neat edges with a Stanley knife - squares or rectangles. Then cut a piece of stiff cardboard or thin plywood or something to a size that covers your neat hole, but you can get into the hole on the diagonal. Pierce holes in either end of your patch, and thread...

Please award cash prizes..... I'm a grand down, the roof's still leaking, the kitchen ceiling has been replaced, and the bucket is still there.

As someone's already said, if there's no access, get the ceiling down and have a look..... you'll be gobsmacked at what you could find (as I was..... http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=155736)

Yeah ... it's "Buyer Beware" ..... that's why we pay for Surveys to be done before purchase. However, as the cheapest surveys are non-intrusive, they're never going to uncover stuff like this. I love the Belgian model - that's great. If we'd have had that level of recourse, I'd have had the...

Oh yeah... I was a bit pisht last night, that should really read "for 2 showers at one time." Thanks for pointing that out!

Your water company should be able to provide you with this information, although I hear they do things differently in Englandshire. If you turn your kitchen cold water tap on full tilt, what's the flow like? In all probability, that'll be your rising main pressure. You need some hills...

Thanks Rich... I'm not interested in gas again, but if I could put another wood-burner into the existing space, with minimal disruption I'd be a happy bunny!

We have a Vokera (28i, I think) combi. Reasonably compact, and no problem heating enough water for 2 showers. One at a time, and the pressure's enough to flay your skin off...... but that depends on your mains pressure. If the mains pressure is good enough, no need for a pump - the boiler will...

Yep, that's the fella - want to see some more, for nostalgia sake? :lol:

Eh, what? We already have a hole in the wall - for a cr4p "living flame" gas fire with mechanical flue (a big fan) that is expensive to run, noisy, and the fan sooks most of the heat and spits it out the wall. Are you telling me I could use the hole for a wood burner without a "proper"...

Thanks for all your help guys - will replace, and add it to the 4-figure roof repair bill, Wifey's 40th, Christmas, and twins 5th b'day all happening in the next 8 weeks. You'll find me walking the streets touting for trade down by Greenock docks next week. Do the "Eye Need" ads in Private...

I put one in my previous house, and it was absolutely brilliant - I'd love to be able to get one in here (would need a chimney built first!) Price differences are down to construction. The more expensive ones are cast iron, which is better. Cheaper ones are steel, which apparently dosen't...

Cheers for all the replies guys. More info - house is a late 60's home-build (bodge), on the Costa del Clyde. Looks like I'll need to replace. Seems only to be on the horizontal runs - verticals look OK (although, to be fair, the leeks wouldn't pool, so would be harder to spot)...

Yep, pipe's a cold main. HW runs alongside it - 10cm gap between the two throughout the length of the run. No indication of anything else. My bet's on a DIY solder job, and pipe full of flux. As I said - it's not a small section - it's 10 or 12 of these over approx 4m run. There would be...

Not sure what you mean. It's just a picture of a tiny drip coming from a 28mm pipe. No self-tapping fittings anywhere on it's length. The light's kind of funny - when my camera gets that close in Macro mode, part of the image dosen't get as much flash light. Is that what you mean? I can assure...

Ok cool.... now what about my repair idea? :shock:

Just the light... pipe is round. No header tank - it's a cold-water feed to upstairs bathroom. There *may* have been a header tank years ago (there's a dead one in the loft), but I didn't think you got them on cold-water side (I wouldn't like to be drinking out of an uncovered header-tank...

Hmmm ... pipes really look fine - no dings or creases. Could spots of solder or flux internally be causing corrosion from the inside? Erk..... with 10 or more in a 4m run, there'd be more join than pipe... would be better off just getting the run redone. Cheers guys.

While dealing with this mess... http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=155736 ... I have found copper pipes with pinhole leaks. About 4m of 28mm piping (probably late 1960's) with several drips. This is cold feed to upstairs, and only on horizontal run between ceiling and...