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No, but with this particular stove, there are plates covering vents underneath, which can be closed when using outside air. I have opened these vents in addition to the pipe supplying air to the stove from outside. The pipe supplying air from outside is fixed in place, but i can put my hand...

I have a pipe supplying air directly from outside. I have also opened the vents to supply air from inside the house. Doors open, windows open, i've tried to increase ventilation as far as i can but still the draw problem persisits.

Thanks DT2, you're the first person to actually suggest what i've suspected all along; the draw is compromised by supplying air to the airwash system. Other stoves i've had experience with, that dont have the flash glass areas to see the flames and dont have airwash, work just fine. My next...

I've owned a Dovre Astroline 3cb stove for over 2 years now, and i'm not that impressed with it's performance. Sure, it looks nice, but the biggest problem i've always had is it's problem with adequate draw. I've since fitted a liner to the chimney (properly packed out with micafil), fitted a...

No, the wall is solid brick all the way to the outside, it's an old house - pre cavity wall. So what is the best method of insulation ? Are you saying stick insulated plasterboard to wall instead of Hardibacker ? Would that take the weight of 10mm limestone tiles ? Thanks and Regards

I've stripped off all the old lime plaster back to brick from an outside facing wall for a bathroom renovation. I want to use hardibacker straight up against the brick to prepare for the limestone tiles up to ceiling. How should i prepare the exisitng brick surface and what adhesive should i...

Cheers Nige, sounds like good advice. I've just realised all the gutters are asbestos as well :shock: But I guess that's for another day.

Yes, you're right kev, i'll remove all of the old vent pipe from the ground up and install a new plastic stack. Thanks to everyone for all of your help and advice.

yes, with a coupler and access branch. I'm sure Screwfix must have something I can use.

I've checked with Google, and you can legaly remove your own asbestos as long as you dispose of it correctly. I'm quite aware of the hazardous nature of asbestos and would be happy to do it. I would'nt want to dismantle an asbestos shed, but cutting one pipe, i could handle that. I just dont...

FYI, it's not asbestos cement, the toilet is cemented in the concrete floor with normal cement. The only thing asbestos is the vent pipe. Are you saying that it is illegal to cut asbestos pipe ? I would have thought that taking the correct precautions (mask, cutting it wet, not using power...

Assuming the outside vent pipe does lead to the same place as the soil pipe (using a hose to put water in from the top as a check) I will be removing the cemented in toilet completely and capping off the soil pipe in the floor in the bathroom. A hole would be cut in the wall for the new soil...

the toilet is cemented into the floor, so i guess it must be a standard clay pipe out.

thanks for the replies so far. Yes, the toilet was installed back in the 50's when the house was built and the waste pipe is straight into the floor about 500mm from each side of the already small bathroom. It is impractical to build a box out that far. I've lifted up the manhole cover...

Hello, I am proposing to replace the toilet in my bungalow to a wall mount model. The existing toilet waste goes into the floor but is positioned too far into the bathroom space and is not at all suitable for connection to a wall mount toilet. There is a soil vent pipe on the outside wall of...

Hello, I have recently opened up a fireplace and plan to have a fire basket burning logs in the open brick surround. Instead of the existing bricks that are exposed, which are in poor condition, I would like to tile the apeture to make it more asthetically pleasing. I have seen a fireplace done...

I must add it was a German hotel and by the look of it, it certainly was'nt the glossy stuff that you get from DIY stores. The quality of the tiling and fittings supports my view that it was a quality product. I think replacing the silicone every year would not be very cost efficient just...

In what respect 'not very good' ? How do they compare with a wet finger ? Please elaborate.

Fantastic ! Thanks for the link, so there is a tool. A quick search on google has also shown up many. I wish my tiler had used one instead of his finger. Why dont so called professional tilers use these more often ? A lot of the work i've seen in this country with regards to silicone sealer is...

Hahaha- yes exactly :roll: thanks for the advice gcol, but I cant believe they used your method, i'm sure they used a tool of some kind. As I say, some of the angles could not have been masked, and I'm sure that in a large hotel, many bathrooms have to be finished quickly to the same...