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OK, I'm much happier now. I made a complaint about the work done and an Openreach engineer has come out and he was much better and understood my concerns completely. He has put in a complete new feed from the nearest BT box to the house, left me plenty of slack so the workmen can move it out...

Blimey, I didn't want to start an argument, Anyway thanks for all the replies. I contacted Openreach and they said we need to speak to BT on 150 (here we go). So we contacted BT on 150 to complain about the work and they said they would get there engineering dept to call us back within 48...

Yeah, that's exactly what I was going to do (split a length of pipe and snap it over the cable) until I saw that bloody great connector block in the way. Guttering down pipe may fit ok and if not then 110mm drain pipe would do. I am going to speak to BT first and see if I can get then to...

Thanks for the reply, That's a very good point, I hadn't thought of putting in my own ducting pipe "just in case". Regarding the joint, the BT guy did say that the joint is watertight but they still have to wrap it in plastic for some reason. I have got to get them back anyway because he...

Hi, I would just like some expert opinions please. We are due to have our drive block paved and needed the incoming BT cable moved as it was originally mounted on the wall of the porch that is not going to be there anymore and where the cable came out of the ground would end up in the middle...

Many thanks Russell

Yeah, I do appreciate that, but also the higher the extraction rate the noisier it will be, not motor noise but wind noise. The current fan is a Manrose XF100T which has an extraction rate of 23Ltr/sec. This copes perfectly well but, bearing in mind I've got to replace it anyway, I wanted to...

Hi everyone, I am currently renovating our downstairs tiolet and need to replace the fan because the bearings are shot and is very noisey. Are there any regulations regarding the extraction rate of the fan. The room does not have a window, is 4 foot x 5 foot and has just got a toilet and hand...

Thanks Crafty, Much appreciated. Russell

Many thanks for the advice everybody, Putting the isolator outside in the hall is not really an option due to the fact that we only finished decorating the hall last year. So I think I will do one of the following: 1. use a fused, switched flex outlet next to the panel heater. This will...

Hi everyone, I am currently refurbishing the downstairs W/C and up until now there hasn't been any heating in there and it can get a bit nippy in the winter. So I want to put a small electric panel heater in like this one: http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/DXEVX050.html What I need...

I separated the top part of the pipe at the upstairs toilet connector, pushed the top pipe further through the roof about half a meter and rested the bottom of it on a peice of wood. Then I removed the toilet connector and the lower part of the pipe and then just lowered the top part all the way...

Thanks for that. I do like to have the whole job planned in my head & on paper and buy all the bits before I make a start. I'm not one of these people who demolish a supporting wall & then think about what they're going to put in it's place. A lot of the time I know I'm capable of physically...

Thanks for the comments, I was very carefull to allow for expansion. All fittings were stopped at least 5mm short of being pushed fully home and I've put in 4 metal clamps at the collars to support the weight of the pipe. Russell

My thoughts exactly.

Hi Guys, I just wanted to say thanks for the help and advice you all gave me regarding replacing my soil pipe. The job is now pretty much done as shown in the picture below... The old pipe was pitch fibre and the sections pulled apart surprisingly easily. I was originally going to...

Firstly, let me make clear I'm not a plumber or builder but just thought I'd pass on my personal experience. I had exactly the same problem where my cistern cracked and so I bought a new close coupled toilet and found I couldn't get the toilet far enough back because of the top of the soil...

You should see some of the "solid waste" my son produces. He eats us out of house & home and then procedes to block the toilet :lol: Anyway, thanks for the response, a slip coupling isn't important and seeing as I've already got the marley one I will go with that. I'll try not to bother...

Hi all, As you may have seen from my previous thread I am replacing my pitch fibre soil pipe with plastic and was advised to use a Fernco rubber adapter coupling to join the plastic onto the old pitch fibre at the bottom. However, I have since found a Marley Soil to Drain adapter as shown in...

Thanks for reassuring me on this Softus. The layout will be exactly the same so I won't worry about informing the LABC and I can concentrate now on actually doing the job. Thanks once again Russell