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Couldn't agree more. I have a Makita LXT which I love then I bought a Makita SDS for masonry work and now I never bother using the cordless for drilling holes. Not only is the SDS quicker and powerful but it's more accurate. What ever cordless drill you go for, watch out for 'special...

Why not just go for 1/2" and then if you need to go smaller use an adapter?

No, that doesn't appear to be true. The regs say you can have a cast iron down pipe.

We use an unlined chimney in our living room with our wood burner. The whole chimney breast warms up lovely through the house right up to the attic. I'm sure an iron pipe would radiate ever more heat very well. Might even be too hot? Besides, I don't know where you could get that much cast...

The planning permission was surprisingly easy. Before I did anything I took advice from a town planner in the family and I visited all of my neighbours in person. I explained and showed them what I had in mind with printed out plans. No one expressed any concern yet I feel they were glad I...

lol, a pvc flue pipe?! :D No no, it's steel finished in a glossy black paint. I didn't choose the paint, that's how it arrived in the post.

It's for the wood burning stove that I'm going to use in my shed. I won this nice French 1930's stove on ebay for £100

I built 2 hearths last Summer, one for an open fire, one for a stove. I did it with guidance from the guy signing them off as he was HETAS registered. He told me that the open fireplace hearth needed to be at least 30cm though this didn't seem enough so I made it bigger by 10cm. For the...

Hello all, I've been working on my dream shed for a few months now. (I work full time so this is an evenings and weekends project.) Yesterday I finally got the chimney pot on so I thought I'd upload some photos. At the bottom of the stack is a black t piece with a removable cover for...

Why don't you have the flue go through the wall and up the outside of the building?

Fantastic. Even though you'll have very flat surface from the mould I suspect you'll still need to do some polishing. Please post some images up, I'd love to see the end result.

Mix all the sand, aggregate and cement together just as you would normal concrete and then pour it in to your mould. The difference from regular concrete is you want more of a cookie dough texture rather than cow pat consistency. (As my dad describes it) So basically, don't add too much...

Heya, Yes, you do need sand. Sharp sand is best because it's less likely to crack than plain ole builders sand. The colour of the sand will of course affect the colour. If you can't find sharp white/light sand them you'll have use whatever white sand you can get. You can use white plastic...