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Not the rad? The little plastic 'seat' may not have been put on, mind this sounds more like metal scrapping.... I'll just shut up.

I put up profiles on each corner, 4 x 2, and mark out a gauge on them, pull a line between and lay to that. (Thats me then Woody, lol) Also you need (as fastneattrowel has said) the roof timbers up to get the pitch of the roof and do the cuts. Done by fixing battens top and bottom of at least...

The double glazing company has gone into receivership as has the sister company Bowater and I suppose Stay Brite. I havent seen this in any trade mags yet but an account friend has told me today.

Trouble with putting a 90 degree bend on is you lose 1m off the length, IIRC the max for a lot of boilers is 3m, one bend out thru wall =2m, so if you then put one more on you lose the ability to get thru the roof because your left with 1m. Hence one customer having a straight flue from house...

Dont know about the lifting gear thats going on it, what about the lifting gear to get a monster like that in?

Get a water proofer and mix in the mortar, 4:1 sand cement and point away! Are you covering the brickwork up again? if not then just clean, re-point and leave to dry out, I hate covering brickwork working on the assumption that it should breathe, if it gets wet let the air dry it out. If...

Last couple I have done, One straight flue across conservatory, its how they wanted it? (to get the maximum length. One was moved to outside inside the conny and thru the roof but the terminal looked like a rocket sitting on the roof. We had no issues with either from planning or BO as...

Thats the size of it, mullioned windows that are removed that had brickwork bearing on it i.e NO lintel (quite common back in the day) and insufficient work to stop brickwork dropping. Basically a new lintel is needed, trouble is alot of the so called surveyors that I have met had no...

Good points woody but most, if not all windows are now k rated glass as standard (as you say), its not that that the installations fail on. Lintels etc. IIRC Fensa check two jobs for you to qualify then say that random checks will be carried out or percentage, say 1 in 50 if you a bigger...

Not me! The manufacturers of the stuff issue the guarantees, but as you say probably not worth the paper their printed on as with most cr4p in the double glazing industry. But I will say that any would be burglars only have to look on any search engine to find a very informative video :cry:

:lol: With you all the way. But say £5.00 a lock to guarantee no one can bump it, worth it or not?

Just a bit of market research, your help would appreciated. Do you know what it is? Are you worried about it? Would you pay someone to have you 'at risk' locks modified and guaranteed against attack? Thanks

Well said Richard! Fensa was started (amongst other things) to avoid the overload at the BCO with inspections, and yes they have had a lot of problems with bad installations. I didnt join because as a small company it was not worth it to me, I used the argument in my sales pitch, when...

Not saying they dont but not many companies 'make' their own profile, usaully brought in from larger well established companies that just make profiles as well as other plastic goods. If you can get the make of profile, internally glazed? fully welded? steel reinforcement or ali? Shootbolt...

Kommerling smacks synseals arse! Out of the 40 odd profiles available, 1 being the best 40 worst, Kommerling comes in at 2/3 battling it out with Rehau, No1 is Veka, synseal is down in the mid twenties. Kommerling has been about for over 40 years and made the first profile for 'our...

That sums it up, tho to be fair the powers that be in fenestration have developed a sheild to protect the cylinder. For me wooden door all day long BUT not a cheap one (from one of the sheds) that will warp, shrink, twist and bow. Put some thought in to it and get the best you can afford...

Yup it is one of the cheapest, doesnt mean it dont do want it says on the tin or that its rubbish. Have used both of the products and one advantage is that the whole conny (windows and roof) will be made by the same company so will match. The handles tend to be a bit flimsy (again made by...

Brick acid. Brick and patio cleaner, B&Qs Dis-clean, builders merchants There are many others by different companies, just ask for brick cleaner.

Your best bet is to buy some ready mixed mortar. Try googleing 'Lime mortars' theres a lot of suppliers now that stock it and get some knowledge of what you are letting yourself in for to do it right. Get a pointing trowel and practice, practice and then practice some more

My labourers mate also works on site for some bricklayers and yesterday the site agent came round and said tomorrow is going to be wet so dont bother to come in, the sites shut. Thats good site management in my book.