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    To upgrade (and move) water mains or not

    On a separate topic... The soil stack is made of metal, it looks like steel to me. Does it make sense to replace now it's exposed?
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    To upgrade (and move) water mains or not

    Sorry! For some reason I did't saw your replies. Got a porch built, to get the gas and electric meters moved. That cable was indeed the electric mains, and the metal pipe above was the gas mains. The builder was using a mini digger to dig the foundations and pushed the water mains off the...
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    To upgrade (and move) water mains or not

    Hi! Im considering upgrading water mains, house was built on the 60´s, I have concrete floors, and the water mains entry and stopcock is on a quite inconvenient kitchen corner. Do you think is worth to replace while the kitchen looks like a war zone?
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    Fitting a new loft hatch and ladder

    This is one of the "binders. There are three, one in the centre and another two halfway between the centre one and front/back walls: This is the area where the CH header tank was located, you can see the central binder, looks like a good place for the hatch:
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    Fitting a new loft hatch and ladder

    This is where I want the new hatch: And this is the roof construction:
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    Fitting a new loft hatch and ladder

    Hi! I just bought a new semi-detached house, built circa 1960. The actual loft hatch is over the bathtub, and I was planning to fit another one with a ladder in the landing area. I have located the joists direction under some boarding and insulation, and across these are two binders, dividing...
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