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Thanks for reply woody. I'm NOT 100% sure that this is the problem but there's nothing else that looks amiss - the flashing is all in tact and ok and the jointwork looks the prime suspect. The stack is built of stone and where the mortar has eroded a little, I can see that some of the...

Hello All I've got a stone chimney stack that is letting in water and it seems as tho it needs repointing - joints HAVE eroded back a bit and are a bit powdery. Can you recommend a spray/paint on solution that will stabilise & waterproof as (maybe) a temporary measure till the summer -...

Hello All I've got a stone chimney stack that is letting in water and it seems as tho it needs repointing - joints HAVE eroded back a bit and are a bit powdery. Can you recommend a spray/paint on solution that will stabilise & waterproof as (maybe) a temporary measure till the summer -...

I am thinking of taking on a project with existing architects plans available; if it happens it will be a renovation of existing farm buildings to residential use. I would intend using builders to at least first fix then take over SOME stuff myself. Can anyone advise me if these existing plans...

Thanks for the reply.......this IS the situaution (as HotRod has interpreted) but there may be one big difference - we would ideally want the staircase OPEN at the top (no door) and any door on the 'basement' floor.......any probs with this??!

A bit of advice needed if possible please! Hard to imagine , this, but here goes....... A bungalow (early 70's) built into the side of a hill; double garage BELOW the floor. Similar to split level construction but all the accommodation on the first floor I suppose?! I'm looking at the...

A bit of advice needed if possible please! Hard to imagine , this, but here goes....... A bungalow (early 70's) built into the side of a hill; double garage BELOW the floor. Similar to split level construction but all the accommodation on the first floor I suppose?! I'm looking at the...

..is fed from, and returns to, the hot water cylinder (I'm sure there's a name for this), and so heats up from the hot water not the central heating system. I'm shortly rejigging the bathroom and have got a towel rail-type radiator. Does it matter how the flow and return enter this type of...

A couple (OK a few more!) of questions that I'd be really grateful if someone could answer BEFORE I start a rendering project: 1. Best mix and additives - on both coats? 2. I'm intending to do a 2 coat render - scratch(7 - 10mm) and finish(5-9mm).....are these thicknesses ok?.....when I...

Thanks a lot for these replies - very helpful all round :shock: :lol:

Hi there y'all :oops: I'm replacing very tired plastic 2 gang switched sockets in the kitchen with smart brushed metal ones.......the existing sockets are mounted on plastic dry lining boxes. Is this OK - I'm thinking with a metal socket I'd have to earth each one to the box (if metal). Do I...

Thanks for the answer - I'm wondering whether there is a REALLY APPRECIABLE difference in any of the sands tho - ie whether there is one that COULD be classed as an all-rounder, or one that you definately shouldn't use for a particular job?? ...or is it a bit like having 75 different types of...

There seems to be a multitude of different sands available for different jobs...... is it another case of overkill :evil: or is it REALLY necessary to use different ones for seperate jobs??? I've got quite a few jobs to do over the next xxxmonths - rendering, laying some blocks, flooring...

That's interesting stuff! Thanks to you both - nice to know that its not a COMPLETELY unknown lash-up and the house isn't about to explode..... or is it?!! :roll: :shock: Thanks again!

I realise that I'm probably going to leave out some important details :oops: but here goes!! I've a one pipe system and am trying to make sense of the multitude of pipework which is FAR from being one pipe around the hot water tank, actuator, pump etc. Is there any way that a 'proper' c/h...

...nice debate!! I appreciate the views - however I was after the amount of spurs from a junction box on the ring, rather than from a socket.....not sure whether this differs?

Can anyone tell me if it's OK to have 2 spurs coming from the same juction box on a ring main?? :lol: Thanks!!

Thanks very much for this guys - a great help! Relating to (2) on Bathjobby's reply, I'm breaking into an existing vertical stack.....can I therefore get a seperate boss for the toilet waste, and one for the basin/shower, position them one on top of the other and rotate so both outlets are...

These questions mostly relate to a limited available length of stack to branch into: 1. Can I join the waste from the shower & handbasin into one, before the stack? 2. What distance does the above inlet (on the stack) need to be from the WC inlet? 3) ....or are the above inlets preset on the...

:) Looks good Nige - thanks for that!