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Hi all A friend of mine is purchasing a Victorian era cottage with a pitched slate roof. He has sent me pictures and the comments from the surveyor. The surveyor commented that the roof slates, particularly at the front elevation, need some remedial work and that the whole roof is likely to...

Hi I've recently got rid of an old cast iron soil pipe and had my wall rendered. I left a length of 110mm plastic soil pipe coming out of the wall (see pic 1) so that I could connect the tee branch directly onto it after rendering. Problem is that I've now come to fit the push fit tee branch...

Hallelujah! Thanks a million. So simple!

Hi all I've failed big time on this one! I've tiled leaving two 15mm pipes coming horizontally out of the wall at 150mm centres for my bar mixer shower. I've only ever fitted electric showers before and so I've never used the offset elbows before, but it dawned on me today when I came to...

Shower bar mixer Fail

Hi all Sorry if this is a bit long winded but I want to describe exactly what I've done so that I can get the best advice. I've then put some questions at the end: I've renovated a few properties in my time and the usual M.O. in regards the walls is to steam off the old paper and skim...

Hi all, As promised, here are a few of the best snaps of my day trip to my roof. I made a start today sorting out the flaunching which I realised was probably causing the bulk of a leak in my bathroom. Photos are: Flaunching gone to pot Fillet kippered Parapet rendered...

Flashing exposed

Parapet patch up

Parapet cracked

Fillet kippered

Flaunching gone to pot

Thanks for all the advice. I had a chat today with the roofing suppliers and armed with their advice and your own, I'm going to get up on the roof again, as soon as the wind and rain give it a rest, and get some measurements and take a more educated look at what my plan of attack will be...

Thanks for this. Luckily, there is a good roofing supplier around the corner so I will pick some of those clips up. Would you advise using the lead pointing sealant too or stick to mortar? So here is my plan, if anyone could advise on the specifics or if I'm missing a step that would be...