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That's what a lot of my neighbours have had done I think. By capping do you mean a coping stone or tile on the parapet, or did they use a felt or lead to cover (cap) the top of the parapet? Here's a picture of the neighbours with tiles set in mortar on top of the parapet. Half the street have...

Another neighbour with tiles on top of parapet.

Sorry that picture is tiny. I think this will work. If not the picture is in my diynot album.

Happy New Year all, I was in the loft earlier today, stashing all the pointless junk that my family have bought me over Christmas and got a bit of a shock when I saw the rafter closest to the party wall (Vic terrace) was soaked, as were the first 2 courses of bricks as you moved down the...

My roof with terracota and stepped flashing.<br>Neighbour's roof with render down to flashing.

Thanks. I've picked up some milliput from the plumbers merchant but also got talking to a guy in the car park who said he once used a band material that you dip in water and then wrap around the pipe, it then sets a bit like when you break your arm an have a plaster cast. He couldn't remember...

Thanks Charnwood, I was obviously over egging it searching for a whole kit rather than just the collar! What a plonker.

Thanks Pete, Yes I totally agree, but the complexity (the flat above runs into my waste before running into the soil stack) and age of the waste arrangement makes me think that I will unearth a whole world of pain if I try. According to my lease the waste pipes are actually the responsibility...

Hi all Whenever I see wall hung basins or back to wall toilets with concealed pipe work, I see that the plumber must have left a piece of copper pipe or perhaps a male threaded end poking out of the wall, the tiler has then tiled around this, a nice chrome collar has then been put on the...

Hi all, me again I have a couple of small corrosion holes in an old 60mm iron(?) waste pipe in my bathroom. Anyone have experience of fixing holes like this with an epoxy or alternatively any thoughts/experience of using a clamp such as this one...

I found this http://www.builderdepot.co.uk/flexseal-drain-coupling-50mm-65mm.html As the leaks are at the bottom of the pipe my best plan so far would be to buy one of the above, use a very sharp blade to cut it along its length, then put it around the pipe with the cut at the top and...

Hi all Fitting a new bathroom today in my new flat. It was all going well, I got the bath in and filled it up and then pulled the plug to check the waste connections were good. I couldn't believe my luck when everything seemed fine and I moved onto fitting the basin. However ...

Hi Yes, the hot water and the heating are separate, but this towel rad definitely comes from the hot water which then runs on to supply the bath and basin. I found this brass lined rad at a reasonable price...

Thanks for the replies. I pay for my heating and hot water as a one off yearly charge in my service charge; it doesn't matter if I have 3 baths a day or 1 a year, it's the same price. So it would kill me to pay for the electricity, same reason I sourced a second hand, reconditioned Bosch...

Thanks Dan. Just had a look. The first one I came across that was brass construction was £499.99, reduced from £729.99 ....... bargain then! I'll keep looking!

Hi all I recently bought a flat in a London block, which has communal (some call it district) hot water and heating. I'm refurbing the bathroom and currently the towel radiator is just a hefty bit of copper pipe. It runs from the main hot water pipe located in the airing cupboard, goes...

Thanks fellas. When I've cleared it out do I just keep winding PTFE tape and pushing it back to pack it in? How does the Loctite 55 come in? A bit at a time, or all at beginning and pack it in with PTFE? The outside stopcock was turfed over in the garden! It took a bit of prodding and...

Hello all. I have a stop cock that's leaking. Just my luck, the stopcock lurks beneath my newly plastered wall. It is one of those old stopcocks that has a removable handle and just the spindle part lurks just at the surface. It's the main stopcock just inside my front door. So I've cut out a...