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Hi folks, I've just fitted the various fittings onto the 25mm MDPE pipe which will soon become the new water supply pipe to my house, and I want to be confident I have tightened them properly. The instructions are vague - they just say to "tighten" - don't say how much. I've done them all...

Certainly is. The wall has a bay window shape (no window of course) and the engineer thinks that probably adds quite a bit to the strength of it. Next door (house is a semi) has no support at all in the cellar, apparently, but I still don't feel comfortable removing it from mine.

Outside skin is now confirmed as 4" (one brick). It's a mystery how it holds the weight. Wall now has about 25 new wall ties and will soon have the newly-designed buttress. Let's hope it's good enough for the next 80 years...

Ah... my plumber phrased this differently. He said "not designed to be seen" which is of course not quite the same thing. I thought he meant because it was ugly... From what you say, though, it seems like it's not going to be a problem to have it exposed but not in the sunshine for a year...

Hi again folks, New 25mm blue MDPE pipe has been moled into the cellar and it sitting in a coil waiting for me to route and connect the inside end, and the water board to check and connect the outside end. Original plan was to run the MDPE pipe right through two cellar rooms and up through...

Thanks for the replies, Hugh and Powell. I expect that's what they're intending to do, more or less. (The new meter position is about 2m away from the nearest part of the existing steel pipe, so they're going to be excavating along to the new location, but that's not my concern really.)...

Hi all, First off, I don't intend to do any work on gas stuff myself. It will all be done by the appropriate people - registered plumbers or the DNO as appropriate. I need my gas meter moved. The currently arrangement is that the metal (steel?) pipe comes through the front wall of my...

Just looked, Gees, but didn't manage to find anything. Was having a leak critical to getting it done for free? I don't have a leak... Ta, Mark

Apparently he works in a team of three so £500 for three people for a day doesn't sound too bad - that was my question really - how much work is involved in moling under 5m of drive and into a wall. If as you say it's one man for one hour rather than three men for eight hours, that starts to...

Thanks very much. Do you mean 32mm pipe? 35mm doesn't seem to be a standard size. Thanks, Mark

Hi folks, I've had a quote for someone to replace the whole lead pipe - he's going to mole a new plastic one right under the driveway (5m or so), through the wall into the cellar, put a tap in, route it round to the back of the house (not too hard as there are full-height cellars under the...

I can do that on the insde - in fact I don't need to because there are a couple of missing bricks (vents etc.) which I can put my hand through. Inner skin is one brick thick, easy. Outer wall is more of a problem. I can't get at the outisde (it's under 2m of soil) and to get at the inside...

He doesn't seem terribly good at providing answers to anything. I'm not really sure how I can get better answers from him. I just ask and ask and get waffle and conjecture... I need to push him harder, I think... Or get someone who's not an idiot. Thanks!

OK, interesting questions. Sounds like I might have opened a whole can of worms here... :shock: The wall has been there 80 years so something is holding it up. I can take pictures. What of, exactly? On the inside it looks like a wall. No brick ends showing - it's "running bond" I...

I don't know the details either. It's been there 80 years, though. Tanking won't help with the strength of it...

Thank you very much!

Hello again, As part of this, the route of the pipe is going to change, and the main tap (currently broken, as I found out yesterday) will be replaced as well. While I'm at it, it would seem to be a good idea to put it in a place which isn't completely inaccessible. Are there any...

Hi folks, I'm after some advice on wall ties. I've just read a couple of "discussions" on them on here, but they don't answer my specific question. I am doing a cellar conversion in my 1931 semi. The front (cavity) wall of the cellar is entirely below ground. It is currently buttressed...

Thanks for the tips. Had the DNO chap out today to have a look and he's happy with the new location (well, sort of... need to (re)move water pipe first, but that was going anyway, sooner or later). Didn't realise we were talking 3-4 months for an appointment though! Will definitely have to...

I'm not going to replace the ceiling joists or the bricks in the walls, just because they're exposed, though. Only if there's a reason to.