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Remember, we're looking for the most difficult way to solve this! How about a temporary tarpaulin over the roof while he gathers the materials for the permanent repair:

They normally fail after 41 years! Seriously, weather (allegedly) getting worse and the mortar on the gable getting worn and possibly loosing adhesion over the years. Once that gable masonry cracks you have a world of trouble. And for a few hours work he'll have a tick in the box when he comes...

It isn't. I did it myself, 10mm plastic. I think the issue can be noise - we have a bit of gentle water noise in the downstairs WC pipe which is chased into the plaster - it has a very unrestricted tap which flows a lot more than the kitchen one - which is very quiet. I did wonder about 10mm...

I've done a few of these over the years. Very often the original board (usually phenolic ply on a decent trailer, or some other standard board) is slightly rotted and/or quite thin (eg 15mm). I pre drill and use standard wood screws but find there's not enough "meat" in the board below and the...

I estimate about 8m. All my hot outlets are supplied via radials (sink/basin/appliances 10mm, showers 15mm) so we get hot water everywhere in seconds. I've mentioned this before when people witter on about spending a fortune on secondary circulation systems for not especially large houses. I...

This is how much hot water I need to draw off before it burns my finger, 10mm radial from unvented cylinder.

I do, built my extension and rendered my house with one. But I bought a decent Vitrex one. The Aldi thing I started with died halfway through the second bucket.

Can anyone help with this? I don't know whether it's 175 or 75? Both seem available for these things.

Mine was very similar. I reglued and screwed some of the old blocks at the sides, doubled up the rest at the front tread/riser joints and then used timber when I ran out, I used angle iron at the back - rock solid now.

Depends what you want to do - render, waterproof masonry paint, a few coats of Thompsons? I can't see what a fillet (though I wonder if you mean a plinth?) at the bottom will do except trap water that has soaked into the wall at the bottom - You really need to establish the existing damp...

Far better with rigid (PIR), just place on the walls and screw your boards through with long thin screws - either into the existing studs, or carefully into the OSB. It's performance by depth is far better and it's continuous rather than bits with timber between. You can tape the joints with...

eBay auction starting at £100. State the faults (which don't sound too bad for a driveway bodger). Do it before MOT expires so the buyer can drive it home.

Jesus. Could have just routered a notch in the floorboards!

We have a hot fill dishwasher (Miele). Fed from a 10mm radial from an unvented cylinder. The issue for me at the moment is the detergent cost. It has an autodos system where it uses a sealed disc of powder. The cost is ridiculous (50p a go), but I like the system. I've cut a hole in the disc...

Sounds metal to me! Remove carpet, fit commercial vinyl flooring, replace cheap contract carpet at end of tenancy. Find time during tenancy to locate cheaper carpet fitter.

Do you sometimes get the feeling you're being spied on? I turned on my old windows laptop this morning to be met with this: Apparently a known glitch. I Google the Microsoft site and the advice is pretty much "what's your problem man?, just wait for 2 hours"

Might be worth a look.

I have no wish to come across as a luddite, but what happens when they get bored of sending you updates - presumably just throw it away like an old Windows laptop - and I expect this applies to all modern cars however they're powered. Some Russian hacker will brick your car for a ransom.

He's explained that the "corner" is round and it sounds like 2x 45's or that bend would still be too sharp to follow the profile of the corner. All I can think of is a company that makes custom stainless steel exhaust pipes who would be able to produce the correct curve and swage the ends to...

As a non plasterer I'd say that sc render in conjunction with screeds is a lot easier.