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Thanks so much to both of you. I'll now cut in - does that sound like I know what I'm doing? - for a steel lintel and face it with bits of stone. That's below the 2 stones perched there already. I'll wear a hard hat; bowler - and gloves; have to be black leather - and glasses; rayban, goes...

My other question's dropped off the list, so I'll try a different approach. Can I dot and dab sandstone, and what preparations should I make to the wall? I found the answers to my other question about outside walls on the Kingspan/Celotex sites. I've searched here for this one, but nothing...

Ahhhh! The old lintelling arrangement, eh? What's that then? Should I pin above to stop the house collapsing do you think? It looks solid enough to me to not have to pin, but I've never done anything like this so I'm probably not the right person to be hazarding wild guesses. Concrete...

Hello to all. I need to change the windows on a house I'm buying. The one in the link concerns me. http://www.diynot.com/network/Johnboy54/albums/ Is it ok not to have a lintel as that shows? If I remove the window, should I cross my fingers or pin the wall above? Should I install a...

Thank you very much, Norcon. I'm sorted now. Thanks. :D

Hello to all. I've bought a house where the previous owner dug down about a foot or more, taking the soil away. Then, he stored a small mountain of bricks on it for some reason. I reckon I could get rid of most of the bricks in the foot that's missing. I'd then get topsoil and turf it. Do you...

And thank you too, LeedsPlumber. :D

Thanks for that, Norcon. I probably didn't explain properly though what I meant by the 'run'. Which rads should I 'run' to first, and last I meant. And do you mean channel the walls out when you say track? Thanks again. :wink:

Hello to all. I'm intalling a new central heating system in my very empty house. No plaster and no ceilings yet. It will have 2 bedrooms and a bathroom between. The boiler will be on the landing opposite the bathroom. Downstairs (solid floors) will be a kitchen, then dining room, then...

Hello to all. Just bought a shell of a sandstone house. No plaster on any walls, which are solid with no cavity. Floors are concrete. All external walls I'll frame and insulate with 50mm Kingspan, then board. The party wall I'm going to dot and dab. Mainly cos I can do that, but can't plaster...

Thank you! Yours sincerely, The envelope pusher.

I can only direct you to this excellent site given to me in the plumbing forum. All distances are there. http://www.partsarena.com Good luck. John

This may or may not be good advice. I don't want to upset someone big enough to lift a 14 and half feet up and over door! I'd ask the person who did the drawing. Simple, I know, but then so am I. :wink: John

Have a look here - http://www.dyebrick.com/ Problem solved. John

I'd put a nice thin piece of ply/hardboard over it, with some nice moulded edging, and paint it the same colour as the rest of the wall. If you plaster/cement it in, the next poor soul who buys your house won't know the pipes are there. If you intend tiling the wall, tile straight over the...

Aw, c'mon guys! Only a sigh? I've said I won't bare bits that you can't show on Scarborough beach. Greased or otherwise. No naked dancing, except after chucking out time. Virgins? Who needs 'em? Not 72, anyway. Just the bleached blonde one will do. Or the beached blonde one. I'm not...

Thanks for all the advice. I'll pass it on to him, don't worry, cos I'm doing enough of that for all of you! I think I'll tell my dad to put his car on ebay. Much less stressful. :) Thanks again. John

Well, I'll agree to abide by the rules. Although, it's nothing like the cult I was in led by Sir David of Icke. Now, he is a cult of a man! Bit wierd as well if you ask me. Every time he saved someone he dived to his right? As part of my new journey, I have been to the wall and seen the...

When he's sober he's not bad. Seriously, I don't know. It's a lad I've known for 20 years that's always been a brickie. I know he's done a few jobs like this at least. I'll be there, so I'll make sure he goes steady. Thanks. John

Ok. No dancing naked. What about virgins? All cults have virgins. I'm one so that surely qualifies me? John