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I've got a cotswold stone wall that has been pointed with a very orange sand and looks terrible. is there something on the market that can lighten the colour? I once had a new house where the bricks didn't match and the buiders painted something on them to reduce the difference. Can anyone help...

white or brown bread? :roll: Thanks for all the replies. I reckon it will have to be cement -just in case.

Thanks for that. Its on 22mm chipboard

Is there an alternative to using cement to sit a shower tray tray on? Can anyone explain why cement is always stipulated on the fitting instructions please. Surely wouldnt a 15mm bed just crumble in time? Thanks in advance

Thanks a lot for that, saved a flood!

I want to extend the chromed fitting from radiator to TRV. Can i solder with an end feed straight coupling, the chrome bit one side, copper the other?

Mine definitely hasnt got that :(

Thanks. I'll have a go at that tomorrow hopefully.

sorry for the delay, computer packed up! unfortunately its too high for my ladder to reach to check the flaunching. We have just had 3 days of very high winds and today the wall has dried out, the first time it hasnt been actually damp to the touch for months. The fire has been used every day so...

Hmm. That gets me thinking, I wonder if they actually put the vermiculite in then? I presume the condensation forms on the outside of the flue (soory but I dont know anything about this). would the be enough to sit on the register plate and just seep round in th eplaster? :(

Thanks for your replyNige. I did wonder about the false wall idea myself. Isnt the double skin flue insulated enough to stop condensation?.

I could clear up the mess OK but is the vermiculite just there for insulation as per building regs?

Good theory. I don't think its salts in the stone work, there is no powdery stuff but it is actually wet. Suppose I cut a vent hole in one side of the register plate and get rid of the vermiculite? OK so I'd loose some heat but I'd rather have a dry wall.

It was fitted at the beginning of summer. There was never any damp on the breast before so I am guessing that it must be as a result of the work.

My view is that if he knew the problem he wouldnt have caused it in the first place.

I've had a log burner professionally fitted in an existing big victorian fireplace. They fitted a register plate, lined the chimney with twinwall flue and put vermiculite in the space. Ever since, there is a damp patch on one side of the fireplace about level with the register plate. Can someone...

Thanks for the idea, problem is that access is nearly impossible to get a strap round

solvent weld unfortunately :(

I've got a 32mm plastic wastepipe going into a stack pipe but I want to replace it with a 40mm to take a shower waste. Any sugestions on the best way to remove the 32mm where it fits in the boss. Or could I connect the shower to the existing 32mm pipe? is it big enough to take the water flow...

Thanks for that, thats what Ill do. Cheers