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Thanks Robbie, too late tho :) Just leting everyone know it's worked fine so far....My scouring pad worked fine for a good key apparently, combined with the gritty ****e on the roof already. Natures sand paper, awesome.

Well I went and scrubbed the Aluminium with some water and washing up liquid, rinced it off and made sure it was dry. It seems to have worked fine...

It is dangrous, but sometimes a man has to do what a man has to do. Listen to these people. They talk sense... I wouldn't want to screw you or a lecky cable, both of those are a certainy. Undermining the stregth of your joists is a given, given your situation you have no other option, so...

Quite right, depending on who's watching haha. But yes a big no-no.

And the joiner has a laugh pouring water down the soil pipe whilst the plumber's under the floor connecting the other end.... :o

If it doesn't have to be that special you can easily tackle the floor yourself for starters and see how you go after that I'd reckon. Just remove what old floor you can, get your DPC down where possible and a barrow or two of concrete should see that looking alot more pleasing. As Doggit...

Hi there, that's some project Dan :) The soil pipe goes up then down as standard, that's the U bend that keeps the water in the toilet and acts as a smell barrier to stop those nasty whiffs coming up from the sewer. It does seem funny it coming out of the side instead of at the back but you say...

I'm in agreement with Mike, I'd suggest cutting the cables and drilling cable holes a suitable safe distance into the joists to avoid being caught by any fixing screws. You can buy cable junction boxes very cheaply you can attach to the joists, these should be fireproof to a degree and much...

Hi there folks, I have purchased a tin of Acrypol and want to apply it to an aluminium roof. Of course on the tin it says 'special care must be made in preparing aluminium' and then says refer to the company for details. I've searched all over the place and can't for the life of me find any...