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Found some questionable joins of pvc to clay in the sewer around my 1970s built extension. The 6 inch clay pipes are just broken out (quite neatly) at the side with the 4 inch pvc inserted in. Seems to have worked for 50 odd years. This got me wondering, did the pvc to clay adaptors (Fernco...

Does anyone have experience in fitting precast concrete sills in to old walls built from single block. In this case it is 9 inch hollow block (cavity block), but similar in principle to solid block I guess. This is a retrofit window and cills will need to match existing which overhang perhaps...

My fireplace and chimney is built from 4 inch blocks. The gather to support the flue is just two angled blocks resting on the first layer of block below the lintel as in the diagram. I haven't figured out what holds these up yet. It could be a pre-cast gather but it looks like block. I want to...

Previous owner once painted or stained the facing bricks a deep red and the mortar a bright white. It looks like a 1980s door-to-door salesman job as a few other properties have a similar stain. It looks awful but the original brick underneath is a more traditional orange colour judging by the...