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Thank you. Any suggestions for something similar I can screw into brick?

I'm planning to use these hinges with a large 1.4m heavy wooden gate. My worry though is that I'm going into brick, newly built brick pillars with steels. With the holes being so close to each other, will the brick blow? I was thinking of using some 120mm masonry screws to get into to the back...

Thanks. Does steel need treating in some way? Thinking I beam or just some square section.

A 6 brick around and 2 in the middle

Sorry :confused: 45cm 2 foot deep pour to about 3 inches below ground level for 2 courses of engineering bricks. Solid pour for and between the two pillars.

Thanks. Doing a 45mm pour just below ground level then engineering bricks. Another builder friend that was going to do an 8 brick now says it should have a steel to prevent it falling. Maybe .akes the job quicker too? If I do go for a steel does it need coating, do you know?

Seems mad - ! Hoping some experience can help. Got a wooden pedestrian gate about 115cm wide and 180 high. I can pick it up by myself. I'm replacing the 100mm x 100mm wooden post it was hung on with a 2-brick pier. Actually it will be solid, with 8 bricks per course. I've read in a few...

I'm replacing some rotten trim at the bottom of a large wooden window. It's taken off some of the butyl tape. Do I need to replace this or can I remove all the butyl tape lever gap and fill with low modular silicon?

Awesome! Thanks.

should I clamp the wood and slowly route the clamping piece and the stripwood?

Hi. I'm having to replace an 80cm piece of stripwood in part of a window. The wood is 15mm square but has a 5mm corner taken out. I've a router and square base bits but how can I route this please? Any ideas?

Without changing the compression nut on the pipe?

Hi I've noticed that my lockshield valve va has been leaking. The construction doesn't seem to have a bonnet that I could tighten up and the only replacement I can find are half inch by 15 mm. Presumably I can replace the 1/2 inch on the pipe with 15 mil but then I'll be putting an olive in the...

Cheers. Wonder if I can just turn a £1 air duster can from poundland upside down to freeze! :D (do not do. Not advice. Just noticed...)

Thanks. To be honest I'm still scared to freeze pipes. Seen it push compression fittings right off in the winter! Will do the vacuum thing I think.

Hi. Quick question on changing an expansion tank. First one I've done but 17 rads on an 18 litre. Pretty sure the bags failed. Going to put a 25 litre on but can I close off with the valve underneath the tank connection? Or easier done with a quick drain and under vacuum please.

Hi. I've a ground floor toilet suddenly backing up badly. There's another toilet plus shower and sink on the floor above. It does drain eventually but the ground floor bath that connected onto it gurgles like crazy. Odd thing, on the stack there's a stadium aav. Nicely built into the wooden...

Any remarks on this plan please. OK? 1 Old celotex in the cavity leaving 100mm or so. 2 Remove high density bricks on block and beam 3 fill cavity over old celotex up to level of block and beam 4 dpm on top of fill and up side of outer leaf with overlap 5 upstand of celotex on out leaf 6...

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