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Evening all I have a house built out of red brick in 1896 and I need to build an external section of wall where I am blocking a doorway up. The beds on the building are tiny (maybe 5mm) and the original mortar is quite a dark grey, almost charcoal. I suspect when the house was built they used...

Thanks - I didn't think this cold be used on underground drainage pipes but I have some to hand I can try.

Evening all, I need to apply a patch to the top of an underground drainage pipe and I am looking for some advice. At some point in the past someone has cut a small panel in the top of one of the sewer pipes that go to my sceptic tank. I have a section of the same pipe I can cut a patch from...

Hi all, I am building a bathroom in the corner of my downstairs hallway. It has one outside wall, with a window in, one internal brick wall and 2 stud walls. Inside the 2 stud walls I have insulated (mostly for soundproofing purposes) with 100mm insulation board. The question is where I have...

Any advice appeciated.

Hi all, In my bathroom I am using 12mm tile backer board (cement base I believe) as the background within the shower area. I want to tape and seal the joints and also where the tray will come up against the board. Can any one recommend the best tape and sealer please? I have seen people using...

Thanks all, that is really useful.

The joint under the stairs is the one I am concerned about I can't reroute it so I don't have any choice but to put a bend in and this will be under the floor under the stairs.

Hi all, I am connecting to a new drain from a new downstairs bathroom. As the drain comes out of the toilet it will need to turn by 45 degrees, travel 2 metres or so, turn another 45 degrees, travel another couple of metres and then go into a new manhole that is part of the new drainage I have...

Thanks - tried this and the pump locked up (I assume it is acting just like an electric magnet) - whch I assume points at the capacitor.

Thanks - if I bypassed the capacitor by just joining the 2 wires that went to it would this work as a test? I would expect to at least get the motor to spin up momentarily.

Hi all, Maybe a bit of a long shot but wondered whether anyone had any advice on what might be up with my submersible pump. It just buzzes and no longer spins. I have stripped it and there is nothing seized, no water inside etc. It has a run capacitor and that appears to test OK (shows no...

Hi, This will all be below ground. I had some drainage guys out in a bunch of drains including a manhole that has been put in ready for the new downstairs loo to connect to. So there will be a drain going (underground) from the new bathroom to the manhole. They are at 90 degrees to each other...

Hi I need to connect on to a new drain that is at 90 degrees from the outlet of a new toilet position. The drain is a fair distance away, maybe 12 metres, but since I don't want to dig right across an existing conservatory can I connect with a 90 degree bend? Maybe a long turn elbow? Thanks D

Yes - it is solid pine but as you say its glued in blocks - sheets are 2400 by 600. Best way to join the rails?

Yes, the back panel will be solid pine as opposed to ply. Thanks D

Hi all, I am planning on making wall panelling for my hallway. I have worked out the sizes and the number of panels etc and I have decided to make them out of pine. Some of the panels will be circa 2.4m tall and the rails will be 95mm. My plan was (is still maybe) to basically build the rails...

Hi all, I have old quarry tiles down most of which is covered by bitumen/asphalt at about 30mm depth. Since I have just removed the stairs I need a high build self leveller to cover where the stairs used to be (they were sat directly on top of the old quarries). Can anyone recommend a self...

Thanks for the options and yes, I will postback once all is up and running. Regards D