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Don't ask me why, but I'd really like to replace a close-coupled cistern with a separate cistern, which could be set further back and say 6" to a foot higher. Is this possible?

I am definitely not a time-served man ... but if you've fixed an air leak, I would just slacken off the last flare nut at the engine delivery and turn the engine over until diesel spurts out. That ought to bleed all the air from the system and it should run fine.

Owain, that's the plan, a vented pipe inside the house next to the new pan. Glad you reckon it'll work, I really don't like the idea of a macerator. John: both ... between the joists, under the ceiling, down an inside corner, out through the 2' thick solid stone wall and along an extension to...

I want to fit a toilet, and the soil pipe will need 4 horizontal right angles and one vertical drop halfway along the length, 10metres away from the soil stack - That's the only logical way I can see to fit it. As long as I fit a few rodding points, will this work or do I need a macerator?

thanks -I'll be back when I think of another excuse to put it off for...

Following on from all this ...I suppose I ought to re-wire my old cables -all of them cross joists in notches & I don't want to weaken joists -this house is about 250 years old- does anyone know where I can get suitable metal plates as mentioned by Simon_d?

uh oh... many thanks for this Chris, but did you see what happened last time someone suggested silicone for this? (stir, stir) I've tried silicone before for watertight sealing on this sort of thing -waited 20 mins for solvent evaporation & re-tightened assemblies before putting into use, &...

I know this topic has been covered extensively (!) before, but here's a new angle, I think... I fitted a close coupled cistern with an opella torbeck siphon (internal oveflow with dual pushbutton), & a new bracket + a big solid (not foam)doughnut washer -no leaks at first then the next day a...

Squeek asks how to mix up sugar solution to remove old grout from tiles. Quote from my earlier post: "...in case this helps anyone else whose excess grout hasn't completely cured yet (could be weeks after the job was done) -a couple of hours soak with a sugar solution softens the grout. Large...

...in case this helps anyone else whose excess grout hasn't completely cured yet (could be weeks after the job was done) -a couple of hours soak with a sugar solution softens the grout. Large bits should then be removed with a sharpened block of hardwood, & then scrub the rest with a nylon...

I upgraded the lighting circuit to 2.5mm, seeing as I was insulating the ceiling. I copied the original layout, then I put up my plasterboard, fibre glass insulating wool, & for good measure battened & t&grooved over the plasterboard. Somewhere beneath all this there's a fault in the run...

Thanks Breezer -I really didn't fancy all that boring out through 2 18" thick stone walls before I got to the extension where our sewage is based...

This could be fun... the missus wants an en-suite loo, & the pipe is a fair distance away. Could I get away with about 20' run to a vertical, then another run for about 15' , & round a corner to the pipe which is about another 10' away?

I'm refitting our bathroom, & thinking of replacing the old immersion heater with a condensing boiler & putting some heating into this giant fridge. Yes I'd get it all certificated!!! -Can anyone tell me how to calculate the btu capacity so I buy the right boiler, & what the minimum distance...

I just bought a 2nd hand resin bath/jacuzzi. I went to help remove it & it had 2 sets of breeze blocks with plaster slopped on them as suppport for the main bath...

Thanks very much to all of these! One problem is that some kind soul has sealed up (concrete) the air gap at the rear of the house, which is an extension of the original roofline. I guess that anything I do to remedy that will probably damage the tiles, while (maybe) saving the timbers -which...

I'm so pleased I'm not the only one to have done it that way first time. I ached for days, & serve me right for not finding out properly 1st time!

What a smart uh...boy am I! Better than setting fire to my house tho' -not to mention my hard work... does anone know how to calculate the correction factors -or it about right to just double the cable size? This is just for the lighting wire in a flat-roofed bathroom -it's freezing in there...

I'd be grateful for some advice on siting an extractor fan in my bathroom. I've a flat roof over, & the leaflet advises horizontal inlet & outlet through a soffit. I'm thinking of siting them vertically, going through a WIDE cavitied (about 8") wall -which I also want to insulate. Should I...