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Ok this has my head banging, although tired so hard to think straight at the minute. I have 15mm copper pipe it need to connect to 3/8 copper pipe. Can anyone link me to a compression fitting for a female end for 15mm pipe to male end for 3/8 pipe. This BSP and metric with imp has got me head...

I was wondering the thoughts on if a suspended concrete floor in a 50 year old Ex council house would take the weight of a water tank sat as in the pathetic pic i have drawn below, it will weigh around 2500kg, so around 1 1/2 pallet of bricks, sat right up to the three walls. the footing go down...

I am building a fish tank that is an L shape and weighs around 6000kg base size is each leg 10x4.5 foot from back corner. what thickness slab would i need to go for, the overhang shall i call it ( beyond the tank base ) will be 200mm ? I am thinking 6inch with rebar aswell. any help...

Hi all, after years of wanting a decent size fish tank and running out of paces in the house due the size and weight of them i have decided to convert the con`y i built about 3 years ago into an extension and extend the cony/extension in to the workshop i built onto the back of the house, i am...

We have a 10sqm con`y i built about 3 years ago and now i want to convert it into a extension and extend the area to another 12sqm, fo this i will be needing planning permission as oit will be extended 5sqm towards a highway, also reason i had to get PP for the con`y in the first place. Now i...

A few years ago i fitted a stove in our con`y, now we want one for the front room as we think they are great. I ahve been reading about fitting them on the internet and info says you should get a registered person to fit them properly, what is the difference from the double lined flue i have...

I have a conservatory that i want to remove one front window side and then i can fit a door so i can use it to build a car, kit car type. It has plannin permission and has a external door joining the house to it. Do you think i will have to get planning to use it in this way?

I hope this is the correct section, sorry if not. For a start, all best for the new year folks Not that i am in the spirit now, after one hell of a bad year with having eye surgery, then a virus then fracturing my foot then whip lash this had to just finish it bloody off Yesterday i...

Hi all, i am going to buy a new Mig welder as the one i have getting on a bit and the one i am after is bigger at 200amp, now i need to go upto a 16amp supply towards the standard 13 amp socket i am using now. I have an old cooker socket as in the pic below My work shop is behind the...

Hi all, a while ago i built ourselves a con`y, now we have been using a calor fire, not the best i know, but we have got a multi fuel stove to fit in there. Now i built the con`y as a separate unit from the house ( left in the external grade french doors from the house into the con`y) Now...

This has come from another thread, just curious as already built one with a dwarf wall. If there was a consevatory to be built with either a full height in glass or say the lower 70cm in upvc how would it be kept from damp/condensation. Also kept at a useable temp in colder time of the year...

Hi all, i am ready to insulate the cony now as soon as the sparky has finmished the electrics and i have finished the plumbing of the 2 radiators. I have been reading about the insulation for the single skin wall to the out side, not the house wall, now as i see it there is no point in...

Hi all, i have just built a con`y and i have the power from a spur from the upstairs ring which i used for the workshop i had, now i have the idea of fitting a 6 way fuse box from the spur to run the cony and another work shop, i will only be running a TV etc, small power tools and pond setup...

Hi all me again :D Now as i am on a budget i am considering going with a joist floor in the conservatory (can save over £100 doing this than concrete) , but ,as always theres a but, what would you suggest for insulating the floor, if its worth it also? I am going single skin dwarf wall (...

I am getting the materials togwether for my conservatory and was wonder about what to use for the base, well infact if i can use ash like in the old days for flagging etc, i can get a load of it that i have used before with flagging and block paving but will it be ok for use above the...

Thought i should say hello to you all as just joined the forum.......so Hello :D I plan to be about for a while as i ahve got a few things on the go which i started a few weeks ago and a lot to come soon, i have a few weeks of nrom this friday so the plan is to buy a gazebo....due to british...