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    What part do I need to raise this gully?

    Thanks that is very helpful!
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    What part do I need to raise this gully?

    I've been left with a gully that isn't high enough for the level of our patio, see photo. It needs to go up roughly another 200mm. The end of the gully is male, going into a socket in the pipe below: The gully is made by Aquaflow. The pipe diameter is 160mm. I can't seem to find a...
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    Going from round to square downpipe

    Ah ha! Thank you so much!
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    Going from round to square downpipe

    Ah right, got you. So the narrow end of the round socket is less than 68mm because it has to slot inside the standard round pipes. Worth a try!
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    Going from round to square downpipe

    OK. What's weird is that you can buy these square-into-round adapters everywhere, but it looks like round-into-square does not exist. OK might try that, thanks.
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    Going from round to square downpipe

    That seems like it might work. I guess the hopper might look a bit odd down there (and my kids will probably dump leaves and soil into it!) but at least all the connections would be working like they should. So could be a workable solution. So it seems like people think the round to square...
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    Going from round to square downpipe

    But I don't think the narrow end of the round socket will fit over the square pipe (because on the diagonal the square pipe is wider than 68mm) or inside the square pipe (because on the smallest edge the square pipe is less than 68mm)?
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    Going from round to square downpipe

    Yep, bodging it is the idea. The underground drain there is a clay pipe and I don't really have the budget to ask the builders to dig it all up to replace that whole thing. So I'm trying to double-check that using the adapter I mentioned above is a feasible way to bodge it.
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    Going from round to square downpipe

    I've got square pipe sticking up from the ground, cemented in. And putting in new downpipe which I want to be round. I've seen these square-to-round adapters which are always shown with the square bit at the top. I assume they can be used either way around, I wasn't sure if there might be a...
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    Flat roof: ambient roof system with ventilation on the warm side?

    He said to me the idea is that you have ventilation of the void above the plasterboard but not a lot of ventilation. So I am guess more of a trickle vent kind of arrangement, certainly less than you'd want in a cold roof. As I said, it doesn't really make sense to me as a solution. I'm mainly...
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    Flat roof: ambient roof system with ventilation on the warm side?

    No standards. Doesn't seem to make a lot of sense to me as I said. But just struck me as strange that 2 separate builders mentioned the same idea. One said he had been building roofs like that for years...
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    Flat roof: ambient roof system with ventilation on the warm side?

    I've now had a couple of builders suggest to me the idea of an 'ambient' roof system for a flat roof, where you ventilate on the warm side. The idea apparently is that you have your insulation tight underneath the deck, then a gap underneath that, then plasterboard ceiling. This cavity above the...
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    New EPDM flat roof with patches

    Good idea. I will raise it with the builders. Thanks.
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    New EPDM flat roof with patches

    Good point, I hadn't really noticed that. The rubber apparently has a fleece backing which makes it more robust, I wonder if that will help with the tiles sitting on it? I'm not sure what I can get them to do at this point, since the height of the roof is set. Unless they were able to somehow...
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    New EPDM flat roof with patches

    Thank you! At least that is somewhat reassuring :)
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    New EPDM flat roof with patches

    Thanks. Yeah I noticed the lumpiness too, strange. So the bond being like a welded joint presumably means that it might not matter too much if the edges lift slightly, there's still going to be a significant amount of bonded material and it shouldn't continue lifting off further over time.
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    New EPDM flat roof with patches

    Just got a new EPDM flat roof installed by a professional. I'm looking at it and I know nothing about rubber roofs. I see these patches at the corner of the roof light and another long one. I guess this is normal to make the rubber fit around the raised portion of the roof light? What I...
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    Making my garage warmer: covering holes in lintel

    Hmm, maybe. But it is an integrated garage (with direct access from the kitchen), so the roof is warm, as are 2 of the walls. So doesn't seem too much of a stretch to insulate. But yeah, the floor is a heat sink. We also have a really nice, very expensive Miele freezer that we bought a few years...
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    Making my garage warmer: covering holes in lintel

    Think I'm going to fill it with expanding foam then cover the holes with a panel. Then once I've fitted a door with a proper seal, at least I won't have the north wind blowing directly into the garage space. I'm pretty sure that is making it colder! More insulation on the other walls will need...
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    Making my garage warmer: covering holes in lintel

    We have an integrated double garage which has no insulation, and lots of gaps down the sides of the garage doors, etc. Gets very cold and dusty. Since I want to relocate the freezer in there, I need to raise the temperature and make the space generally nicer and cleaner. Was starting to...
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