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    Lead (?) roof - vertical boiler flue

    I think your mark on the roof is not accurate - allowing for the wall thickness it will end up too close to the lead roll. Careful measuring is needed. It could be done through the roof - I could have , back in the day . Cut the hole having made the slate ready with a 25mm flange to go on the...
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    Boss fell into soil stack

    you need to open the manhole where the drain goes to - then put a piece of wood in the channel over the outlet - flush the wc until the boss floats down and stops against the wood . Pull iit out.
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    Opinions on this leadwork please

    are there more than 1 ?
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    Opinions on this leadwork please

    With a pre made back gutter you could diy . What ree is pontificating about is actually shaping a flat sheet of lead, by hitting it (bossing )
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    Way to stop upstairs neighbours flooding my garden?

    Take out the drain cover and let the water flush straight into the drain.
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    Do slotted isolating valves fail

    Pegler lever valves as opps says(y)
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    Opinions on this leadwork please

    perhaps you can link to the exact video so we can all see how a National Treasure does a bad example ?
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    Drilling into VERY HARD concrete

    Well you could do what I had to in the 70's as an apprentice - Rawlplug tool+ club hammer then a go with a " hammer drill " up a ladder with 240v. extension lead snaking up the ladder :eek:
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    Airlock Cold water

    ask them - I don't think there will be - it's leasehold because flats always are
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    Bends in soil pipe (horizontal plane)

    can wc go on the outside wall ?
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    Rain water dripping on window sill

    can you post a link to these ?
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    Pipe slice prices

    Now if you had invented the slice and patented it .....................
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    Plumber flooded loft

    and if the washers have got lost in the plumber's box he'd use hemp+paste;)
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    WC soil connector leaking (Ed.)

    That is the correct fitting - go for it
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    Sink waste help for a big old armitage shanks porcelain sink

    Fittted up with asylum tiles round it - it'll look a treat :eek:
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    Old toilet leaking

    you don't need that - for a quick bodge/ seal wrap denso tape round the joint. Old pan, old fix
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    Rust oleum kitchen cupboard paint or Zinsser all coat ?

    As title what would you experts recommend for fake wood foil covered doors ?
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    Hot water temp is 40 Degrees - Ideal Mexico 2 Boiler

    worth a try turning them off - take a chance . Or try turning the pump off and seeing what happens - the thermosyphon( gravity) circulation may do something on it's own .
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