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The copings fixed using standard mortar I presume that bit is down to the builders. Either end of the railing is built into the pier or bolted to the house, also the railings arent as tall as in the picture.

Thanks all, the coping is 5" deep so not even drilling half way and I have a jig to keep the drill vertical. As long as I mark up correctly and offer the railings up before hand it should be ok . . . .

Yep :D Its been done once or twice before over the last century how hard can it be . . . . . Only drilling down 50mm so slow and steady should be ok without splitting the coping??

Morning all I have made some metal railings that I am wanting to fix into the coping stones. I understand that traditionally once the railings were fitted into the holes that the holes would then be back filled with molten lead. I dont fancy messing about with molten lead. Apparently a resin...

Hi Yes the source of the damp has been sorted months ago.

Hi all Last winter we had a few damp marks appear around the chimney breast at the top of the wall and coving in a first floor room. I have tried to seal it so I can paint over and have used Zissner BIN which didnt work and then Dulux Damp Seal Primer and Undercoat. Both have had a couple of...

Nice one thanks, I was too caught up trying to find an isolation valve to do the job rather than the straight forward option.

So if I come out of the 15mm isolation valve to another piece of 15mm then the coupler?

Hi all I have a 3/8th's compression fitting from a coffee machine that I need to connect to a 15mm pipe. There is a 15mm isolation valve in there at the moment but the only 15mm - 3/8ths isolation valve I have is a flat face on the 3/8ths side. Wasnt really game to try the fitting on a flat...

Great thanks for the info

Morning all We are decorating a downstairs room. I removed the old wallpaper which just pulled off in full sheets It has left patches of old paint behind in places and others it is down to bare plaster. Do I need to remove all the old paint or just the edges that are flaky? I will be...

Cheers Terry I was wondering if that might be the case but plumbing is not my thing and the valves are behind a cupboard so didn't want to go raving it all out if it might be something else a bit more accessible. Thanks for the info

Morning all, hope you had a good Christmas. Gas heating system with hot water tank upstairs. Hot water is set for three times a day, morning, lunch and tea time. We don't use loads of hot water but now and again in a morning the water is only tepid. It's after the hot water should have been...

A bit of help please We have a chimney breast in out Victorian house that needs a bit of repointing here and there. As it's an internal wall would it be OK to use regular mortar or do I need to use a lime based mortar? Cheers

Thanks for the info oldbutnotdead, we put the lintel in as it just had a thin piece of metal in. The only reason we took the plaster off was because it had blown and a chunk came off when we took the old mdf mantel off. I am not overly worried about it but that is because I don't know enough...

Hahah yeah thanks for that and trust me I wish I hadn't. It's has stood for 170 years and hasn't fallen down yet although we do get some cracking in the plaster on the other side and on the floor above to but nothing major it just doesn't make sense why they would do the left hand side properly...

Evening, in the process of replacing an open fire with a wood burner and the plaster was stripped off the breast. We have found that the back wall of the fire doesn't look like it's tied in to the rest of the fire place and wall and the right hand side of the breast isn't tied in either. Any...

Hey Doggit This is purely for the structre not the actual oven itself, the oven will be made using 42gd firebricks and fireproof cement which will take heat up to 1600 degrees. This is the site I will be getting my oven bits from www.kilnlinings.co.uk

Great thanks very much

Hi Tom, thanks for the info, the concrete blocks will be round the back and underneath so they wont be seen at all. Someone had said that they werent suitable for outside use due to them taking on water and not doing well in the winter. The oven will take about an hour and a half to get up to...