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Greetings everyone. I wish to convert one of my property's ground level open gullies (connected to main foul drainage) for external soil stack pipe use but I understand that the base of a soil stack has to be a rest bend, not a trap. So, if I replace the existing trap with a new rest bend...

Hello, Is there such a boiler available on the market? Considering to put a combi boiler in the kitchen (downstairs) but I want pipes that go up, not down, as the bathroom is located upstairs. I want to keep the hot water pipe lengths as short a possible - the shorter the better. I think...

I will be replacing some underground drainage pipes from the gulley outside my kitchen to the manhole. I'm thinking to buy traditional glazed clay pipes (mortar joint) as the 100-year old company WT Knowles still manufacture them. After researching online and books I found out that tarred...

Hello, I wish to install a cast iron cooker in the inglenook in my kitchen. However, the brick arch lintel is too low, so I need to raise it. The house was built around 1880. Below are 2 photos. In the second photo, there appears to be 'mini-lintel' made from stone (blue arrow), at 90 degrees...

Hello, I'm looking for a cast-iron cooker (gas) but not sure which one to buy. Would appreciate all the advice. According to the article below (see link below), not every cast iron range cooker works in the same way, some are stored heat cookers (atmospheric burner), others are Forced draught...

The only thing I don't like about combi's is latency. It takes about a minute for the hot water to arrive and another half-a-minute for the temperature to stabilize. This is the reason why I've been thinking about other types like conventional open-vented or thermal stores with PHE but from...

I recently purchased an old property (built in circa 1880). The original ceiling of lath & lime plaster is still there in all rooms but unfortunately they've been overboarded by white plasterboard. I understand that gypsum is pink, so does white plasterboard mean asbestos? I have a strange...

Hello, I recently purchased some antique ceiling roses (bakelite material). Inside there's only 2 terminals, so where do I connect the earth cable to?

I've just been reading a book titled "Central Heating" written by Patrick Mitchell. It's a really good book with lots of information I must say. On page 48 and 49, an example is mentioned: "the water in the mass storage tank is heated indirectly by hot water from the boiler passing through a...

https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/does-anyone-know-if-archie-kidd-are-still-trading.458321/#post-3639388 Hi, my first post. I'm confused by the thread above. Who passed away? I think the founder was Archie Kidd whereas Adam Kidd was his son, wasn't he? Are both deceased now? I wish to buy a...