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A stupid question I know... Say I want to use a brand new 2/3 metre length of copper tube. Are you supposed to trim the pipe ends with a pipe cutter, deburr them etc. to get 'good ends' or is the idea that you just use them straight out of the pack without trimming them down? The reason I ask...

I would do, but then some of my mice friends from the fields around here might make me regret it.

Thanks both. I feel a bit stupid now for missing toolstation. That's assuming for you :)

I know this is such a random request.. but I'm about to start some replumbing and could do with approx 20m of 22mm copper pipe but in 3m lengths. I need 3m lengths because I'm going to be installing some of the pipework in fairly inaccessible places (false walls etc.) where leaks from joints...

Hi I'm part re-plumbing my house having had an ancient cast iron supply pipe replaced with MDPE recently. My question is after the main stoptap, how much space do you need to leave between it and items such as the prv, drain cock etc. The instructions for the prv (a Reliance 312) say to leave...

That's great to know. What did you use to seal the frame against the 'backside' of the external brickwork? I've seen this on YouTube that looks good....

Hi oldbutnotdead Here's the too long answer.. Originally the property had sash windows installed, but these have long since been taken out. We've still got one of the original windows in a cellar though so you can see what they looked like. When the sashes were still there, a few inches of...

Hi Would anyone know how to remove the sash from a WHS Halo tilt and turn unit? It doesn't seem as obvious (to me) as other tilt and turn profiles with external hinges. An example window looks like.

Hi I have some WHS halo windows where the outside of the frame has a profile for fixing cleats or frame extenders to. So the outside of the frame looks like: My question is say I want to fit expanding foam tape (Compriband TP600 or similar) around the perimeter of the window frame instead of...

This is amazing info Ronnie. I owe you a beer :)

That's really helpful. Cheers Do you reckon you'd lose much heat through the gap? I was thinking of putting some expanding foam tape in the extender but I bet that's harder than it sounds

Hi Just a random query. Say you have a upvc window that requires frame addons/extenders because they've been measured 'wrong'. Does it look cr*p (from outside) if you can see the joint between the actual frame and extenders after the window has been installed? Thanks

Just an update... I've decided to go with something like Retrofitting Water Butts - Slow The Flow (https://slowtheflow.net/retrofitting-water-butts/). In short this involves: Chopping the existing gutter downpipe, running it into the top of a water butt instead of the ground. Fitting an...

Sorry I should have said... I'm already in the middle of changing the guttering so this no longer happens.

Hi I recently posted on the 'Roofing and guttering' board for help with the guttering on my front porch. In short since the porch was built 30 years ago, the gutter downpipe on it has just emptied onto the garden rather than into a drain. This is a distance of approx 75cm away from the front...

The missus was all up for getting a water butt and so we were planning to buy a small 100 litre one to setup as a test. I was thinking 100l might only be enough to last a couple of hours in heavy rain so realistically we'd need at least two (probably loads of them) for them to be useful. As per...

I agree re the faff and the cost. The problem is the boundary of my front garden is only 2.3m from the front wall of the house. So say I did a mini soakaway and the soakaway was 500mm across, the distance from the soakaway to the outer wall of the house would be less than 2m. Although 2m would...

Just an update... I spoke to my neighbour who owns the alley/ginnel and *unbelievably* they don't have a problem with me running my guttering along it. It's like Christmas come early in a boring adult way. The only problem is my neighbour has the condensate pipe from his boiler, running in...

I think the neighbour owns the alleyway and it's within the boundary of his property. IMHO it would only be a flying freehold if I (or someone else other than my neighbour) owned the alleway. But relations with that neighbour have always been 'strained' so I would rate my chances of him...

I would agree, but then my experience is based on just one single ERA multipoint lock unit :) So I had a go yesterday... I removed a handful of the philips screws and levered enough of the lower section of the faceplate out to get to the rusty bits. What I found is that rust has taken hold of...