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    Replacing lead pipe, identifying pipe material

    PICTURE: Hi All, I'm replacing the lead water mains in my house. The picture shows where the lead water mains meets a t-piece. I'm not sure what this is made of, it doesn't seem to be magnetic (just used a little fridge magnet). It's kind of a dull greyish colour, so doesn't look like copper...
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    Preparing Suspended Floor for tiling

    Hi, I'm looking for some advise as to how to go about putting in a suspended floor, with a view to it being tiled. Context: The joists will be C24 Timber (47mm x 150mm) with 480mm spacing between them and about 6.5 metres long (with 2 sleeper walls at 2 & 4 metres). They'll be in joist...
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    Preparing Fireplace/hearth for tiling

    Hi, I'm going to be redoing the brickwork and raising the arch on the old fireplace of what will be a kitchen (see pic). It will not be a working fire but will have an electric oven set in instead. I will then be tiling the hearth area. As you can see from the picture the hearth is a bit of a...
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    Advice on fireplace

    We would like to put a cooker with a ceramic hotplate (width: 900ml, depth: 670ml, height: 930ml) where this fireplace is now. Height of 930ml is about the first full course of bricks. From the door frame to the the other side of the chimney is 150cm. So should be plenty of space for cooker...
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