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    Problem roof.

    Just wondering if anyone has any good ideas for the roof below. Extension built years ago. At the time the guy done away with the downpipe of the main house and seems to have redirected the water to a small diamater downpipe on the extension roof. Currently its going down to the flatroof...
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    Moulde gutters

    Hi. Wondering if anyone can help. Needing to replace cast iron guttering attached pic if any help. Usually replace most gutters but never replaced ones like these before. They,ve had a few people out to look at them but no ones came back after seeing it. So kind of hoping i can get it sorted...
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    Ventilating a mansard roof

    Anyone ideas of the best way of going about it. Apparently the room above....is sweating and needs ventilated. Not seen the job yet but assuming the house above is habited. There wanting me to put roof vents in the side of the vertical roof. Without knowing much about mansard roofs...
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    Soil pipe - small diameters

    No sure if its any good in here...but will give it a go anyway. Said I,d replace a piece of soil pipe for a customer whilst doing a roof repair assuming it would be a quick easy job. Fast forward to about twenty different plumber merchants later without success. Problem is the pipe goes from...
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    Plastic to cast iron guttering

    Wondering if anyone's got any ideas. Got the job of connecting new plastic guttering onto the neighbors existing cast guttering. i know there's adaptors for it. The only problem being is the neighbours existing cast iron guttering is 150mm wide. Wanting to change the other one to 150mm...
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    Type of tile

    Bit of a long shot. But anyone got an idea of what type of tile this is in the picture attached. A builders left it like that and has now went missing. Need to fit a new flashing for the customer and tile around it. Only problem is not sure where I,ll get tiles like that from. Not due to...
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    Flat roofing round roof outlets

    Needing help guys, i m a roofer that mainly does pitched roofing, done a bit flat roofing but only when needs must and has always been straight forward roofs i.e with no outlets. My mate wants me to felt round 3 outlets for him and to be honest i m not that sure how it's done. Think he's doing...
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    boiler problems

    hey all needing some advice. Boiler not working waiting on some part thats been ordered and is not in use at the minute. Just not sure if i should be switching the water supply off and draining the taps or not incase the pipes freeze and burst. Have been using 2 heaters to heat my house at...
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    plain tile pipe terminal

    Hi all needing to get my hands on a plain tile pipe terminal not sure if thats the right name but its for an oven extractor fan the pipe is coming through the loft wanting to connect this pipe to some kind of tile just not too sure what type of tile is needed and where to get it. Any help...
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    counter batten nails

    Hi all wondering if anyone can tell me the best size for counter batten nails i am using 65mm for the tile battens and 50mm for the tiles but not sure the size of counter batten nail needed cheers
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    modern and stonewold

    Hey all got a question for one of the experts about to start tiling a roof with marley modern tile however the 4 tile vents that i have are for redland mini stonewold will these vents fit just the same. I know that there is a slight size difference between modern and stonewold a couple of mm...
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    slates

    Hi all about to start a job on monday involving cement fibre slates am i right in thinking these need to be battened and centre nailed the guy i m doing them for wants them head nailed onto the boarding but i m pretty sure they need to be battened and centre nailed any help appreciated. Thanks...
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    forth roof tiles

    Hi replacing what i think are duo-plain concrete tiles however they are 380mm wide not sure if these are still made or not think the standard width of marley, redland etc duo plains are 330mm wide. Have looked at the back of the tile which have forth on the back does anyone know where i would...
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    Double nailed roof tiles

    hi all hows things just looking for a bit of advice replacing around 20 broken duoplain tiles which are located all over the roof - very large roof. Usually would be a simple enough job however all tiles have been double nailed just wondering the best way to tackle the job. Thanks
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    upvc fascia

    Hi all about to fit upvc fascia on my home looks a straight forward enough job but there is a few pipes sticking out the old fascia just going to cap over but wondering how to cut the upvc round the pipes accurately and with what Thanks
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    roof cleaning

    Hi all just about to get round to cleaning my roof as it is currently covered in moss. Was wondering if anybody could recommend a suitable pressure washer for the job and what product i can get to seal the tiles and where could i purchase this from. Thanks
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    Roof paint

    Hi All Wondering if anyone knew where to get good quality roof paint for concrete tiles done some searching on the internet but so far no luck What is the procedure for roof painting do you pressure wash off the moss or is there any products that can be sprayed on that anyone can...
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