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Jim A

Thanks Steve - much appreciated

Jim A

Hello all........Can anyone advise me whether or not it is permissible for surface water to enter a foul water drain?.

Jim A

Thanks stoneyboy & rosebery - I'll try the SDS drill and angled chisel suggestion.

Jim A

Hello all. I need to remove all the wall tiles from a smallish kitchen. I've tried removing one tile to see how well they were stuck on, and it looks like whoever did it used plenty of adhesive - it came off in pieces with some wall plaster as well. So, I'd welcome any advice as to the easiest way o...

Jim A

Thanks AdamsHeating - I'll bear your advice in mind.

Jim A

Thanks everyone for your replies. Stoneyboy - You're saying exactly what another plumber told me several years ago. Spares are hard to come by, I had a devil of a job getting a replacement boiler stat recently. Norwich-plumber - It'a gas boiler, and I don't want to muck up the kitchen too much. I th...

Jim A

Good Morning All: I've finally decided that it's time to have my old Ideal-Standard floor standing boiler replaced - it's been working for the past 36 years with very few problems, but I suspect that it's efficiency is not very good compared with the latest condensing boilers. My present system is g...

Jim A

htg engineer, shelf, swidders & steve the gas..............Thanks to all of you for your helpful comments and advice. I'm going to cut out the damaged section, and insert a new piece of pipe using a couple of slip couplers. Thanks again!

Jim A

Thanks Stelf - is a slip coupler the same thing as an end feed coupler?.

Jim A

Thanks Stelf - the reason I didn't cut across the pipe where the hole was is because at that point it's sat in a notch cut in a joist. I suppose to make a better job of it, I would need to cut out the damaged section either side of the joist, and insert a new piece of pipe. I guess I'm looking for a...

Jim A

Thanks for that, htg engineer. There's no room to fit a compression fitting - the 28mm flow pipe runs alongside, and is almost touching, and I'm a bit worried that if I cut the pipe at the damaged point, I won't be able to seperate the pipe enough to fit a soldered coupler.

Jim A

Hello All, I'd appreciate any comments on the repair I made after stupidly putting a nail through the pipe:- I initially was going to cut out the damaged section, and replace it using a new section of pipe and two 28mm couplers. Finding that a 3m length of tube was going to cost the better part of £...

Jim A

I've had a problem with my gable end wall - the render had blown in quite a few places, so I'm having it all stripped off and re-rendered. I have been told that the problem may well have been caused by the application of too many coats of masonry paint over the years, which effectively sealed the wa...

Jim A

That's correct -thanks again tucny!

Jim A

Thanks htg engineer!. I'll try those suggestions of yours.

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