Thanks for all the suggestions. I'll look at the different types and prices of material available at B&Q and Wickes, and get started next time...
Ah, so those "brick walls with gaps" that hold the floors up are called "sleep walls". Mine have gaps that I can just about squeeze through, and...
I have access to the space beneath my ground floor and it occurred to me it might be worth insulating down there. There are joists under the...
I just crawled back out from under the house - I went down to look at the steel pipe and to see if there were any joints that could be used....
Wikipedia says lead-based solder melts at 183 C, whereas the lead-free varieties are around 20 C higher. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solder...
Excellent - sounds a lot more encouraging. I'll get the hatch off over the weekend and go down with a camera and look for a suitable joint to...
Razor69, yes the steel pipe is 1" outside diameter. I had assumed that since some neighbours have gas boilers and gas hob + gas ovens, we would...
mully123, there is space above the airing cupboard (it's in an extension off the back of the main house), but no reasonable way to get it from...
Forgot to say, the steel pipe is good condition - no corrosion at all, and it is suspended 40cm off the ground, through the brick foundation...
This is very useful. To answer some questions; yes, the steel pipe is definitely on my side of the meter - it comes into the front of the house...
Out of interest, is it permitted to use soldered copper joints for above-ground gas piping? I would have though the fire risk applied to solder...
Well thanks for all the info. The gas meter is on the front of the house, and I am proposing to get the spur added underneath the house - on my...
I'm considering getting a plumber in to make me a spur from my gas main supply, which is 1" steel pipe, to supply a gas hob in the kitchen....
Thanks - that's more or less what I had in mind, but I thought there were firms that would do something similar with natural stone? Using your...
I've heard that it is possible to stick a thin (1cm?) layer of granite over an existing worktop, with another strip along the front to make it...
On an earlier post, "Northwest gas svc's" told me it was possible to buy an "inner flue kit" to repair the vertical flue of my Potterton Prima...
Thanks for further comments. The probable reason for water getting in my vertical flue is that my neighbour's busted gutter was pouring water...
outer terminal. That's very interesting and I will look into that further. The fact that the existing boiler is still doing a fine job makes me...
Some very useful replies - thanks! Peter-the-plumber; sorry mate, I've got a Prima not a Puma and my dad wants the old one. Interesting to...
Thanks - the Which article only said they were condensing, and didn't mention that they were combi models. I looked up the equivalent models,...
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