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I think you want to press the grey plastic tube into the pan seat...is it on a spring? And lift the seat free if you can. Then the screw, use a powered tool and unscrew but at the same time gently lever up the metal fitting so it's pulling as it turns. Obviously protect the porcelain from scratching.

We have a potential new office and its open plan rectangle. An old shop unit 5m frontage and 24m deep. I want to put in stud walls 3.6m high to make two rooms, interview room and training room. Dims are 3.6 m high, walls 8m and 3 @3.5m so 18.5m x 3.6m gross. 4 big windows, single glazed fixed panes just to let light in. 2 x doorframes and doors etc. 4x2 battens, plasterboard, filled with rockwool, plastered, painted and skirtings. And a small kitchen fitted, sink, 2 base units, worktop, 2 wall units. Been quoted £13k, any thoughts on this for value? We have to buy the kitchen units, everything else down to the builders. Its from the guys that are currently on site who are basically fitting out after a full back to walls rip out, so new framing, plasterboard walls, ceiling, electrics and heating, they are currently working for the landlord but we responsible for internals.

Quick question. I now have the joy of fixing this, is it okay to use McAlpine compression fittings below this timber floor? There's little to no access other than through the floor once it's done meaning ripping up the floorboards and finished engineered timber final floor finish. @Nickfromwales Two elbow bends and a boss to attach to the soil pipe that's down there

The elderly parents in law have been in dispute with a nightmare extension. They are very independent and want to deal with it themselves but after a call with the wife the other night they admitted it's really really getting to them to the point they are considering selling up. So called around today to look at the blocked sink and traced it back to this. What you see here is the sink waste exiting the back wall of the legacy house on the right. On the left is the joist of the new extension. We think the elbow bend was the original waste from the old kitchen but it was crumbling in my hands and there's a clear 4" between it and the pipe below. Wasn't connected, the whole lot covered on gravel and old brick/ stones and this is where the kitchen sink and dishwasher has been going for months, FFS.

I misread the bit about bubble bath as bubble wrap...stuff if full with bubble wrap instead...? @Conor speaks sense, stick them on gumtree or eBay and have a curry

But Putin can sit at the end of the dining table...

It's on a hill overlooking an estuary...white render all over and window detailing...

Stuff it fully in the pipe just in case it wriggles free

See my other post about the passive high rise blocks. *Some* are doing it but this retrofit was £13m for 350 plus homes.

Oh it can be done, passive standards achieved in ex council high rise here in Maryhill. https://passivhaustrust.org.uk/news/detail/?nId=868 Residents report that they love it, very low bills and great airy feel with triple glazed balconies

How can I copyright passivehoose and make a shilling?

https://t.co/m74sdRrq0B Just read that in a U turn Scot Gov will now back a private member's bill for new building regulations introducing passivehoose standards or a Scottish equivalent.😜😜 Superinsulated Airtight Triple glazed MHRC Lack of thermal bridges.

Got a little mould (small and can paint over every year or so) but thinking of fitting the pvc slats. It's on plasterboard ceiling do I need to strap it or is it clips or adhesive? Also where would you buy this folks, it's a small room 2m by 2m roughly. Finally, it's already tiled so would you recommend a trim for the edges or a sealant. Thanks

Welcome @irnbru my young son.

Welcome @goodchippy66 Maybe you too were born the year Celtic were the first British team to win the European Cup just like me 😁😁😁

Take a few pictures, we like pictures of roofs...will help everyone see what you describe 😉

HETAS is an English thing for fitters although building regulations still apply in Scotland

SWMBO wants me to make something when we decorate the bedroom which is like moving a wall forward 2/300mm leaving a bed alcove which has room for lights and shelves in place of bedside cabinets. She envisages floor to ceiling and the current coving replaced to make good and join with existing. Plasterboard or MDF? The room will be painted out afterwards and a feature wallpaper for the alcove not behind the bed. Cmon the forum, help me out here

Do a test run and see if it butts together...?

Watch it Boris the centimetre police will be along shortly with a fixed penalty notice and the mods will have set up an inquiry.

No it's not the name of a band...can we have a guerilla battalion of sparks who can connect the freezing fuel poor and tap into street lights and mug meters? Of course it's 'illegal' but is it really when we have lashings of energy but it's sold to the highest bidder? @Stones Up the revolution

Bluetak

You've not been to the Gorbals pool 10 years ago at the height of eastern European immigration. The culture of posing (model style) for pics by Polish/Lithuanian young woman in swimsuits was new to the southsiders of Glasgow.

Not if you have a fresh water pool. Or a river, loch or other such nearby, goodness they have public swimming pools in my area...just a thought.

Ach, it burnt down uninsured. But I had 5 great years and sold the plot so now moving on old bean. No point looking back and ruminating ??