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Default 1930s cast iron downpipe fixings - what are they?

On 20/09/17 13:02, Andy Burns wrote:
alan_m wrote:

Block off the bottom of the pipe and fill the pipe with water. The wood
may float up to the top.


Get a GBFO LPG torch, play the flame into the 'shoe' the chimney effect
should carry the flames up inside the downpipe, sit back with a beer
then wash the ashes out with a hosepipe!


+1 because it involves fire and burning stuff.

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