I've always insisted on it as does every BCO I know. but I've never bothered to look to see where it is specified. So I've just had a look at BS 8000 part14 (my old employer has never changed the password to access the on line technical info service) and its specified there, it also states that...
My Suzuki LJ80's are all on belts and that engine dated back to 1977, though we only got the here in 1979, possibly a little earlier in the SC100 Whizz Kid.
If I remember correctly the BS required a brick manhole should be water tested to 3 course above the benching, not that anyone ever bothered apart from a couple of jobs with Clerk of Works on them, CoW's nearly as rare as a Marscar bowl these days.
I've only seen 2 of these in 40 years of inspecting drainage, I've seen more pitch fibre pipes than Marscar bowls.
Looks like they are still available but I've never seen a new installation.
Never seen it used, a former bricklayer I worked with didn't even know what it was. brick IC are pretty rare now anyway, I can't remember the last time I saw a newly constructed one.
If the garage is an exempt building that is it is under 30 sqm, single storey, substantially non combustible or 1m from the boundary, does not contain sleeping accommodation and it still satisfies this criteria after the alterations, B Regs will not be required even if its used for a...
BBC news channel just did a feature on the demise of the Mondeo about 2mins ago, even featured a Mondeo estate same model and colour as mine driving through the "suicide" walls at Castle Howard.
I have a bit of a side line buying up joblots of new and old tools, restoring/selling on and keeping the best stuff for myself. Over the past few years I've accumulated loads of new paint brushes which I use myself, usually just crappy ones only good for brushing on paint...
I had an R reg estate, I bought it mainly for its size and the Volvo's were considerably more expensive. The only criteria was that it had to be capable of holding a complete Lambretta. Most expensive car I've had in the last 27 years and the longest owned all for a massive 600 quid!! In...
If all else fails you can apply for a determination
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/building-regulations-determinations
I hadn't realised you could apply for these when using a private inspector, I'd always assumed it was only when dealing with local authorities, but then again I've never worked on...
You could put forward your proposal with the space saver, if they won't accept it you could
Well I've allowed them and I've never worked for a private inspector.
I've seen them narrower at 500mm and they were OK and I'm not exactly small. There was a requirement to be 600mm in the B Regs but that was dropped years ago.