Recent content by stinkfoot

... update for anyone who is interested. I just spoke to a regulations bloke at Thames water. The situation is that the pipe has to be buried 750mm unless this is unavoidable So they wouldn't let me route the pipe above ground through my garage, even if it were properly insulated, just...

Thanks very much Chris. Based on this info, I did a google search and came up with these docs, which tell me exactly what I want to know, and which others may find useful. One is from Thames and one from Bristol water...

I have problems with water main pipe to my house from the stop cock on the street, it's old lead pipe and keeps springing leaks. Can anyone advise on the regs (like where could I find them?) for how a pipe must be brought from the street to house. My tame builder & plumber who have done very...

Sheeps wool bats eh? I've seen them on some web pages, but never paid much attention to them. I'll do a bit of research. Thank ewe! I'll resist the temptation to make any baaaad jokes. That would be shear ingratitiude.

Hi My ceiling is higher than my eaves, so in the upstairs rooms there is about 80cm of sloping ceiling leading down to each external wall. This sloping bit of ceiling leads down to the eaves, with only a few cm of clearance before you get to roofing felt. ie there's a kind of sloping box...