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Ok thanks i can stop panicking now :D

Hi I have a plumber coming round to hang the boiler on Monday but i want to get the plasterboard wall skimmed before he hangs it. I have a plasterer coming round on Saturday to skim the said wall. The only problem is that not all the room is ready ie: the window reveals aren't finished and...

Hi I'm back :D Having brought all the stuff i needed as per above details i have found that the floor is out by around 10-15mm further into the room. Most of it starts at 75mm when i come off the original floor but is upto around 85-90mm over the far side of the room. Packings were...

I wish an hour, It probably did take about an hour to get that far, then i stood there looking at it for the rest of the time trying to think of a way to get around digging the rest :lol: But seriously how will the pipe that is already there be connected when i finally get down there? Glue...

I told you i was over thinking it as i have 3 out of 4 of those tools :D Cheers

Hi Right having spent the afternoon trying to dig it out (have only got a little hole at the front) i have reached the soil/sand underneath. There is a metal wire going through the concrete at approx 70mm down (see image below). How can i cut that without special tools? I also have the wall...

Yes the pipe goes down approx 480mm underground before the bend. Obviously the bigger gradient the better then?

The concrete floor that you can see has got to come up about 70mm but will be done with a framework and ply on top so hopefully pipes will run underneath somehow. If not then i will need to channel out around 2 1/2 metres each way for shower/sink and bath. What sort of drop will i need?

With foresight i would have visisted the place 2 years earlier before the person that built the extention died. That way i would have known what he had in mind :?

Hi Thanks for the replies. I think the soil manifold is the way to go. As for foresight i don't do anything without over thinking it first and is why i post on here. Unfortunately it was there when i brought the place. :wink: Cheers

Hi I have a pipe (see image below) that i need to run a toilet, bath, shower and sink into. The toilet will sit just to the right of this pipe and i think it will just come out of the toilet, turn left and then drop down the top so to speak. The sink and shower will also come from the...

Thanks I take it the joists don't need to be bolted down, they will just float so to speak? Also where could i buy the DPM online? So many questions - I'm sorry :oops: Richard

Common sense prevails again :D Would i just nail the joints together? Or use brackets or something. Cheers for the speedy replies

Hi Ok thats fine. Going back to the sleeper joists around the perimeter i understand them but do the other 400mm sleeper joists have to sit on top of the these or just inside those, as if they have to sit on top i don't think there will be enough depth for it all. Can i use the DPM and...

Hi Thanks for the reply. I don't know why i didn't think of doing that :? Will i have to leave any gaps for ventilation? Thanks

Hi I have moved into a property that has an extention that needs to have the floor finished. How is the best way to finish it and how. It needs to come up about 70-75mm. Size in Utility/Bathroom is approx 9ft x 18ft and Games room side is approx 13ft x 22ft. I have been told by a few...

I would love to know if this went Ok to. I have a concrete floor that needs to come up by about 85-90mm and a plasterer mentioned that i could do the floor this way as i was thinking on laying 20mm oak flooring. If anyone has advise i would appreciate it. Cheers

Wow obviously a builder that likes to charge a fortune - another job lost.... I do know about acro's and such. So no the window isn't out yet but it should be tomorrow :D All i really wanted to know is do i bring the lintel down to the height of the door frame kit or is there something...

Hi Thanks to both of you for the replies. noseall - This may seem silly but you state that the lintel is set at 82", what do i do with the other 5" that i would have under that height? ie: my other inside doors have a height of 77", obviously i will have the door kit in there as well but...

Hi I am just about to create a new doorway through an existing window. This window goes through an old outside wall that now goes into a new extention. Will the inside wall already have a lintel in place? The outside looks like it hasn't and has just got the pretty row of on end bricks...