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    Building regs re: Siting of a WC

    Thanks guys. Is there any access to regs online?
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    Building regs re: Siting of a WC

    Some years ago, I remember there was a building regulation that prevented having a WC entrance directly into a habitable room (kitchen, lounge etc.). So I had to have the WC opening into a ventilated hallway. Can someone please tell me what the current restrictions are, as I think they have...
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    Laying paving stones

    Brilliant. Thats useful. Think I will go for the dry sand infill. Cheers :D
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    Advertising your services

    For those of you who do this for a living, and have had to advertise to get work, what works best for you? I keep hearing that there is a severe shortage of 'builders' yet a friend put out about 200 flyers through doors, with only 1 response! Also put a couple of shop ads in with no luck.
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    Conservatory Wall in Blocks

    Sorry, but if your kit is arriving soon, you should have already had all the important issues sorted. Still, better late than never. Have you submitted plans for building regs approval? - Damproofng, thermal insulation etc may be an important issue. I would advise you to use a damproof...
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    Laying paving stones

    I have recently laid a paving stones in a garden, bedded on about 2in sand. I filled in the gaps with dry mix, about 1 cement to 4 soft sand, then carefully watered in with a fine sprinkler. After a few days, the mortar infill has all broken up, and is now useless. I have used this method...
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    Connection of shower drainage to WC

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    Connection of shower drainage to WC

    Pete Yes we want to keep the WC. The waste pipe goes down into the floor, but its not against an outside wall. I suspect it goes across the kitchen directly to the stack on the other side of the house. Chris
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    Connection of shower drainage to WC

    Thanks for that, but thats quite a lot of work as the external drain pipe is several meteres away round the corner.
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    Noisy banging in CH boiler

    I have just found this forum. Great idea, hope it works! I have a Baxi Bermuda gas fired back boiler. This has been noisy ever since I can remember. After the boiler has been running for some time, as the water gets hotter, it bangs, or knocks, about once evry second or so, until the...
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    Connection of shower drainage to WC

    I want to fit a shower into a ground floor WC as a wet room. I want the floor to drain into the WC as there is no other drainage nearby. I know that I will need a trap, but it will have to go below ground level, and connect into the WC. The floor is concrete. Is this legal, adisable and possible?
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