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I think its 20cm, make sure your hearth is large enough i.e. distance from front of stove to front edge of hearth. Page 40 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/uploads/br/BR_PDF_ADJ_2010.pdf

Thanks for your reply noseall. Heres the thing...what is being proposed is a dummy pitched roof that is totally enclosed on all sides of the extension without an open flat roof run off. Not sure how but drainage would be an issue and not sure if it would get past building control, any...

I'd like a full width rear extension and would like to include a tiled roof that is in keeping with the house but the house roof pitch is extremely steep and it would be impossible to imitate fully. Near neighbours have opted for a straight forward front to back lean-to style tiled roof that...

Yes, sorry the OP wasn't clear. I will doing the pipe work in readiness for a boiler/ system upgrade.. The cylinder is in place, just trying to decide on the location of the valves & pump.

The cylinder has been moved into the loft and boiler is still on the ground floor, is there a clear option for where the control gear should be? I can see advantages and disadvantages to both. Thanks in advance.

Thanks Terry...timely reminder I need to do it.

The existing cement based render is beginning to crack and fall off so I'm looking to replaster it with a harder wearing silicone/acrylic based render. The oven looks like an igloo that has been raised off the ground so the rainwater runs all over it and and it'll constantly exposed to the...

Theres circulation and then there's downright drafty, if it's such a good idea why hasn't the practice continued?

Evening gents I visited an elderly relative today and ended up in her roof space to check the insulation was adequate and what we might be able to do with her drafty loft door. To my amazement even though the purlin insulation was adequate there was no felt under the tiles at all and it was...