Recent content by Ash86

I've read I can bridge the pipe with a beam and block setup in the bottom of the trench. Does this sound viable?

I've exposed it for a run of 4m from the house which is more than I need for the footings (3.6m) and have not discovered any branch, junctions etc.. and there's no obvious signs of a manhole cover in my property. Thanks Ash

The pipe is approx 700mm to the top of the pipe, I need to go to 1m deep.

It's a 4inch orange PVC pipe, I believe it's the soil/sewage pipe that connects to the bottom of the internal (boxed in) stack in the corner of the kitchen. Thanks

I've just started clearing the area ready for footings to be dug for my new ground floor extension, a test hole revealed a 4inch PVC soil pipe coming from the internal stack in corner of the house straight out and across the garden. The problem I have is this pipe is directly under where the...

I've seen plumbers wrapping plastic pipe in foil tape, is that to make it detectable?

What's the best way to protect the copper from corroding just insulation tape? Looking to replace from the existing 22mm flow and return that run the length of the house with the micro bore manifolds at the end. Cheers

I'm going to be re piping the rads in our house as the 6mm micro bore looks terrible clipped ontop of the skirting boards and is kinked and dented in places. I'd like to bury the pipes in the wall for the downstairs rads to have them looking as neat as possible, am I best using plastic pipe...

Thanks guys. I appreciate both of your views. If I attach the insulated boards to wooden battens would I need any damp proofing behind? Like I say it's really dry and external walls are sheltered from driving rain. I'm literally just looking for a tidy looking room to keep the washer...

Cheers woody. The garage is bone dry at the moment and was all last winter too. How would you recommend fixing the insulated plasterboard to the external walls? Timber laths? External walls don't get much rain due to the proximity of next doors house (two story) and the roof overhangs a...

Hmm.. Sounds like a bit of a task then! Was hoping to be a cheap project. Might be better off just chucking the washer and dryer in there anyway but have no partition or PB on the walls. Would be nice to make it a proper room but don't think I can justify the cost of cement boarded walls and...

Excellent thanks for that Richard.

Many thanks for the reply Richard. The walls would be skimmed if that would help? Was going to either dot and dab the one external wall of the new room or batten it off and screw plasterboard to the timbers. Both end studs and floor plate would have DPM underneath them and where they touch...

We would like to make more room in our kitchen by moving our washing machine and tumble drier into the garage. To do this I'd like to partition by means of timber stud work about 1/4 of the garage as a utility room for the above mentioned appliances, couple of cheap kitchen base units with...

I'd like to replace my garage door and window at the rear of the garage with upvc. Does it need to be installed through a FENSA fitter / notify LABC? The garage is single width is attached to our detached property. There is no access between the house and garage you gave to go outside via...