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I own a 1930's house and have been there about 6 months. The main soil and top water drain has recently started to block.There is an inspection man hole less than a meter from our boundary,which then goes to the pavement and road. I bought some rods and had a go at clearing it.I managed to...

blocked drain next to boundary.

i dont think insurance would pay up on this one :wink: I'm in the process of fitting a woodburner at the moment and have managed to get a HETAS engineer to come and sign it of as long as he's happy with it all.I'm making sure he can inspect all the relevant joins,liner,chimney termination...

This is very reassuring,and as i said i just wasn't sure.The last thing i wanted was for there to be problems in the future and to have not mentioned anything to my friend during construction. Thankfully it sounds like i have nothing to worry about... phew :P

do you mean moisture from the air?

thanks for replys people. p27 states that a ventilated void underneath is adequate,so on this basis it should be fine. There is a DPC under the beams,but still feel this is more vulnerable than a membrane and foot traffic, to puncturing from the rough underside of the beams,especially when...

A friend of mine is having a house built for him at the moment.The ground floor has bison beams.Under this floor is a 3 foot void and a concrete oversite. The bison beams were laid on a DPC.On top of the bison beams there is 100 mm of kingspan then underfloor heating and then a concrete...

great stuff. Do i want to keep the part that will be vertical at 75mm?

I've just been to get the lead for the flashing. The merchant i used only did code 3 in 6 inch and not 7 as recomended for the soakers.I spoke to a roofer who was in there at the time and he said that as i was using rosemary's i could use 6inch.If this is the case where do i want to be losing...

now i can see it in my head! Yes it would do away with with some of the tile and half,but as you say tile and a half would be neater i think. when it comes to the lead work would you say i should have the top of the front apron the same height as the top of the stepped flashing? also...

Hi,not entirely sure what you mean by this? Do you mean the second tile from the bottom(nearest gutter). When you say cut away from stack do you mean cut it so there is a gap between the edge of tile and side of stack? When you say loosing the bong do you mean bond(would have thought bongs...

Here is more detail of the stack and gutter. the gap between the brick work and gutter is about 25mm. Code 3 lead was mentioned for the soakers but what about the stepped lead and apron/tray.Should this be code 3 or 4?