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Thanks both, I am trying to get hold of my local building control officer to ask. Woody - i am trying to bypass the permanent opening between the rooms as the homeowner wants to put doors in - hence asking if the way to achieve background ventilation is possible through a passive vent taken...

Hey guys - hoping to find some real world guidance! I am designing an extension on the back of a house. They want to keep the existing back living room as a seperate room from the extnsion room but there is no external wall in the now inner room to put a brick vent to external air. We are going...

My general specification for external cavity walls - to meet 0.18 Uvalue - is 100 brick, 150mm cavity with full fill cavity batts, 100mm airtec standard 3.6N block (0.11 w/m.k) I also specify thermabate insulated cavity closers to all window and door reveals. A builder has come to me and said...

" In terms of your question regarding the upgrading of the doors and the use of intumescent paint. Technically you can upgrade the doors by other methods including intumescent paint . however the method of upgrading the doors and the materials used must be tested and certified in accordance...

Hi All, Just looking into the requirements for loft conversions and the ways of making sure the protected stairwell is sufficient. I understand that the 'escape window' in a loft conversion no longer applies as a secondary escape route. So that then puts onus on the lathe and plaster...

with 337 x 337 piers? The garage is near some Douglas Firs trees too - so i am going to need foundations to depth of 1.75m - i was thinking of digging pads 600x600x1750 deep every 2.4m and installing concrete lintel/beams then building wall on top of that - rather than a full trnech fill all...

Hi there - designing a 12m x 7.5m four car detached garage. It is to be Permitted Development and therefore needs to be brick external leaf. Speaking with a builder, he says if i build with 4" brick external and tied to abutting 4" block solid wall that will be strong enough (and an economical...

Thanks Woody, i have been asked to provide structural "infirmation" for large masonry panels to ground floor extension and two-sroey side extension as these are unrestrained.... You are saying that masonry walls (brick outer 100mm, full fill cav insulation 100mm, blockwork inner 100mm,) can be...

Hi everyone. So it seems the building regs guys are tightening up on things and requests for further information are growing! I have started to go through all my specification notes and enhancing where required. I am currently looking into 'large masonry panels' and their restraint and such...

Thanks Woody

Just storage - not for a vehicle

as in no brick wall? just the 100mm timber wall?

Hey everyone! I am in the middle of working out how the best way to build a dividing wall between attached garage and the space i am converting into heated space (utility room)? Am i correct in thinking that a brick skin built up off the garage concrete floor and then a 50x150 timber frame...

Hi there, i have a few bags of multifinish left over from a DIY job and i am not sure how/where to dispose of them - they are now out of date too. Can i just take them to the tip? or put them in my usual household waste bin for collection by the council? Thanks in advnace...

Where does it say that rendering a property is permitted development please @^woody^ "I wouldn't consider that red render would be pd. You wouldn't have the same kind of detailing that brick provides and therefore I wouldn't consider that it would have a similar appearance overall" from a...