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also, not wishing to teach you to suck eggs but make sure you do not drill/screw the built in gas metre box to the wall. they can refuse to fit to gas to the box if so, use mastik or expanding fosm to fix

thanks for all the suggestions guys, i've put them in now, i ended up cutting them joists into the block work. just one more question now though - is it ok to fill the gap in between the brickwork and joist with expanding foam?

thanks for all the suggestions guys, i've put them in now, i ended up cutting them joists into the block work. just one more question now though - is it ok to fill the gap in between the brickwork and joist with expanding foam?

i agree with blackpoolroofer, install a 'hidden flat roof', basically a pitched flat and roof tiled over. a friend of mine is a roofer by trade and has suggested this to me for my build, its widely accepted around my area i believe

thanks for the suggestions, i think i will use a timber and jiffy hangers as i imagine it will make levelling up easier.

thanks for quick reply woody, do you mean fit the hangers in the wall or the actual joist itself?

hi all, i'm nearing the first floor stage with my extension, and i am wondering how is best to attach the 200mm floor joists to the existing house wall. i've searched the forum, i think i've found two main methods and i'm unsure which is best. 1 - attach a lenght of 50 x 200 along the...

yes, i forgot to mention that only the newer yellow plastic (PE) pipe is not allowed to be built over/enclosed, old steel pipes are fine though.

i work for national grid and my job involves laying/moving/replacing gas pipes. pity i don't live near you!!!! your not allowed to build over gas pipes i.e extensions garages etc but a lean too may be ok unless its enclosed (it then forms an enclosed area for gas to build up in the event...

thanks guys, the camera angle doesn't really show it but the 4" reducer will be slightly above floor level so can be altered if needs be.

i was just wondering what you guy's would recommend i do about concreting around my kitchen waste pipe that comes up in the corner of the new floor. do i just dpm and insulate up to the walls as per normal and simply box it off before conrete? or are you allowed to concrete round the pipe...

this is a really good thead thanks to all the pics, keep up the good work mate.

when i excavated my footings for my extension i thought i'd start off with a 6yd skip and see how far it went - i had approx 5.5cubic meters of spoil to get rid of i used a whacker plate every time i filled up about 1foot of spoil in skip, it went a bit sloppy (damn rain) half way up but i...

thats great chers guys, i first started to question the 50mm cavity after reading a few threadson the forum about having to leave 50mm residual cavity after insulation. From the replies given it seems that the 100mm cavity is preferrable for me and more straight forward. thanks alot for...

i'm starting to build the walls on my extension, i'm not up to dpc yet but after looking on forum i have a few queries as to what cavity size is best? my architect put plans in for 100mm light concrete external block, 50mm cavity and 150mm light conc interior wall with 35mm celotex in cavity...