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Oh I know, I have written confirmation that they will take full responsibility for any problems that arise with the asphalt in the future, I got some money back and now have money back for the plumbing work. I will be contacting their head office as well just to let them know how poor a job it...

Cheers again. It seems the building regs line is a carpet fitters "get out of jail free" line - I searched the 'net after it happened and it seems quite common for them to nail through pipes. I spent a few hours searching for this "building reg" but got nowhere that's why I decided to turn to...

They were. I posted a new link as realised thus was in the wrong place. So further details are here.......... //www.diynot.com/diy/threads/burst-water-pipe.446030/#post-3500480

Thank you, this was my thoughts exactly. My elderly father was in the flat when this happened and they at first told him we'd have to sort it, they insisted they they could tape it with something called Weld-it which they tried even though I told them I wanted it fixing properly, then once...

Thank you. It wasn't buried as such the flooring is asphalt but over the pipes was a piece of wood and this leads to the water tank. We advised the carpet firm it was asphalt and they got us to pay more to glue the grippers instead of nailed them they've then included free fitting with their...

Asphalt flooring in a flat.

Hi I've just had a carpet fitter in and they've burst a pipe. They've said the pipes were too close to the surface and it is against building regs. I was wondering if someone could confirm the depth they need to be by building regs and when this came into affect. Thanks in advance.

Hi I've just had a carpet fitter in and they've burst a pipe. They've said the pipes were too close to the surface and it is against building regs. I was wondering if someone could confirm the depth they need to be by building regs and when this came into affect. Thanks in advance.