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So just to check - can you guys kindly confirm / correct the make up of this block / timber wall seeing as the window guy is round at the weekend to build the external blockwork and put the window in - From out to in : Render / concrete block - built upon course of bricks then DPC then...

Thanks a million.... you guys are doing the pincer movement on me to go timber :giggle: .... and it's working ! The window fitter - a good friend - has offered to build the block external wall and fit the window, and yes the upper half of the house is render so it will all match up, so not just...

Yes I considered that as I am a dab hand at stud work but only an amateur brick layer….but I’m old fashioned and like me walls made out of the ‘ard stuff :giggle: We may also be hanging a fair bit off the walls and also BC want a cavity tray under the front wall window - not really sure how to...

Thank you. I'll deffo do that.

Cheers - actually I have just removed that line of bricks you advised to (good call) and the exact drop adjacent to the step is now 73mm.... much better for my 50mm insulation and 22mm boards. The 77 - 78mm I was seeing was measured further away and will now prob not be an issue. So should I...

Approaching the window install / wall building stage of the the garage conversion but regarding the internal wall which I'd like to do in thermalite - for the existing section of side wall I have a 230mm reveal width to play with which gives me just enough room but it means that whilst the...

Just about to start the floor but how about when I remove that run of bricks I backfill there with concrete but to a level 22mm lower than the kitchen floor to give a dropped step on to which I sit the end of the 22mm floorboards - DPC included if need be. I can also add a dash more binding sand...

Photo of pipe Thanks for quick answer. Didn’t knowingly shut any gas off. I’m getting gas come to the gas hob which is nearby but there are no gas taps I could have turned off. Is the gas supply the 15mm pipe 3rd from left in the photo below? There is a valve on that but it looks open and I...

Hi. Vaillent Ecotec + 824 Working at my sons house I removed the flexible condensate pipe for a couple of hours whilst removing worktops during a kitchen tear out but once replaced am getting F28, F29 and F54 fault codes. Have switched on / off, done the reset thing and also a factory...

Cheers, hadn’t considered those bricks, they look pretty solid but yes they have not had any traffic over them previously. Should I backfill with concrete seeing as it’s under the DPC? Then re levelling - just to check, are you basing that on the sand etc making up the 78mm based on the 50mm...

Thanks. The last metre and a half of the garage floor to the left in the photo does have a 15mm slope so it was in my mind to use leveller for that. I could mix up some extra - looks like it will be around 5 bags worth in total - to raise the rest of the floor, but I’ve not had a lot of...

Thanks all for your help ! Just to explain as below the red arrow was the final run I had to take and everything only just has just enough floor clearance for the slope - if only they did a 27.878 degree angle bend I would be fine lol I'll see if I can get hold of one of those Mcalpine flexis...

That was my concern with the ridges being gunk magnets but I just can't get the final onward run to work - but that flex section does exit that external wall the other side in a nice accessible position and if I I don't firmly solvent weld the final onward section of pipe it can easily be...

Not quite so easy I'm afraid, where it exits externally on the other side of the wall it is right up against an adjacent side return wall which the last run has to be fixed against and it is the absolute minimum height already to give me the final correct downward run to get to the gulley /...

Just managed to cut the groove in the floor and have got the correct drop - but is this kind of flexible section recommended? It's solely for a washing machine for occasional use and I just couldn't get the orientation I needed using solid bends. Thanks for your ongoing help.