Recent content by jwl83

Just a follow-up on this. After bringing this up with my builders and a couple of days of back and forth they agreed to break up the screed and re-do this with copper pipes wrapped in denso tape and soldered joints. I appreciate all the responses here to help inform me on this.

Thanks for the most recent replies. So if I understand correctly, the consensus is: It was bad practice to fit the pipes like this and it does increase the risk of leaks in the future, but still we'd have to be unlucky for a leak to occur if the fittings we properly pushed home and pressure...

Thanks for all the replies. I appreciate it. @endecotp - Confirming insulation was fitted around the pipes before they were buried (see photo below). @CountryFan, @opps - From zooming in on one of the photos I found they are Speedfit fittings. I'm trying to work out what to do... These pipes...

As part of our renovation, the builders ran new radiator pipes through a chase in the solid floor and then filled it with pea gravel and concrete. The photo was taken before it was covered. There are several push-fit tees in the run, and they’re now buried. The building work is almost complete...

Door alignment might not be too important - the aim is to fit sliding doors (if I can take care of the sloping floor issue) and the overlapping nature should mean the wardrobe opening alignment will be obscured. Are there any other factors to consider that could be impacted by not fixing the...

To give a clearer idea, this is how they're sitting now, without propping anything up.

Novice question here... The floor in the room I'm putting up a wardrobe is not level - it's 8mm lower over 1m width. How important is it to prop up one side of the wardrobe to make the sides level? What kind of tolerance is acceptable? If I go beyond a certain amount I can imagine there'll be...

Hi Woody. I understand that. I'm not planning to open up any spaces to "open plan" or change use of any spaces. Our house is a 1960s townhouse which (like most 1960s builds) does not meet today's building regulations. Much of the changes - like filling in the stair risers and constructing a...

I've recently moved into a house that I'm intending to have work done to. I'm trying to understand if any of the possible work I may do requires building control approval. I'm looking to: Knock-through a non-structural wall dividing a box room from the master bedroom (we've engaged a structural...

Thanks Woody. We haven't decided on a builder yet. We originally asked for estimates to renovate across the house, but what we got back proposed quite different approaches and were way over our budget (quotes were from £55k to £105k!). We decided to scale-back the scope of our work, to focus on...

I'm arranging structural calculations and building regs drawings for an internal garage conversion (including knocking through an internal structural wall to provide an open plan area). I've contacted several structural engineers and I'm getting drastically different estimates. The lowest is...

My girlfriend and I have had an offer accepted on a 3 bed 1960s terraced house in outer London that we'd like to renovate before we move in. There are several jobs that will need doing and I'm trying to work out the pros and cons of hiring individual trades directly vs having a single...