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agrees i have a 8 ft door and no lintel on outer leaf and there is about half a ton of bricks above, its not ideal but not an emergency either

24 degress is the temp of my lounge which is ground floor and well insulated in walls and loft so i dont think 24 is overly hot , but if you could get a draft going it would shift the warm air

the regs do say that a circuit shall not be designed so that even a small overload is likely to be used for long periods well an oven is not on for long periods really so even without diversity it is fine

if the houses in the road and yours are built at the same time and by the same people and there is nothing wrong with the others then that is probably a good sign. maybe the extension has just shifted a bit, i dont agree that all houses sold at auction are dodgy hope it all works out well for you

i bought a house like this and the surveyor said it was caused by thermal movement and not a real issue, i lived there five years and it was never a problem i hacked back all the plaster and fixed the cracks in the clinker block and replastered and only a few small cracks reapeared here and...

you are a wizard merlin :lol: recon about 8 bags of type 1 and 5 bags of gravel so about £ 600, two 6 yards at about £450... anyone got any sensible ideas on what it would take time wise / labour

Hi all can anyone give me a guestimate on what it would cost to do a gravel drive just want standard 20 mm stone nothing fancy the area is roughly 30 by 35 ft , i think it needs digging out about 125 mm then type 1 and gravel the soil is grass ,top soil then clay, the first 125mm is the...

irelevent in terms of the requirements of 517 though, you could learn something if you were less aggressive

agreed

527.2.1 states fire resistance (if any) to be maintained ceilings are compartments rated to 30 minutes so the holes need to be sealed and a 30 min resistance maintained

hi not sufficiently though , 527.1.1 527.2.1 holes should be filled and risks reduced at all times a fire rated light with an intumescent seal would be one way of satisfy 527.1.1 thanks

not sure we understand eachother i am saying that a hole in plaster board will allow smoke or fire to spread this includes a small hole in a ceiling to allow the cables to pass for a pendant

what does it say then ?

many of the better fire rated lights are also acoustic and fully enclosed so do stop smoke but i do agree with you a light that is fire rated does not mean it will stop smoke, also agree most hoods are not designed to fit snuggly and so also would not stop smoke. ok as for fire rating of...

Hi although i would always use a fire rated , acoustic rated down light, you do not legally have to do so in this situation. Also a ceiling is ]not a fire barrier it is actually a compartment , now i will get some agro for this but it is actually true !