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Not true. Document J, 1.39. If a chimney has been relined in the past using a metal lining system and the appliance is being replaced, the metal liner should also be replaced, unless the metal liner can be proven to be recently installed and can be seen to be in good condition. Recently...

Well, 10 years on, no CO alarm activation, I am still alive, having just swept the flue for another warm winter. Time to replace the wood burner. Latest quotes (giving HETAS the benefit of the doubt again) all well over 1300 for half a days work, with all parts supplied. The install would...

Electrics have recently been deregulated as to what work requires notification. I would never attempt gas work, as the margin for error is so much smaller, especially as we are on lpg which leaks more easily and pools from the ground up. Dangerous stuff. Rewired my entire house bar a...

If it's any help, it's worth it when you get to,the end. Similar issues, house owned by two previous bodgers. Dodgy wiring, damp, no insulation, knackered and inefficient central heating... In a 4000 square foot property in which very room needed rewiring, replastering, re carpeting and...

Another year perfect running with no issues and DIY sweep which couldnt be easier.

Don't bother. The regs as of 1 April allow circuit modifications sans notification I believe. Name and shame the communist council you are dealing with.

Awesome. Building sand do or best to use sharp sand? (Planning on using sharp)

update right, resurrecting an old thread of mine.... about to start paving works outside. i ended up using a lot of the hardcore around the garden to fill in some pretty whopping holes and to re-route a stream with. also came in useful for the french drains etc. Second idea. the eejits...

The chodder who lived at my smallholding prior to reposession did the same at ours. Big spoil tip of building materials.

My experience..... Did it myself in the end, for about 1/5 of the quoted price. And no scaffold. //www.diynot.com/forums/trade-talk/hetas-engineers-a-bunch-of-lying-so-and-sos.298134/

You wouldn't struggle with FEA! Very little complex maths involved these days, just a few beam equations which we have a big book of. Simply plug the figures into the equation, check the model is valid and bobs your aunt, you got figures!

Out of interest, what safety factors are applied to house building? In my spare time I am involved in Finite Element Analysis of Aircraft, where ultimate load is 1.5X max design and we have to do some pretty involved dynamic loading calculations as well. Where are the equivalent loads...

Thought so. Going to ring up to discuss, there are a few other genuine issues with the application block plan but I'm not paying 300 quid for Bellamy to find a bat nest that's going to get in the way of my fence line. Fence is over 1 metre on an A-road. Will be getting the sthil MS290...

Did our solid oak ones by routing them down to the correct width and height. Take your time and it will be fine! Practice cutting the hinges into an old 3 by 2 and practice till you get it right. Sharp chisel is the way forward!

Regularly go hunting for bunnies, wood pigeon and crow. All gets eaten bar the crow.