Recent content by mik745

Thanks Freddy I found the way I want/need to do it, parapet outlet, simple really bout £25 for an outlet, does exactly what I need

I am in the process of building and extension. Oh the free money is to get you to read the post, sorry no free money I am putting in a GRP roof (old school fibreglass) issue The roof is flat There will be a 300 mm wide wall all the way round. IT WILL FILL WITH WATER when is...

no one readin this?

hello I am adding ufh to the existing system I have been supplied with another pump purely for the three rooms which are supplied by the manifold. Question, won't the new pump push all the heat trhu the blender? So my old system will be starved of heat Does the maifold connect sort...

its a rented house and they are from health and safety HHrhs or somethin like that, a right old jobsworth here

The cables were supposed to go into a cupboard for the boiler but the boiler was put in a different place. so no cupboard was built was built. The cooker was supposed to be gas but the new tennant got an electric cooker given, so the cables to the cooker were rushed in. Think a switch was...

its and old terrace house that has had a toilet added to the back in the 40's 50's The step is cill to floor 5 bricks, there is however a step around two bricks up from the floor so the most step is 3 bricks the step is about 150 wide against the wall, to step onto and about 1000mm long the door

can you tell me what the permissable step is out of the back door. We have a step in place but council say its too low, bearing in mind its been there for 60 years. about a total of 5 bricks drop with a concrete step that is half way up from the floor just below DPC

thanks I can't understand why one wasn't put in, but will instlla one asap Also its a rented house, there is a mains socket that has non channeled cables do the cables have to be channeled? the idea was to build a cupboard in this area but never got round to it. do all wires have to be...

Hello I have just had a total house rewire and someone has been to check it, all ok someone else been out and says the cooker cannot run directly from the consumer unit, RCD. Do I need a double pole switch? does it have to be in the kitchen? the wiring is long enough to pull the cooker...

cheers woody I am probably looking at it too hard. I am going to stick the dpm to the existing wall and stardard fit to the extension wall, cavity tray down to exisiting external dpc and fit weep stuff cheers and thanks for the advice

is this the right way as pictured above

I would say a bad case of rising damp alot of work here, the plaster/render on the internal wall will need to come off to aleast 1m. If you have seen the news of ppls houses flooded you will see standard practice is to remove to that level. The wall needs a DPC putting in, generally an...

cheers Woody I am under the impression that the dpc to dpm where they actually touch will be the weak point. Due to the fact that the dpc is usually not proud of the brickwork therefore, the very edge of the dpc to dpm will leave a small void. Thinking that void will be able to, by...

OK The old house has standard dpc at 2 bricks above external ground 150mm, dpc then floor joists 200mm approx, internal about two bricks 73mm. The existing external wall the joist level bricks, will now be above dpcas this is where I need to put my concrete floor, at this level. how do...