Recent content by Mikest

hi, do you now have a step at the door? im left with a step amd was wondering if it can bee removed?

hi thanks for the reply, the dpm is lapped in to the dpc. and has been plastered over. The external ground to the rear of my house is high too. Maybe this was the reason the original extension was built with a higher dpc. If the dpm was ever punctured then how should it be rectified? Is...

Hi all i'm in need of some advice. I have recently had a extension built and am a little worried about the dpc. 15 years ago we had a living room extension, we have now had the kitchen and the side of the house extended, basically wrapping the ground floor of the house. The builder 15...

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Thankyou so much for you fast responses. im very scared of the thought of ever having to replace the pipe below ground. Im in a low paying job and wont definatley wont be able to afford a a major operation where the floor has to be ripped up to relay the pipe in a event of failure. hence the...

Thankyou. would having the mains water above ground internally come with any disadvatages, i.e low water pressure etc. The run would have some corners so a few elbows would be used. And regarding the floor, i've i went with underground then pipe would be partially through suspended floor...

Im having a mains water line installed and its in plastic. I worried rats may chew through within the suspended floor area hence i have a couple of questions for you very helpfull people. 1. Can a mains water pipe be run above ground from inside house to boiler. Boiler would be approx 12...

Inside the home. below ground outside and once inside then above ground. Im worried that rats mite chew through and cant face the idea of having to rip the floor out again to replace.

I need to know if internally a mains water pipe can be taken above ground to the comi boiler and serve the sink. The run would consist of some elbow joints and the total run of pipe is around 14 meters to the boiler. I need to know if theres any disadvantages of having a mains water above...

Thankyou for the reply, I'm not building it yet hence haven't had any calc's done. I may build this in a year or two so trying to arm my self with some options. From what i've described would it be out of the ordinary to have a steel sitting on a single block inner wall (thats the inner...

How much bearing does a 2.8m rsj need on each side? its for a second storey side extension. The house is a typical 3bed semi with a Nine inch on the original house wall and a brick/block (agalite) cavity on the party wall. Its to support a second storey extension made from brick + blocks...

hi its a combi boiler

anyone?

And the boiler a valliant 37kw. is this a good boiler?

belive it or not the guy came in cheaper than the previous chap who priced for running it along the wall.