Recent content by psollich

Hi, I had several people look at our loft. They all said that it was nothing serious, i.e. not any form of rot. The most plausible explanation (there were several) was hygroscopic salts, which would be indicative of the beams having got fairly wet at some stage and now being in the process of...

Sorry to be coming back to such an old post. I've also recently found a white powder on beams in my attic, mainly in slight cracks in the wood and on joins (see pictures). It is very soft, dusts off easily, and only affects old beams (from ~1930 I guess) not new ones (had an extension built a...

Photos from the attic

TicklyT - Many thanks, that looks very useful. Incidentally, after a bit more forum reading I see that HepvO valves are often recommended where there's little space - if anybody has thoughts on whether they'd be useful here (and in what arrangement) I'd be very interested. Thanks again.

kevplumb, many thanks for the lightning reply. Vertical clearance with planned sink and bin is 220mm between bottom of large bowl and top of bin cover, 285mm between bottom of small bowl and top of bin cover. Hope I've understood your question. Thanks again.

Summary: What's the minimum vertical clearance I need (from the bottom of the main sink bowl on a 1.5 bowl sink) to accommodate waste plumbing? Washing machine and dishwasher may be connected in to sink waste. More: Building an extension to kitchen. 1.5 bowl sink to go by window in new...