Recent content by raine

Thanks Mike. I just did a quick Google for solid walnut flooring, and it is very spenny!! Retail price looks like very roughly £150ish / sq m. So might be worth me doing. I rang a local mobile sawmill guy and he says it's not worth him coming out for one tree (his day rate for the mobile...

Anyone done this? Is it worth the hassle? I don't know much about wood floors, and have only ventured as far as engineered in the past. I found this youtube video and it's clearly a lot of work, but I found some local mobile sawmills who I could potentially approach. I am getting a huge ash...

Ok, understood that it doesn't contravene the regs, thanks. I still maintain that it is a stupid and dangerous location for the switch though, directly in the path of gravity should a leak occur, particularly as there is plenty of space to the side of the adjacent noggin. Why take the risk...

Hi, See pic here and attached. Is it allowed to have the isolator switch located directly below the shower pump? (Ignore the fact that the switch faceplate is off - I've opened it up to let it dry out after the pump leaked!) :eek: I've been researching BS 7671, and it seems that the...

Yes, the steel beams cut into the party wall.

Just to follow up on my question about impact sound, here is the specific scenario I'm asking about: New build infill terrace has converted an existing 9" flank wall into a party wall. The new house is steel-frame, and the steel beams bear on, and are are built into, the party wall, which...

Thanks for the reply. I'm really surprised that there is no requirement for impact sound testing! Do the regs not cover impact sound at all, or is it just not required to be tested? What would happen if the adjoining owner couldn't be contacted or didn't want to be involved? How would the...

How is the sound transmission test for a new house organised in cases where the new house adjoins an existing house? Does the sound tester have to go into the adjoining property? Does the adjoining owner have any rights to witness the test to ensure it is completed correctly? Also, can...

The builders for my extension are contracted to do a "builders clean throughout" at the end of the job. They claim that essentially amounts to vaguely running a broom around the room, and maybe a damp cloth over a window or two. They have partially laid a new floor, and the existing floor...

Interesting discussion - sets in my mind the way the BO, and indeed the PWS, may work the system to their advantage, and good to know for any potential future PW matters. I will think very carefully about agreeing to an Agreed Surveyor if I'm ever in this situation again. In this case, I am...

So, if the PW surveyor's decision is "whatever the Building Owner's engineer wants", do I have grounds for complaint that he's not doing his job properly? Particularly bearing in mind that the BO's engineer represents the interests of the BO rather than me? Or would it be unreasonable of me...

The Party Wall Award says that the Building Owner shall: "Make good all structural, decorative or horticultural damage to the Adjoining Owner’s property occasioned by the said works in materials to match the existing fabric and finishes, to the reasonable satisfaction of the agreed surveyor"...

Hi, I'm an "Adjoining Owner" under the Party Wall Act, and have an Agreed surveyor, with a Party Wall Award already drafted and agreed. The "Building Owner's" works are in progress. Some damage has occurred to my building that requires remediation work. The Building Owner has proposed a...

Great, thanks for the replies. I won't worry too much about it in that case.

Just had a new combi boiler fitted for heating & HW. Plumber supplied a wireless (battery-powered) Salus RT520TX thermostat / controller. The wireless stat is emitting a very high-pitched electrical-type whining noise (a bit like you hear from a plugged-in phone charger when no phone is...