Recent content by stuartmorrell91

I looked at tying to use the wall plate but can't with resting wood on the existing joists. The purlin is 11" thick over a 3 meter span, which in today's construction sizes I believe is oversized so I was hoping it would cope. Looks like I'm back to the drawing board.

Hi, Posted this in September as per text above. Basically it's a 3rd floor bedroom that i have knocked down the partition wall to extend the room, but the joists on the loft side are only 3", bedroom side 7". I've posted a crude picture of how i'm going to do it below this weekend. I've used...

Hi, The 2 pictures below is of the 3rd floor of a 3 story victorian terrace that we have just bought. The original construction was quite weird where they have halved the room with a bedroom leading through to a small loft space through a door, so as you can see i have knocked the wall down to...

They are putting in 28mm pipes, so they have taken it back to the brickwork and then chased about 35mm into the bricks. To be fair that position is the only option they had to come through from the room above, just couldn't see why they didn't chase further to the right away from the lintel and...

That's great thanks for taking the time to respond. I'll sleep better now :)

Hi, Hope this is the right forum. Got the plumbers in and they have chased the wall out under a lintel to fit pipes. I have enclosed pictures of the wall and the lintel, can someone advise if the chasing out has weakened the structure of the load bearing wall? or would filling it with a sand...

Hi, Hope this is the right forum. Got the plumbers in and they have chased the wall out under a lintel to fit pipes. I have enclosed pictures of the wall and the lintel, can someone advise if the chasing out has weakened the structure of the load bearing wall? or would filling it with a sand...

Ok thanks I'll take your advice and stick to the original option of fitting a combi. I might also take the advice of getting a Corgi guy in from day 1 to sort the gas out, at least then he's aware of what's being done to make it gas safe.

Thanks for your help so far. To answer a few points, the back boiler is working ok but whilst I'm bashing the house I thought it would be a good idea to upgrade the heating system as I would be gutted if it failed once I've spent thousands doing the house up. I did look at the straight...

Hi, Qualified as a plumber in 1994 and haven't really done much since but i have kept my hand in with my own house. Just bought an old Victorian terrace and looking to convert the old back boiler into a combi in the kitchen. House requires complete referb so not worried about any mess. Now...