Recent content by vexation

Thanks for showing some concern here. No worry necessary. I've previously fitted a few bathrooms, kitchens and CH rads without any trauma so I guess I'm just seeing a bit of inflated pricing where others don't. Spending more time searching around for small single zone UFH kits it's pretty clear...

Cost of this stuff is all over the place though. It feels like it's still not mainstream even though UFH is getting quite common. The only supplier that I've found with prices that I could go along with are: https://www.wundatrade.co.uk/ Perhaps someone around here has had experience with them...

Hi ericmark, yes you're absolutely right about the warmup time but this is a fully double glazed room (think big fishtank) with nowhere but in the floor to put heating. The one wall connecting to house is mostly going to go eventually ;-) I did look at trench heating but it seems to be a bit...

Planning to heat a new-build 18sq m extension with wet UFH but without resorting to an off-the-shelf kit. I have several reasons for not wanting to buy a kit - I think they're generally over-priced for what they contain (I've seen standard looking £60 CH pumps thrown in with a couple of...

Got it! Blocked drain overflowing out of sight, around the corner. Crazy coincidence.

Thanks. I wondered about using dye to reveal a leak. The pipe is fairly new plastic one and was bridged over with a lintel. The foundation trench has been backfilled so it would need digging out to see the pipe.

Our building contractor has nearly completed block & beam floor which spans over an existing sewer pipe. Having just had a quick look around before everything is covered in screed we noticed said smell that wasn't there before. What's the best way to raise the obvious concern that someone may...

Top of vents on two sides are 150 above ground so they should be no problem. Perforated pipe going around at foundation level to drain off underfloor void should groundwater make its way through the clay. Any other precautions come to mind? Solid slab has been considered but the volume of...

That's the exact conclusion we've drawn here right now. Rather than level thresholds all round we'll construct a level patio exclusively off of the main elevation that we plan to make most use of and have a drop to the sides. One side was to be lawn anyway and the other side can be stepped down...

I paid an Architect several K so I hope it was professionally designed. The trouble is, they didn't account for the site levels which are sloping in all directions. New patios are not part of their plans which simply assume a level site 150 below existing dpc. At the moment we have foundations...

Hi Leofric, I'm waiting on word back from the Architect via the builder. Still on the lookout for crowd-wisdom in the meantime as I feel sure this must have been figured out before. Building control can be a bit random in my experience. I can see some unimaginative solution being presented like...

No, that diagram was the only example I could find detailing a level threshold. I found a few like that but they were all drawn for solid oversite slab. I'm beginning to think I'm blazing a trail here :eek:

Hoping to end up with something like this.

Detached. Just a box sticking out of a gable end wall really. The objective was to open up to surrounding patio without change in level. Seen lots of glossy ads for this kind of home improvment but when I see detail for level thresholds, they draw them up against solid slab floors like this:

Wow. That all seems like a lot of trouble to go to. I understand that ventilation is to prevent build up of gases like methane/radon and to control moisture levels. Can't these be dealt with by using appropriate membranes or something? Also, there's the possibility of breaking in below the...