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Here you go my issue! I’ve had to close the cavity of the new bay window as I can’t have a gas pipe in a cavity due to the regs and I just can’t figure out how to get around this! Thanks Jake

Hi Tiger I’m happy to have it anywhere and yes aware of the regs sort of which is the reason its Causing a issue lol Thanks

Hi cdbe, That’s the issue I’m having that there’s no where to move it to :( Can a metal tail pipe be put on? If so how far under the ground does it have to be? I’ll take a pic of my dilemma lol

Hi, I know it’s a plumbing question however people Reply more in this group lol I have a external metre with a yellow mdpe pipe coming up , as Im Building my bay window this is now inside which I know has to Be metal or sleeved With metal… I just wondered what metal Would be best and does it...

As many know on here I’ve just finished one , if it’s 1x3 metre and upto 3 metres high then it falls under permitted development … if you can afford to loose the space for a cavity I would Choose that with brick / dense block on the outside and thermolite on the inside… I couldn’t do a cavity...

hi How much space do I need to leave around this pipe? Thanks Jake

Thanks exedon I get what your saying and a gas safe engineer who is registered will be soldering it to the system however what my question is isn’t about connection it’s about regulations of a gas pipe in a stud wall… there’s no joints in said pipe just a pipe I just want to get the wall studded...

Hi I qualified as a plumber many moons ago lol I just wondered what the current regs are for this as I Also retired lol thanks

Afternoon, I’m just in the process of building a bay window however the external gas box is in the way so needs moving to The front of the new bay window which is all good and well, the energy supply is going to move their metre to the new location but just the metre! I need to run the gas...

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Just pour some self levelling on them

I’d put my money on it that the bottom stringer( black line) goes all the way up behind the board , the red is your newel post, blue is just a piece of trim and the yellow bottom rsil has been added on with the spindles … the bottom rsil is easy to remove just buy some more and replace it and...

Forgive me if I missed it are your floors currently concrete or wood?

My wife couldn’t imagine those walls coming down either until she came home and they were gone lol I couldn’t see going up stairs it was so dark lol The newel posts on your stair case aren’t holding the stairs up but they are securing the hand rails which you need ones will need fitting right...

Evening, I know the rule Of thumb is cutting three joists for a Loft hatch would I get away with cutting four obviously I’d be doubling trimmers with joist hangers and doubling up joists around the hatch… just getting ready to fit my loft window but I can’t get it up unless I cut 4 or carry it...

I’m actually in the middle Of doing mine but mine was a lot more complex which meant getting rid of a wall or two lol . I’m getting there I can only Do It in my spare time

It looks like someone’s just put some board over it to cover up the rails on the inside of the stairs … my guess is it’s maybe 3 ply? If so it’s not supporting anything so can come off bang on it and see if it’s thin . As it’s sounds like it’s going to be a diy job and the questions your asking...

Hi Random , Indeed I recall that… it was more of the thought of my ceiling is getting lowered directly below my current ceiling would that give me adequate strength instead of using 7x2 and reaching the required insulation depth Thanks Jake

Evening, I asked a question before about strengthening joists however my plans have yet again changed . Current lost joists are 4x2 running back to front , supporting stud wall somewhere in the middle. Now I know you can add parallel 6x2/7x2 etc but could I glue and screw some 3x2 4x2 ontop of...

Not really a category for this but thought this might be as close as I’ll get… we are planning on cladding the top Part of our house just wondered what peoples Opinions are on pvc v timber cladding? It’s going to be a light/mid oak Colour Thanks Jake