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Nige F: thanks for your reply. Probably the answer is no because in my simplified drawing I have not shown the rather complicated plumbing arrangement behind the boiler. The installer has fitted an Elterm mixer device with associated pump and air vents and I would rather not mess with this! I am...

Pete - thanks for your response. My boiler is wood pellet fired - is combined feed & vent o.k. with this? Gofer

I have read conflicting advice about this on the Internet and would be grateful for a definitive answer regarding the correct layout of pipework to/from an F&E tank. Firstly, please excuse the rather amateurish drawings. The large box at the bottom is the boiler and the circle is the pump...

Update: new carpet laid successfully. The PE foam-backed alu foil was tricky to lay flat on the screed but we managed it. The recycled rubber backed wool/mixed fibre underlay went down ok and was level with the top of the wood of the gripper rod as planned. Scanning with an infra-red thermometer...

Thanks for your response. Have been away for a week or so hence the tardiness in my reply. The carpet is not going under the skirting board and I did go ahead and cut some strips of ply! Still waiting arrival of the new carpet so unable to report back on the state of play.

Thanks for your reply Crazydaze. The underlay we have gone for is actually quite a firm one compared to some, being a bilayer jobbie (Duralay Kensington) with a recycled rubber crumb base and an 80% recycled wool layer on the top. My main concern is thermal resistance rather than "softness" and...

Am re-posting this in case anyone has any thoughts! Thanks. Gofer

Can anyone please help me regarding the thickness of underlay relative to the thickness of the gripper rod. I have an 11mm thick underlay which I am putting on top of an aluminium foil faced PE foam which is 5 mm thick - total thickness 16 mm. Obviously this is much thicker than a gripper rod...

Things have moved on a bit! I have discovered that more and more folk are opting for a low threshold entrance and not just for wheelchair users but for general convenience because the floor of the extension and the patio slabs are at the same level. In the case of a conservatory it seems...

[/url] Thanks for your input Gazman. I have found that even modest deviations from the "standard lean-to conservatory" start racking up the cost. The problem I have is not only the lack of height from the fascia board to the ground but also the fact that the conservatory will be breaking into...

Thanks Tony. This was my gut feeling but knowing how pernickity some BCOs can be, I did just wonder. My idea is to create a trench around the conservatory base and make a gravel bed with a length of plastic land drain buried therein which would run to a soakaway (which is already in existence)...

I have a problem! We would like to fit (DIY) a conventional lean-to conservatory to our bungalow, outside the existing French doors which lead to the patio. The problem is, is that there is not enough height to the fascia board to give even the minimum fall required. We have looked at all manner...