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That's a really, really helpful answer, thank you. If I've understood you rightly -- I'll take the Utility room out into the old inspection chamber (this will work fine), and then get the kitchen and bathroom out through the blockwork to join the existing soil pipe at a new inspection chamber...

I should have been more specific, sorry -- the construction notes say 'Thermalite Shield ... or similar' at the relevant points. Don't worry about a builder swapping in cheaper materials!- I'm buying things directly myself and just wanted to check that this was a place where the architects...

The planning notes from the architect recommend Thermalite Turbo and Shield lightweight blocks for the cavity walls. I've not used them before; they look great from an insulation and handling point of view, but a builder friend has said that he's had problems with them cracking in the past. He...

I'm building an extension where the house's existing soil pipe runs across the face of the building into a large inspection chamber with multiple inlets. Like this: Could you tell me what best practice would be with regards to the pipes coming from the house into the soil pipe? Would it be...