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Hi guys, Doing an integral garage conversion, half of the garage will remain as a garage and another half will be a kitchen. The wall to split the garage in two, what type of wall should it be to meet the Building Regs? Can it be a stud wall with fireboard on both sides? How thick the...

Any reason why? What is so special about this?

Hi guys, I am planning a garage conversion into a kitchen and want to submit the Building Control Application. All gas and electrical work for the kitchen will be done by Registered professionals who will submit all required paperwork to the council. Do I need to say in the application that it...

To answer your questions: If you select ONLY hot water on your programmer / timer ,do the radiators heat up ? - Yes And if you select central heating only ,does hot water cylinder heat up ? - No How it was previously: - Selecting Central Heating would also heat the Hot Water - Selecting...

I guess pretty much the same. But now, when the heating is on, the hot water is not heating. Whereas previously, when the heating was on the hot water tank was boiling hot. So I assume the valve has moved with the help of the actuator? But manually moving the brass valve is hard, could not move...

Thank you, the spindle in the brass, does not move freely, had to use pliers to move it. I have changed the temperature on the hot water tank and something has happened, now I get heating on when the hot water is heating. Am I correct to assume that the actuator is working fine, but the brass...

Thank you, any easy way to reset it?

Drayton Motorized valve MA1

Thank you, Are there two Mid Position Valves? One for hot water and one for heating? Or is it one doing the job for heating and water?

Hi guys, Merry Christmas!!! A couple of days ago I turned water heating (water tank) and House heating at the same time. Ever since then, hot water in the tank heats up when the home heating is on. I recon some automatic valve has stuck? What can I do? Your help is much appreciated. Thank you,

Thank you guys, The 500mm radiator I want to install says: Pipe Centers (mm) 500mm in the Specs. Isn't the pipe centers a distance between the pipe centers? I have 560mm between pipes, so it should be plenty of space? Or am I misunderstanding this?

Hi guys, I have a small 480mm radiator which needs to be replaced. Can I replace it with a 500mm radiator? Will it fit? See photo for measurements. Thank you,

Thank you, Do I need to lay some membrane under Celotex? Can I tile over Celotex, or do I need to lay something on top of celotex?

Hi guys, Converting half of a double semi-detached garage into a kitchen. Not sure what to do with the floor in order for it to be warm and to comply with the Building Regulation. Can you help please? What type of floor should I lay and how high the new floor should be above the DPC? Photo...

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The were from checkatrade from my area.

That is what the second builder told me, he said the bricks are cut and I need to open the ceiling to check the joists.

I had two builder come and have a look, one said about the council another said that I need to open the ceiling next to the wall and check the joists myself. So, no, I have not yet hired a builder as I have no clear idea about what they need :-)

Hi guys, I need to remove a non-load bearing wall (you can see that the brick on top was cut and no joists are sitting on the wall). My builder asked me to contact the council to confirm that the wall is non-loadbearing. But the council says they do not have this information. What is the...

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