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If it eventually it heats the house to your desired temperature then it must be sized correctly i.e. heat in = heat out. How fast you want it to get up to temp is another factor.

Put in a similar layout in my bathroom 30 years ago but with a Mira Event. Took the hot feed from the vent pipe near the bottom of the hot water cylinder on the assumption any air bubbles would float upwards before they got near the take off. Went up into the ceiling, about 2m across for 4 m...

Glorious Gloucesters got their nickname from Korean campaign in the early fifties. Most Brits killed in that campaign since WW2

I thought thats what a lintel did

Cavity or solid brick wall

Normal plasterboard is fire resistant but is not tested/rated?

Provide fire resistance in accordance with Approved Doc B of the Building Regs , normal plasterboard as you propose

They will output more heat but whether this is of benefit depends what your room heating requirements are and if the current radiators provide whats required. Go online and use one of the radiator sizing calculators to see what your theoretical requirements are and check these against what...

So what span do you need to span

Google installing a support beam, a few videos to see but you will need some structural calculation input to size the beam and confirm adequacy of supporting brickwork/foundations.Good luck

His 1st statement was to keep costs as low as possible, your own time costs nothing unless you have a job to do.

Grafter spade and a lot of graft

Unless water seeps out of top of boundary box ignore it, if it does act dumb and report to water company although they have more pressing things to attend to than minor leaks on service valves

If its something you are doing off your own back i.e. not linked to any planning/building submissions there isn't a need to comply with any regs

Whatever you get back it will be less than inflation so expect to see your monies to recede in real buying terms as it has since time and banks began.

To late, done and dustered?

Apologies, didnt read your post correctly, defo can't keep a downstairs off limits to a kid. Must have been a hell of a leak and a rubbish plumber

Made what matters worse? As for the child keep the door to the kitchen closed and keep the child out the kitchen, its not rocket science, a bit like if you have an open fire you use a fire guard or if you have a garden pond you keep it covered and you keep your garden gate shut to stop her...

Look on the bright side, in a few years time we will have an Albanian prime minister

I don't understand what anyone means