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Deluks, cheers for the reply, I'm not sure how thick the concrete is, but its a 1951 brick built ex-council house if that might give a clue. Whats the best way of working out the thickness of the floor? preferably without digging a massive hole. Cheers!

Hi, I want to build a new wall (brick or block) across the width of my house, the wall will not be supporting anything, and the current floor is concrete. Will i need to dig through the floor and lay a strip foundation for the wall, or can I build directly on top of the current floor...

Thanks for your input noseall, when I get a SE round I will get him to have a look. Hopefully it wont fall down in the meantime, on the pluss side, at least they used a lintel :)

Hi Guys, Iv'e recently moved, and while checking existing Supports and RSJ's so I can work out the best way to extend the house and I came across this: http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.gilchrist/WrongRSJ/photo#5091429793422261778...

The tails indeed must be very old, im not convinced the insulation is up to much now. There is an earth going through the wall as well. <Quote>There will be another cutout the other side of that wall for the neighbours, with an accessible eath terminal.<\Quote> Even if next door have an...

Good point. The more 'weight' I can lend my argument the better, especially if they will meet some of the cost.

Oops, meter was changed in 2000 not 2007 had had a few beers last night :) Even so they moved in the day after me so have never had the supply disconnected. I think I will go round and tell them its a bit dodgy and if its not sorted they could be without power if the fuse goes, (ive no gas)...

The Thing is I want to change the meter from Enon 7 to a regular meter, and relocate the service head and meter to a flush mounted box outside (which would put the front doorh in the way of the cavity currently used to supply next door) so that I can alter the stairs, thus allowing me to make my...

Hi, yes I know I cant touch it, I intend to rewire and replace the CU, under building Regs with Building control inspection, but will get the Elec company in to sort out the Header / meter. If it is for next doors meter how would I go about getting the service moved? I don't expect they...

Hi, Great forum and i hope you can help me. Ive just moved to a house built in 1951, I wish to get the service head & consumer unit moved as they are in an inconvenient place, however the service head has me slightly confused. The thing that is concerning me is that there are 4 tails...