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Also try Roofline Plastics in High Wycombe (01494 533445) They offer a 'custom made' service where they make unusual gutter pieces. They do it in the shop using a special welding tool for the plastic fittings. Very neat and not too expensive. They can also create custom downpipe fitments too.

You most certainly do need regs on this (at minimum a building notice) as you are making a fundemental structural alteration to the house. The council will want to see your engineer's calculations for the beam, any piers and any padstones. You will need the engineer's name and address on any...

Yes, how many people think that as soon as the hot tap stops running "It must be drained down" :lol: Then they remove the immersion........................... get a mop "QUICK"

Yes, I'm talking courses of bricks. So when I say 3 courses of bricks it's 1 course of blocks. Reveal ties I put in about 100mm from the reveal, this is the optimum position. So on reveals with plastic cavity closers put wall ties every 3 courses of bricks (or every course of blocks!) and...

The strength in the wall at an opening is maintained by incresing the wall ties at the opening to one every 3 courses of bricks instead of every 6 courses. A frame fixing only relies on the wall it is fixed to so a door frame fixed to the outer skin of the cavity wall does not rely on the...

I've seen this happen a few times before, on every ocassion it has been due to incorrect adhesive. You have to assume the ply was fitted ok, if it wasn't then what was he doing tiling over it, and seeing as how he laid the ply, he can't really blame anyone else? If the floor is...

If the work is started before Jan 1st 2005 and finished before April 1st 2005 then it is exempt from Part P

I think 90 litres is the mixing capacity, the actual drum is nearly 140 litres. However when mixing drier mixes like screed, you'll find it quicker to do lots of smaller mixes rather than try to get a 'full' mix out each time. This is because the dry stuff doesn't mix as well as a sloppy wet...

or even as a second choice

First bit of advice, don't screed until the plastering is done! Why do you want to have the floor finished before the messy plasterwork is done? To be honest, a sharp sand typical screed does not have much strength and will wear badly. For heavy use you need a grano screed where granite...

Yes, you can't have it both ways, either the pipes do create an earth to the rad through the valve connection threads, in which case the rad is bonded. But if you're saying the ptfe stops the rad from being earthed then surely this ptfe is also isolating the rad, stopping it from introducing...

If the floor is currently out by 2" and you want to put a 2" screed over it then surely it will STILL be out by 2"? What you probably mean is that you want to screed it level by making the screed 2" thick where the old floor is low and screed to nothing at the higher points. If that's the...

If your builder had built it properly there wouldn't be a cavity in the foundations at the door openings. The door openings should be 'set out' when building the inner skin of the foundation cavity walling and at the external doorways the brickwork sets back to 225 thick (i.e. solid wall with...

in each case 150mm i.e. from ceiling to within 150mm from the ceiling and from internal corner to within 150mm from that corner

You can see how she got that floor board up, there's the club-hammer and there's the screwdriver :lol: :shock:

At the wall switch for this light are the two wires in the the switch both red? If so this would account for two of the four reds. The others are line in and line out (black and red in + black and red out) If you DO have two reds at the switch (and no blacks) proceed as follows: Both...

this is a good link for shower fan information: http://www.plumbingpages.com/featurepages/VentillationPHAMapril.cfm this is a good link for calculating size of fan required: http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Technical/Ventilation/Ventilation4.html When taking shower fan ducting through the...

Cavity closers have been required for a few years now, maybe 5 or 6 years? Can't quite remember, it could be longer that that! They are there to prevent 'cold-bridging' where two extremes of temperature meet as this could cause condensation inside the window reveal and mould would grow. They...

It would be unlikely that the towel rail wasn't earthed if the pipes are supplementary bonded as the rad valves connect the pipes to the rad and there is metel to metal contact here. So in answer to your question, I would not earth the rad other than through the pipes (purely for appearance...

It's most likely to be rubbish bulbs. Try a better make or try rough service bulbs or longlife bulbs.