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If the steel is within the joist space (i.e. not visible from above or below) then you don't need to provide separate fire protection for it. There's no requirement to fire clad the steel beam unless it is below the ceiling line as a 'downstand'

nice one! I'll bet you took it to the repair shop too, "That'll be £120 to mend it sir, or you can have a new one for £29.99!" :lol:

Is it my eyesight or are there only 3 earth wires for the 7 cables?

I've had to replace several Velux panes over the years, when you order the unit from Velux is comes in a very strong casing complete with all rubbers, packers and all the other bits you'll need. I was well impressed the first time I had to do this, after opening the 'box' seeing all the stuff...

well if water is coming out that's a start! However if one of the vales is blocked (or off) then you'll still get water out but no circulation hence me suggesting trying bleeding with alternate valves open/shut. This will determine if one of the two valves is blocked. Take the head off the...

Cheap tools are a liability to a tradesman who's time is money. Some of the gear I use I've had many years, it gets well used and abused too whereas most diy'ers tools are locked in the shed 51 weeks of the year. A mate of mine helped me one day putting in many hundreds of 100mm screws into...

Did you bleed it with the heating turned off (i.e. pump off)? If so, did any air come out of the bleed valve? If so, did any water then come out of the bleed valve? Try bleeding it with one valve shut, does it still bleed? Try bleeding it with the other valve now shut and the first...

In my area a single skin ceiling is perfectly ok except in a garage with a bedroom above. (that does need double boarding) The steel will have to be double clad though, with staggered joints and a plaster skim. This gives it the required fire protection. Still check this with your bco as...

Waterproofing the inside will definately help but watch you don't create a pond rather than a flower bed! Rainwater needs to be able to drain out, either through the bottom (preferred method) or through weep holes (not so clever visually) I'd render internally to seal all gaps and poorly...

I would tend to agree, Thermalite would not be my first choice for flower bed retaining walls. You should have used a dense block (solid concrete) or a dense brick. However, it's too late for that now so how to render? Exactly as Tex says but I would fix expanded metal lathing first...

Strange dehumidifier you have if it won't come on below 20 degrees! Most rooms that need dehumidifying are well below that (new build, damp environment, no heating, winter months etc) MDF cill should be ok as long as you don't have tons of condensation running down onto them, mdf cills...

How old is this felt? As your neighbour has been having repairs done and you too have a leak it tells me that this felt is past its best? Patching is difficult if you don't know where the leak is. Any dampness inside may be nowhere near the actual leak in the felt as the water tracks along...

Sounds like the sewer gasses are building up and 'burping' back through the easiest route, which happens to be this basin. The soil stack must be blocked and needs venting to the outside air, through the roof somehow. Depending on your configuration, this should be quite easy to do.

trv's monitor the temperature immediately around themselves. Only certain types monitor the room temperature and these have a wall stat linked to the trv to control it. Yours sound like the normal type. Trv's can take about 15 minutes to respond to temperature change sometimes (depending if...

Although wood expands when wet and contracts again when dry, in my experience it never contracts back to the size it was prior to the expansion. It will always be slightly 'fatter' so I would take up that area, leave it to dry properly then re-fit.

I've recently bought the Fluke 1652, it's here in front of me, lovely piece of kit! I paid £554.26 + vat (list less 26% I think) That was the cheapest I found. Where abouts are you, as this was from my regular leccy wholesaler in High Wycombe.

Definately not! The mcb is there to protect the cable and must be rated no higher than the cable rating. The cable is rated at up to between 32 to 47 amps depending on installation method so the breaker has to be equal to or less than this. 32a is the safe option, 40a is pushing it, all...

Being under scaffolding is potentially risky, materials, tools and debris possibly falling down. The scaffolding contractors must ensure that the scaffold is completely screened, toe-boarded and debris-netted if you are expected to be underneath at any time. Although work is going on above...

The cooker switch is to allow convenient isolation and should be within 2 metres from the oven so you can't do away with this. If you hide the 2 way cu behind the oven it is not 'accessable', also it may well get too hot (I assume you mean directly behind the oven in the housing?) You don't...

65mm is a very popular size, try a better merchant or just order them (most merchants get stuff within 3 days). Even if you do your polystyrene method, you will still not need vertical dpc. Vertical dpc was only ever needed where the two skins of cavity wall masonry touched together...