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OK I've had a closer look today. I might have a solution... The main problem being there is a raised hump in the tiling - almost as if he was following some trajectory - then decided to follow another! I've enclosed an updated plan below. The fall either side of this hump is initially quite...

Hi all I'm not sure now if I posted my original question in the correct forum (Tiling) as it is an issue to do with a tiled floor and the fitting of units on that floor. If I go ahead and fit the units it's more for this forum I guess - maybe the mod's could move it? The thread can be found...

Hi - yes they have adjustable legs - the usual B&Q fair. I would need to go from the washer as that has to fit under the worktop. You can clearly see / feel the hump in the floor and the slope either side of it. If it is possible to get the units in the kick plate is going to need some serious...

Hi Gerald Yes I'm with you on that. They bought the ceramic tiles when the kitchen was over-tiled some 8 - 10 years ago. They bought just enough to do the kitchen, utility and the rear porch which follows on from the utility. I spoke to the tiler this morning to see what the chances were of...

Yes well that's what I said all along - but they just didn't want to know. And so now I'm left with having to deal with it :( I truly don't know what to do. There is no way they will have the floor up with all the cost (plus the wasted cost) and mess etc. It kinda leaves me with having to...

OK - bit of a problem here! The old folks have just had a floor tiled - and the outcome is not good... The property is a Victorian pile with half suspended, half solid floors. The kitchen is solid (quarry originally IIRC) floor and next to this room is a utility room accessed by a door at one...

Thanks:) The rising butt hinges are an interesting idea. There are actuators that can be 'pushed' without being manually released from the gate. However are the actuator motors not usually locked by some means in the closed position to stop wind moving them? This lock was what I had considered...

Hi all! I am looking to install swing gates to my driveway which is the only entrance to my premises. I would like to install electric gates and have been looking at the various options & actuators. However I would also like the ability to open them manually from the street for callers /...

Hi Tony Well I like yourself are at odds with someone who is a 'leading light' on the PWA in the UK. I will not name names - but I have been told by many a surveyor that if he says it will not come into play - it will not come into play. It just serves to augment my point that it's all a bit...

I just wanted to follow this up with my experiences having spoken to quite a number of PWA surveyors, building control, a man who is said to be 'the authority' on the PWA in the UK & others. I have never come across such opposing views on what was I thought a fairly simple case in relation to...

Thanks woody ST told me they need a full electro-location survey, not just a standard CCTV survey with a DVD. I contacted the nearest company to me who do this and they quoted '£300 - £350'. The follow-up survey which ST said they would need if there was a drain to the rear entry (which would...

Thanks bernardgreen Yes I can approach my neighbours, armed as you suggest with the news that any shared drains would now fall under the responsibility of ST. I am not sure if they will agree to carrying out the tests, only one way to find out. However that wouldn't define whether or not...

Thanks for the replies. So what would be the recommended course of action here? I understand it's my responsibility to make an application if I am building within 3 metres of a public sewer - that's not the problem. My local BC guy was never saying that was in question. The issue was ST not...

Hi all Well after receiving planning approval - I shortly after received a letter from Severn Trent re: building over / close to a public sewer. I spoke to Severn Trent, and they said they had no records of a public sewer running along the rear entry behind my property, and in the vicinity of...

Hi all Well I am having some trouble here regarding the Party Wall Act - and whether or not the works I am proposing will require notices to be served under the act or not. I have spoken to a number of surveyors now recommended by RICS - some suggest the works would require notification -...

OK - Understood. If the PWA is agreed with my current neighbour - would that then follow through to the new occupier - or would I have to start all over again with a new application? Thanks

Thanks Freddy :) I guess I am wanting to be up to speed with regards to all eventualities. Of course I am hoping the new neighbours will be every bit as lovely as my current neighbours - but real life dictates this will not always be the case. I will do some searching of the forum. In my...

Thanks :) Indeed the intention was that all elements of that elevation would fall within the envelope of my property with no overhang. I have just downloaded & am reading the Part Wall Act booklet - quite a read! It states that if an award has been given to the proposer for the works then...