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looking at screws on toolstation. i,m after 60mm to fix 25mm ply to joists. What are the 4x60 4.4x60 etc mean. I assume the 60 is 60mm length, is the first part the width? are these suitable...

thank you.

3m

400 centres 225 x 50 joists

looking at installing the floor in the bathroom that will be tiled. Is 18mm exterior ply direct to floor joists enough or is 25mm advisable screwed down at correct intervals?

Are the Vaillant EcoTec Plus 624 regarded as a good boiler? 2 x bathrooms family of 5

If i have laid a concrete floor base with 1200 gauge dpm under, do i still require another dpm sheet over the concrete before insulation and screed, or is the one already in place enough?

is there a way to work out the thickness of celotex insulation required on a block and beam floor to take underfloor heating with a 75mm screed finish on a given area?

yes the mortar looks poor in that manhole, must keep well away incase i knock it :D

"Your BC is wrong and an idiot." this may be the case, but i have found they can make life difficult if you do not follow their recommendations, right or wrong that is how it is with my borough council and to be honest i don't have the time to challenge every aspect of their way of thinking...

Well all i can say is i have had the discussion and the answer is NO to FD and i MUST use a soakaway. Right or wrong even after pointing out to him they just do not work here. Maybe i,ll call the water board in the morning see what they say.

We know what he is but rules are rules so to speak. Maybe when he finishes rodents may dig holes to my FD

Think i may just do a seperate run and make a seperate soakaway . Living in a clay area no idea why they insist on using soakaways though especially as we have a high water table, but the BDO says NO to tapping into FD!!!

yes, i have three downpipes at rear, it would be easier to get them all to one 110mm underground pipe rather than digging three separate runs for the soakaway?

on a soakaway, can all downpipes lead to one underground pipe that in turn goes to the soakaway?

but building control are either reading some other table or just don't know. architect and SE say it can, BC say it can't.... who pass the plans?

What span can 50 x 225 C16 timber take. Appears my engineer and building control disagree. Hoping to span 4.4m Some disagreement on version 2 and 3????

what is the best way to tie the blocks all in, is it a dry sand/cement brushed in or a very wet mix tipped on and brushed around? and is this with building sand or sharp sand?

If i have two areas i want waste pipe 110mm to travel from under a block and beam floor to an outside manhole. ( shower 1 position, toilet the other) Am i best running two pipe runs or can i use one of these to join the two then have one run to the outside...

thanks, that should do the trick.