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I'm trying to establish a boundary between 2 residential properties where the only written evidence I can find is a planning consent from the period detailing the side of a new build on one of the properties will be 900mm from the "Boundary Line". There is something in the back of my mind from...

Can anyone advise if there was a restriction in the planning regulations back in the late 70's early 80's to limit building new houses closer than 900mm (3 feet) of a neighbour's boundary, and if so, please can you suggest the version(s) of the regs? Many thanks

Hi Atul I'm the original Post starter but your questions are relevant to my as yet unbuild and undecided project. What I found out was: If your rear extension touches your side extension, i.e overlaps even by the smallest (mere mm), then it will not be permitted under PD. If the dormer roof...

I think the auto- bypass on my Glow Worm 30CXI boiler is stuck open and I would be grateful for some advice on the consequences. Hopefully the boiler will be replaced later this year so I would sooner not pay out on repairs I don’t have to. However, just in case the boiler replacement happens...

I've researched the boiler quite a lot and they do seem a bit pony 'n' trap but hopefully not for the knacker’s yard just yet. I'll persevere with lock shield adjustment to try and get a better return temperature but as 3 of the valves are 1&1/4 turns from fully open to fully closed, 2 are...

I recently moved into a mid 50's 2 bedroom bungalow and I'm having issues with the heating and would be grateful for some advice. I am unable to balance the radiators to give a temperature differential of anything greater than 1 to 5 degrees across the rads and 4 to 8 degrees across the boiler...

I can see there have been many Views of this Topic but no replies. Please can someone advise if there is a problem with it, e.g. too long/wordy, badly written etc? Many thanks.

I recently moved into a house with a upvc front door that has a multi-point lock that may be faulty. I understand that when the door is shut and held closed by the latch only it should not be possible to open the door from the outside unless the key is turned at the same time as the external...

I chickened out undoing the iron connections, in part coz my knees were giving me gyp, and opted just to remove the old stopcock as I had already loosened it. The threads in the coupler appeared clean/free of rust and by discarding the locknut and olive the replacement stopcock screwed directly...

Job done. Thanks for the help, much appreciated.

Isolating the mains water outside the property wouldn't be a problem; have done it several times already. A replacement (2nd) stopcock has already been fitted downstream of the original one, see photo. I understand that the thread on a 15mm compression fitting is 1/2" BSP. If the original...

The spindle on the seized lower stopcock in the photo below is restricting access to the floor space in the cupboard where it is located. I want to turn the stopcock so that its spindle is inline/parallel with its pipework. I've tried undoing the stopcock/galv coupling a little over 1/8 of a...

1. That's great. 2a. Using a Vernier the steel pipe measures 19.33mm O/D give or take a bit for rust and crud etc. I'm aware iron pipes are measured internally and had guessed with 19.33 O/D the I/D must be 1/2". The connections appear to be 1/2" pipe to 1/2" x 3/4" reducer to 3/4" coupler to...

The iron water main in my house (a bungalow) rises to the stopcock through a suspended wooden floor in the airing cupboard in a very inconvenient place. It is right behind the cupboard door about 4 inches out from the side wall and along with poorly located heating pipes restricts the use of the...

Flow rate remained the same at 17ltr/min at 1.6 bar.

Water board say it is not a shared main. The pressures at 2:00 am were: 6 bar static after turning flow off quickly 4 bar static after turning off slowly 1.6 bar with full flow at kitchen sink 1.5 - 2.3 with partial flow at bathroom sink depending how much tap was open. Flow rate seemed high...

I don't know if it's a shared main but the bungalow is the first property in a small cul-de-sac with 4 other bungalows of which all are occupied by couples, 4 of those being retired (if that makes any difference) so no big households. I'll have to check the pressure/flow at the time you suggest.

I mentioned the boiler because it occasionally gives a dribble of water from the area of the cold water inlet to the DHW heat exchanger. However, hopefully an engineer has fixed this.

I recently moved into a mid-sixties bungalow that seems to have widely varying water flow at kitchen taps and bath tap manual mixer hand-held shower. This is noticeable on both hot and cold. The bungalow has a Glow Worm 30 CSI combi-boiler that has had a history of problems but is currently...

I was woken up to workmen clambering about on the roof and valley yesterday morning with no prior notice, scared the **** out of me to begin with. I went outside and took the attached photos The first photo is of the roofers working on repointing the chimney for the neighbours rented property...