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Update. Neighbour has started digging foundations on side. After 8 weeks of constant flow and Yorkshire water scratching their heads it's stopped for first time. How do I proceed. Neighbor and I are on good terms. Builder is saying he will concrete it but I'm worried it will come back on my...

How would it work if no weep holes?

Anybody out there

Hi. Having a 1.5m window installed in cavity wall in living room. Will be using 100x150 rc lintel x2. Externally it will be rendered. Is a cavity tray a must? Weep holes would not be required. Also I have 152x89x16kg rsj. Can I cut that and use it instead of lintel. Cheers

Was going to use the wall ties. Wondering though would some L brackets suffice?

Bricks property. Would you just go with block? Have quite a lot of brick left from removing internal wall, etc. Was thinking brick on outside, and block internally.

Pics of end result. Will need to fix brick work in between joists that had dropped down. Other than that job went quite smoothly

Hi. I've managed to build up pile of rubble in front garden. Consists of concrete garage slabs, broken roof tiles, stones, bricks, old black mortar, old black plaster, etc. Now I need to level my garden by raising sections by a foot. Would this do the job?. Will either concrete finish or...

Is only supporting a free standing brick wall and as a purlin for joists. Mortor is soft though.

No. It was done from drawings. Brick is bloody strong. Do I even need padstone

Hi. Putting 203x102x23kg beam at 4m length to open up dining. I went to builders merchant for padstone. Only had 440x215x100 size. I've cut it in half but now thinking maybe should have used full to spread load. Not specified on drawings. From your experience is this OK?

Hi. Need to block up external side door. Was thinking of brick on outside and block on inside. Will be rendered after. It has a large step/lintel at bottom. Would this need to come out so I can make cavity or am I OK to build on top? Will use wall ties and also tie into adjacent brick work...

Whilst I'm doing it would you T off blue pipe for outside garden tap?

How many showers? Is the flow good?

I've ended up with 25mm pipe but will use 22mm for distribution and then tee off with 15mm. Isolation valves will be full bore. Hope it works out ok.

As the mdpe comes in to the property it is around 550-600mm. It will then lay on subfloor for 7metres and finally come up in kitchen. Do I need to use lagging/ducting on of what sort? Also I would like a garden tap. Is it best to take of the mdpe? Cheers

What size stopcock did you use? 32 to 22m?

If I use similar set up but with 25mm mdpe (bore size 22mm) to 22mm copper hot and cold would I be unable to run 2 showers at same time from boiler?

That's what's stopping me. Is there a way around this ? What if I get 32 to 32 stop cock then use reducer from 32 to 28? Would you use 22 or 28 copper? Does the water company have to attach blue pipe coming into to my side from road stopcock? If it can be done by plumber then will let water...

Hi. Replacing lead pipe. Having stopcock on road renewed. Neighbors say flow is good. Do I use 32mm or 25mm? House has been extended with dormers. 3 floors 2 bathrooms. I've dug trench between 700-750 deep. Do I insulate pipe or duct it? Will lie on subfloor when inside. Cheers