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Yeh think I've got a bit of an idea now thanks to everyones comments, so I can ring em and ask some questions. Cheers!

Yes just sandwiching it in between a couple of layers was my first thoughts but was just wondering if it would work. My problem is that I can't find any info on this subject to recommend the best suited type. As far as I can see the slate flashing looks probably the best but I was just...

Hi I have a small extension roof that needs replacing. It only has a shallow pitch of a bit under 15 degrees, hopefully just enough to fit some Velux style windows at a push? I was originally wanting to do it in slate to match the rest of the house but the pitch is to shallow, and altering the...

Thanks for the reply! :D

Hi when connecting up to a plastic IC, say for example a WC and a couple of gullies dose the WC have to connect into the "straight through"? The reason I ask is after reading this: "When using the component (Inspection Chamber) as a 90˚change of direction the main through channel...

Yeh everything from the boundary wall in is the customer's responsibility so we would be digging the 750mm deep ditch, putting in the MDPE pipe from house to the boundary, ducting it through 100mm pipe under a wall and into the house, as well as insulating the MDPE as it comes up into the house...

Hi the supplier in question is Northumbrian water, and they say that they will replace the lead pipes without any testing and either 25 or 32 mm MDPE is acceptable. As I say I'm just worried they will pull up a map of the old drainage and start asking questions, the last thing I want is for...

"seal the end with either a non setting putty such as plumbers mate or use a silicon sealant" Cheers for that! That is the stuff I would have thought you would use. It's just when I Googled "non-hardening plastic" as stated in the water companies info sheet all I got back was some childrens...

Hi I have been reading some information from my water supplier that they will replace the pipe from the mains to the customers property for free if they are lead. As my dad is re-plumbing his whole house at the min and has old lead pipes rite at the surface of the path :shock: and a leaky old...

Spot on 8)

Ahh a pic is worth a thousand words! :D Thanks very much for that, I've hunted about but couldn't find one anywhere! Where is it from, do you have a link? Think I have an idea what I'm up to now anyway, CHEERS!

Thanks for the reply :) So am I correct in thinking the breathable membrane will go on the "warm side" as in internal insulation? Or in other words membrane onto wall; then insulation onto membrane and wall; then battens onto insulation and membrane and wall; then cladding over the lot? Or...

Yeh I should have mentioned I will be putting on a new roof & doing the floor. Only 2 of the walls are external, 1 of which I will have to bite the bullet & internal insulate, the other I'd like to do externally otherwise I defo won't have enough space for what I would like to put in the room...

Hi I have a tiny utility room which has been stuck onto the back of my house many moons ago before I bought the place. Its single leaf brick and obviously freezing in the winter which also makes the bathroom it connects onto a bit cold! Hope this makes sense: Back wall it a party wall with...

Thanks for that. Yeh I didn't think I'd get to much insulation from 6mm of underlay but have seen loads of different types making big claims etc. I suppose I should have thought of the obvious answer of looking at the U-values! :oops: I'll have another look tomorrow anyway and have a closer...

Hi I'm going to be laying hard wood flooring over existing floor boards and I'm currently looking into how I can insulate the floor while I'm on. It's a suspended timber floor and I was originally thinking of under floor insulation, but for various reasons this is defo not an option...

Yep, that's what I thought! :lol: Ok then I'm just trying to get clear in my head what sort of lintel is best for the front and back of the house. With the the roof truss resting on the inner leaf of bricks above window openings on both sides I'll need something substantial for them. I've...

Ok heres the dodgey pics I promised. The first one is the badly bent 2 inch lintel above the 2 living room windows. It's very hard to see from the pics I know: This is the outside view of the 2 windows: The next pic shows the bedroom 3 inch lintel that has been re enforced with a newer...