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Thanks for the replies. Yes SFX - that’s what I’m after “concrete gully surround”. Why didn’t I think of that to Google!

I want to lay gravel down the side of our house but the new level will be higher than the gutter pipe concrete drain lip. Can you buy a sort of "extender liner" which inserts into the basin and existing drain hole thus raising the edge? Seems like a lot of work if the only alternative is to take...

We have a new porch area and I need to instal a new front door and frame. I am thinking of a Tricoya door rather than composite or UPVC as this will suit the property. Tricoya is supposed to be very good. I am thinking in a hardwood frame it should be a good solution. Can anybody tell me if they...

I am making an ensuite bathroom out of a utility area with concrete floor (no DPM). The bedroom floor is a suspended wooden floor 10" higher. The ensuite floor area is only 900mm 3000mm. I have ran services on the old concrete floor. Originally I was going to lay a thick DPM then lay 6" PT...

Am considering Marshall's Drystack cladding for cladding a porch. However all the online installation info I have been able to find refers to installation on a block brick garden wall only whereas one of my walls is stud and OSB. Marshalls do refer to using internally on a stud wall (emphasising...

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I am planning on enclosing an open porch area with a timber stud wall. Stud wall will be 300 centres with PIR insulation, 12mm cement board (or similar) internal facing with paster finish. Outside facing OGP rendered and stone cladding. I believe I should put a waterproof barrier on the inside...

I am plumbing in an ensuite with soil pipe draining a loo, basin, shower (in that order of pipe run). I believe an AAV will stop any vacuum effect from flushing the loo sucking the water out of the sink and shower traps. I also know it has to be above the height of the highest drain (basin)...

Thanks guys - that worked!

Yesterday I replaced and moved a radiator with a new panel and TVR. Refilled and bled the system. System keeps pressure and all other panels in the house warm up as normal but new panel stays cold. Thought must still be air somewhere in new pipes so bled the new radiator again. The new extended...

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I have read on other posts that to bring a concrete floor up to the height of another floor (suspended wood in our case) you can either lay 100mm celotex then 50mm or so of concrete; or lay joists across the concrete floor and flooring on top. In our case, we have pipework running from a...

Thanks for replies.The heating will not be connected to the house. It will be a standalone electric rad switched on from the porch. I think that satisfies the regs (or use to). GTH's solution seems a good one, what thickness/grade OSB did you use? Would Marine Ply be better?

We have a detached bungalow with an open porch area approx 3m x 1.1m. The bungalow roof (and gable end) overhangs this porch supported by the property wall on 2 sides and a brick pillar in the far (front) corner which shall be retained. I want to enclose the porch area. Others have done this by...

I have a run of base units running along a wall from corner to corner starting with a corner base and ending with a tall larder unit. I have a tall end panel to fit on the exposed side of the tall unit next to a base unit but measuring up post plastering of walls etc things are getting tight! I...

(Bump) ..... can nobody help with this? Could we just build a single block wall and dot&dab with insulated plasterboard on the inside with batons/EDPM/cladding on the external face?

Thanks everyone. I discussed this all further with him. He has been installing 2x6mm with seperate RCBOs in new builds for a couple of years contract work. Seems they are not applying the diversity rule for domestic kitchens of 10amps+30%+5amps for any socket. If I remember the fag packet...

Was all set to run with 6mm all the way thru to the 5.5kW oven and 7.6kW hob splitting to 6mm from the dual appliance outlet to each appliance but an electrician I was chatting to says for the combined load of 13.1lW I need to run 6mm cables seperately from each appliance to separate RCBOs on...