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You may also know the building inspector that I paid over £500 for to sign this extension off, sadly he won't do so without an electricians signature. Otherwise, you'd be right Mr Sarcastic.

Hi there, thanks for your time. So Ive had the first fix electrics installed in my kitchen the electrician is coming out to fit the second fix sometime next week on a labour basis only I'm supplying or rather buying the sockets etc ready for him to wire up and sign off. Ive attached a rather...

Without hijacking the thread I'm going to do something similar as a cheap means of making my drive look better. Its currently broken concrete which I plan to break up and remove. Once to bare soil what's the process? Get correct levels Membrane MOT type 1 again checking levels and compact...

Not an experienced thought but a logical one is that so long as your cavity is clear at DPC level the only problem which isn't really a problem is damp may travel above the DPC line on the external skin. If your cavity is clear any damp above the external DPC wont spread onto the internal skin...

Never considered swept bends have a pack of elbows ready to go but Ill return these and exchange for the swept bends, thanks for that. So for now so I can get the units in I'm going to fit the following, A swept bend from the pipe coming from the wall, a fall no bigger than 90mm upto...

Hi there, Running the services in before the kitchen goes in and about to do the waste run. My proposal is in the attatched image. I plan to run the black section first, all 40mm solvent weld then fit the units, sink, trap etc and connect something similar to the red section into the trap...

Having red that may not pass building regs Ive just chiseled it out. The holes not quite as pretty as I wanted but nothing a bit of mortar wont sort out. Cheers!

Hi guys thanks for your time. Ive just core drilled a hole for my kitchen sink waste stupidly my holes dont line up perfect enough to fit a 40mm waste however a 32mm will fit through. Are there any regs against or repocutions to running my kitchen waste in 40mm solvent to the cored hole then...

Hi there, Thanks for your time. Pictures do the best explaining. I plan to remove the french doors so the extension is open from the living room. I've exposed the lintel edges and the bearing is only 115mm where as I read it should be 150mm. Is this something that needs rectifying before we...

My ex council house built 1946 had a similar outhouse leading in from a narrow kitchen and had a toilet and coal room. It was single skin with white asbestos cement boards at the base of the roof structure with around 4/5 inches of reinforced concrete poared directly onto the cement boards which...

Hi guys, Thanks for your time. Its more a is this okay rather will this be okay as its complete now.The peace of mind would be nice though Hear me out please. Mono pitched roof, cross battened, breathable membrane and 8" rafters. I want downlights. Building control stated no holes in...

Thanks for the reply dilalio. Its not an ideal situation Im aware however my bathroom is finished lovely and if I can avoid any pipe runs on show in the bathroom I'd like to which is why Im running it vertical through the floor into the utility room below where Im less concerned about pipes...

Thank for the reply Nige. :LOL: Wasnt aware about anti vac traps they do these in bottle form as well which is great with limited space. If I fit this to the downstairs utility room basin can I do away with the AAV I planned to install in the upstairs bathroom? Would removing that mean I then...

Hi guys, Thanks for your time. Please find attatched my terrible paint drawing explaining the potential waste run I plan to take to drain away two sink basins. I plan to use 40mm selvent weld. So there are two basins to be installed, one up stairs in the bathroom, the other downstairs in the...

Not a plumber but speaking from home owner experience of having new rads fitted. Close all your other rads off both on the TRV and lockshield and fully open the above mentioned rad and see what happens. If it gets red hot you still have a balancing issue if not you could have an air lock...

Hi guys thanks for your time. Recently had the above mentioned boiler installed along with new radiators throughout the house but kept the original copper pipework which is around 12 years old in good condition as far as I'm aware. Anyways, is it normal for the boiler flow tempreature to take...

Thanks for the reply John. Suprisingly there is no sag or bounce in the floor as like I say Ive tiled the floor above with porcelain tiles. I overboarded with 12mm ply, screwed and glued it down and used flexi ply adhesive and there are no signs of cracks in any of the grout lines or tiles in...

Hi guys, Thanks for your time. Im currently gutting the old kitchen and converting it into a utility room as our kitchen is to be in the new extension. Ive dropped the ceiling to make way for a for new pipe runs etc. Anyways, it seems in over the years the plumbers and electricians have...

Hi folks, Thanks for your time. I'm looking to seal the concrete floor in our extension, the floor has been down for around 2 months it will eventually be half tiled, half wooden floored. Im sick of the dust getting dragged around the houe when the kids go in the extension is there a...

A much easier method is to use self drilling screws, drill a 6mm pilot hole through the wood and into the brick, using an 8mm screw and impact driver screw the battens to the wall. Using large washers will give you a better pull on the wood also. This method saves on faffing around with plugs...