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Yes, an inferior job it may turn out to be. I don't think inserting extra timber joists is an option now. As the roof was also being insulated with celotex between the joists, plaster board was used to hold it in place. For some reason the builder decided to plaster it as well and all over...

Oh crikey, thanks for all this info. It's brilliant everyone. Well the bungalow is in West Sussex 1km from the sea and is not our main home in Surrey. It's meant to be our retirement home for later if anyone's interested! It won't be long now! We asked about planning and it was said that it...

Thanks Woody but how do we establish what is not feasible? The ground is saturated at the moment and the water table is probably as high as can be without actually flooding and the soil is clay right down to the 1m deep footings. If we carry out a infiltration test now won't it show that we...

Woody, when you say an option is connecting to existing drains, do you mean any of the existing drains not just surface water drains? The bungalow rainwater appears to go into the main drain which is also the foul drain. Can it be connected into that? And if we do, would we have to get/do an...

Hello All, We have had a flat roofed outbuilding(7.5m x 5m) built by a builder on building notices. I trusted that he and his men knew what they were doing. He called in a BC inspector for final sign off certificate last week. It failed on 2 items, one of them was the soakaway that I nor the...

Hmmm.......thanks. Sorry more questions...........The only planning objection I think may be valid is that the decking runs up closer to near the neighbours sitting room window. They are be able to peer in the window more easily if they hang over the deck albeit very wobbly at the moment. But...

Hello there, I asked in a previous post about removal of decking at a block of flats. I asked if planning permission would be needed if it were removed completely then replaced and it appears it does. Someone in the post replied that the council would be unlikely to refuse it when permission...

Thanks to both of you. Apologies but I have more questions............ If all neighbours object, which is very likely, are they still likely to pass it? As the decking has caused severe damp problems to the adjacent flat, would the decking have to be built in a modified form to prevent damp...

Hello all, I am a director for a property management company for a block of flats. This is a bit complicated so bear with me please. A ground floor flat owner in a block of 24 applied to the freeholders of the land for permission to build a decking outside their flat. Approval was given by the...

Great thanks, put my mind at rest.

Hello there, We have had a shallow shower tray fitted on the ground floor by an expert plumber. The waste pipe goes out of the wall to the exterior gully but is below the dpc. I'm not sure, I but don't think the 90mm waste itself goes below the floor membrane. Are we likely to get damp under...

Hello again Nige, and Agile, Mr Plumber did come back and took most of the day to get it all up and running. He managed to cause a leak in loft by bashing the pipe that had the air lock, then ran through my kitchen shouting "Disaster's Struck"! Hmmmm However I'm still alive and it's another...

Thanks Nige, It's a nuisance that the run is under 4" thick concrete as I was hoping we could do it on our own. Having had builders around for a couple of months I'm a bit reluctant to prolong the agony.... Maybe I could just ask them to cut the concrete with an angle grinder for me and we'd...

Good idea going through the wall. Would we need to create a new manhole outside? The existing manhole is about 5ft away diagonally from the outside wall with terracotta pipework. Penny

Thanks, I've drawn it now and saved it to my documents but don't now how to post it on here! Sorry I'm an old dinosaur with this stuff.

Hello there, We have a 1960's bungalow with solid concrete floors. We have a WC against an outside wall which we want to move through 90 degrees to an adjacent wall. The WC is against a false wall and has a vertical soil pipe straight down. We intend to remove the false wall for extra space...

I thought as much, as I heard gurgling in the boiler. The plumber should be back tomorrow.......... I repeat 'should'. As long as the boiler can't blow up through overheating or a blockage or something. The kitchen radiator is holding out anyway so am able to keep warm. Luckily it's not that...

Hello there, I had a new bathroom towel rail radiator fitted today by a plumber. Gradually one by one the radiators have stopped warming up until there is one in the kitchen that is hot. The boiler only comes on for a few minutes then goes off. Am I right in thinking there is air in the...

Thanks Newboy and Yes Hugh, well spotted and thanks for replying again! The bungalow is our holiday home near the coast. The suspected blocked ensuite wc is at our main home. Is there a special easy knack or tool for removing the plug thingy at low level. There doesn't seem a way to avoid...

Hello all, Hope you can help please. I have a suspicion that our upstairs ensuite could be blocked somewhere having looked at other threads. We had an ensuite built upstairs about 2-3yrs ago. The soil pipe has been made as complicated as it gets with about 3 bends before it gets to the...