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@sircerebus666 yes i do actually have confidence in straight line cutting. I dont know why Im making a fuss i sometimes just get caught in a rabbit hole of over thinking. Getting reassurance or pointers from experts here helps get me over those humps. thanks @big-all can you elaborate? the...

oh ok, I guess i just didnt want to have to try and trim the door lining if i could avoid it by sourcing different timber. Is it standard enough to trim the door frame like that? I suppose it doesnt matter too much if its not perfectly straight since an architrave will cover those...

Hi there, Im about to embark on builidng a downstairs WC which of course involves studwork and framing. Confident with abilities once Iv planned appropriately and looking for help here. So im building the walls with 3x2 studwork but the studs measure about 70x40mm. Is that standard for 3x2...

Yes as you said i focussed on the distance i needed from the wall to best accommodate joining to the inspection chamber (which i havent yet done and today is a washout so will likely do midweek) So i got through a barrel of work yesterday but finally managed to get concrete down. The fall I...

Yep thats a great idea to test. definite worst case scenario to have any kinds of pressure in the pipe. When bringing the 4" out of the wall i am intending to have the non socketed end extend out the wall (i.e the male end of socketed pipe, essentially standard 4"pipe. Is the best way to do it...

the gravel bags i just opened seem to have wet gravel in there. is that ok to use as bedding? @Hugh Jaleak

ok thanks. think il manage about 1:60 so that should be ok. a have a few bricks I can use alright so will do that i think. before i concrete over this whole thing tomorrow, is there a typical way to test the 4" pipework other than throwing a bucket of water down?

since writing earlier I have looked closer and it looks like I will be able to (in as best as possible where its torn by trenching) restore the DPM to the original ABOVE the soil pipe by slight arching its path across. So for the most part the pipe will be under the DPM. The fall I am aiming...

@Hugh Jaleak so the original layer of DPM is below the 6 inches of concrete there originally. For the most part the soil pipe will be above that level, with the exception of near the exterior wall where the fall takes it below. Does it make any sense to have a DPM below the soil pipe as well? I...

what do you think @Hugh Jaleak

howiya @Hugh Jaleak so iv made a lot of progress. trench is well and truly dug now. (pictures attached) you will notice halfway through the trench, despite all of my efforts to locate and detect pipework prior to works, i hit a mains feed into the house. So that was a lot of fun and a...

Such a helpful and thorough response! thanks again! yep as you said I think connecting to the current aj might be the easiest thing to do for now until there actually is a problem with foul build up. In which case theres nothing to prevent the digging up in the furture to fix properly (i can...

@Hugh Jaleak funnily enough whenever i open the chamber there is a bit of fouling stuck on the bench opposite the current connection as you suspected but never seems to block (not in the 3 months living here anyway :)) that seems like a big auld job replacing that inspection chamber though, is...

@Hugh Jaleak I know i keep saying/hinting towards it being the last question but im afraid i have another! sorry upon closer inspection with the right fittings to connect to stack (the stack is outside correct, see image) i have now got a little less confidence of achieving the necessary fall...

@Hugh Jaleak thanks a million! cant thank you enought for your advice during my planning! really appreciate it! if i knew who and where you were i would send ya a bottle of wine :)

@Hugh Jaleak which of these soil pipe routes would you take? it shows the stack top left of image outside the house and the location of the toilet outlet at bottom of the image and a doorwat that the trencht needs to go through. Theres a couple options of the trench route in the concrete. 1...

yes you are probably right! cost not as much of an issue as sourcing the abs pipe itself in dublin! seems to mostly pvc. will keep looking, thanks

hi @Hugh Jaleak again. Quick for you again. So i have all my parts for the basin waste. all the solvent bends are ABS but the pipe i have is PVC-U. Is it ok to use solvent weld to weld the ABS bends to PVC-U pipe?? Iv found some conflicting (but limited) advice on the web. I also took one of...

@Hugh Jaleak the man with all the answers! some man! thanks. will look into it. But essentially leaving the collar/socket of a push fit fitting more or less flush with the concrete floor is the way to go? then whatever pan connector solution after that

Oh i like that. do they do those pancon with a boss for 32mm?