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Hiya, Having aloft conversion done, the plans do not show any insulation between 1st floor and 3rd floor rooms except at eaves. How much insulation should there be between the floors? ta

Well thanks alot, as expected you get different answers.

About to drain the rads/heating on the WB 240 RSF, am i right in saying we shold just isolate main return and flow pipes and drain, the boiler will just function on DHW?

The window will be on the partition wall with a firedoor in it.

Folks need some advice. Having aloft conversion done and thinking about putting a small window on the landing partition wall which goes into a room. Can i put in a bog standard window measuring 47cm x 60cm, are there any special regs i need to observe, ie thickness, toughness, etx. thanks.

Can you explain. All my rads are on 15mm teeing off 22m but the ones in the loft will be the only ones on 15mm off 15mm

Hiya, Having a loft conversion done , putting 2 rads and a towel rad , the builder is saying he can tee off from an existing 15mm rad connection rather than coming off teh 22mm pipe (which is more disruptive as invloves clearing a room and lifting up boards). Is this possible or will the...

Bit of a waste of time, i did the same thing but never got it right, the belt kept on slipping in the end i just replaced the whole mower.

Hiya, All started, beams are in and inspected, they deviate massiveley from my submitted plans with no calcs submitted but no issues from BCO. Next inspection insulation and staircase.

Middle of the night, jump over fence, move, job done.

Hiya, Getting new dormer done, however have a problem with one of the cheeks, next door has said we cannot join cheeks, really silly as when mine goes up there will min space for maintanence, neighbour will not be able to work on their cheek tiles if they need to due to lack of space. I can...

Would you install non firerated lights in your home?

Just replace it as de detrich parent co went into liquidation in summer 2014 in Spain and parts will be hatrd to come by, having said the teh UK arm is still trading. My de detrich was installed in nov 2010 now one burner at back is gone (in 2015) despite using it sparingly, i will replace the...

Has to comply with building regs.

Loft to be done under full build reg with 100m roof insulation and 50m air gap 1 room is dormer, 1 room is pitched roof. lights to be firerated.

Loft conversion in a terraced house. Any ideas how many lights i'll need: 1st room 3.4m x 3.4m 2nd room 2.0m x 5.6m ta

Thanks for all comments. I just want to compare all scenarios, if i go for LED's i will stick to 240v only as they are easier to install rather then messing around with drivers/transformers. Thinking of installing fire rated ones in a loft room.

Standard GU10 (non dimm), 2.5w http://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-fixed-fire-rated-led-downlight-contractor-pack-brushed-chrome-240v-10-pack/8153f#product_additional_details_container

Hiya, Considering led lights, can people let me know best practices regarding led transformers, is it 1 transformer per led light or can a number of led lights be used with 1 transformer (upto its wattage). Just working out costings for materials. ta

All, Looking to install one but need to understand how it works, if its powered by the boiler surely it used the hot water from the bolier (like a normal tap), how does the thermostatic bit kick in?? ta