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I have full plans with beam details and building regs, the way forward will be: 1) submit plans, pay fee to BC and start works under PD within 2 weeks. 2) Arrange inspections. job done.

Spoke to my local authority about loft conversion within PD rights, they state you need to submit building notice and full plans and you start work after 6 weeks, is this right?? I though you submit plans and notice and commence work within a few days.

Thanks for your input amend 3 it will be then.

Hiya, yes i'm aware its notifiable, what i meant is are we supposed to use the latest one for building control regs or can i use the CU's that were pre amendment 3?

Chaps, I will be upgrading my old CU soon, new regs stipulate amend 3 type units, however outfits like screwfix are also selling non-compliant units as well?? Is it ok to install either or best to go for the latest one? ta

Folks, Need some advice. Having loft converted on my terrace house within PD rights, standard back dormer, am i right in saying no planning fees are involved but have to submit plans to build regs and their fees? ta

You would release some pressure by bleeding your rad, that will bring it down to 1.0 to 1.5 bar. The only other problem could be that if you keep it at 2bar and you operate the boiler, when it reaches 3 bar the prv will kick in and dump water via the copper pipe outside, this will mean a...

Difficult to say whats going on. My boiler is in a back building which is subject to low temps in winter. It has a honeywell pipe frost stat (set low) and a room stat (set at 0, should be 5c), over the years i have fine tuned it so it will come on automatically if freeze sets in for 15mins so...

Very unusual. If you have a 6-9l cistern you need to make sure your bowl is also a 6l one and not an old one dating back 20+ years. I have a similar issue and my flushing mechanism will be changed to a fluidmaster unit and the waste bowl fitted with a newer one.

On the website it says 10 year on the heat exchanger and 5 year for parts and labour. On HRE it has 2 yr warranty and 10 on heat exchanger.

So we hear of boiler warranties, sticking to top 3 Valiant, WB and intergas. The valiant and WB offers 10 years warranties but the integas is only 5 (heat exchnager 10 years) So is it really worth getting the intergas?

ok a good start, WB are a non starter as made by Lego, how about valiants, i hear they have many plastic parts??

New combi boiler time soon. Got it down to: valiant, wb, intergas, Above due to quality and level of guarantee, but there are other makes out there with 7 year warranties like baxi, ideal, even IQE has a 10 year warranty? I know this has been asked but can people shed some light on the above...

It was also nerve racking as i did not want to be left with no heating or hot water in Dec an a saturday.

Just thought i mention it, things to look out for on a wb 240 rsf.

ok, so had some chap out to replace the prv and an iso valve He was not very familiar with WB boilers but managed to replace the parts but committed 2 school boy errors: 1) forgot the washer in prv so had to pull it out and redo. 2) did not commission properly (fully discharge air from...

I have, its kaput.

I have a wooshiter 240RSF, according to paperwork it was installed in 97 and over the 11 years i've used it its only had 2 real probs, diverter valve replaced in 08 and the latest issue caused by me not tightening filler loop properly which let in water causing PRV to pop. Its down to 0.5 mbar...

I can only see 2 beams, where is beam 1 and 2? I also have plans drawn up, with 2 beams plus a flitch beam, no ridge beam as i will have a partition wall in the loft in the middle. Plus you need more spec like insulation, joist details, fire alarm, etc.

His response: 'There is no uniform spec for lofts. Beam sizes will vary depending on span length and applied loading. It is not right to assume that a beam size in particular loft will be ok for all lofts.' The builder i approached has not even come across a flitch beam in a loft (yes i know...