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Makes sence thank you. Then I can stand in there, amazing how sometimes it takes someone who does it everyday to make it seem simple. Thanks chap.

Hi there all. I need to dig out my soil pipe so I can connect plastic onto it. I have hired the pipe cutting tool for a good cut so I can get the plastic to clay adapter on. How do I dig down and get soil out because my arms don't reach down far enough, is there a good way to go this so I...

Hi there all I need some concrete delivered, possibly 2 cubic meters for a trench and to encase an RSJ. The concrete needs to be C35 and is a little hard to get to. We have alley at the back of the house but getting a cement lorry there would be difficult. Is anyone aware of any companies...

Hi there I dug out the soil pipe today, funny enough the original pick was the whole thing anyway. Seem of the clay pipe has broken. I thought about putting in a clay to plastic adapter from a local building firm, the is one that is rubber and tightens up with large jubilee clips and another...

Yeah, my architect passed details of the house to their SE, he did not visit my house. I will get someone to dig the trench under the spreader beam but how can I put acro stands under the RSJ when the space below will be dug out? Do I have two acro stands and something between them?

Hi there I have a wall remove and building control want a footing to be installed. The floor inside and outside are two different levels. How can I prop up the RSJ so I can dig under a spreader beam, can I use two acro's and a beam between them? The RSJ is supported by two steal posts...

Hi all Thought I would post a update to this. I spoke to my SE today and he confirmed that as building control were not happy that I need put acro the frame back up so I can dig under the spreader beam. A trench must be dug under the spreader beam to allow for a 450x450mm minimum concrete...

Hi everyone, I have dug out the floor in my outbuilding as the wall has come down and an RSJ put in. There was a downstairs loo and as you can see below its the old clay pipe. In the garden there is no inspection put for the soil pipe, everyone else has one. My question is should I replace...

I will call BC on Monday and let them know that the original foundation is clay and that I will speak with my SE to inform me what needs to happen and provide their info to BC and hope for the best. Is this normal thing to have to do?

Hi there Thank you for some clarity. So will BC be able to tell me what they want to see or will the SE have to tell me what I need to do for BC to be happy? Cheers

Hi there After a little more digging (not literally) The RSJ is sitting on 50mm of ballast concrete and that sits on clay that the house is built on. The spec said it must sit on original foundations but the last course of brick was removed. Any ideas if BC will be happy or I will need to...

Hay everyone, I had my end wall taken out in my Victoria terrace, the structure engineer used a portal box frame with a RSJ in the floor (spreader beam) and one supporting the bricks above and the RSJ's separated by two posts that are bolted into the walls. This has been done. The engineers...

Hi there all I am going to get my gas pipe replaced as half of it is lead and old. When I work on my kitchen extension the existing floor will be dug out which is a quary tile and soil. Can a gas pipe be laid in the floor and come up to the boiler? Does the pipe have to be one piece or can...

Hi there, below is the spec for my floor base in my outbuilding that needs to be put in that BC have signed off. Can someone convert it to English so when talking to builders I know what I'm talking about. I know there is a base and insulation and dm but architect talk is above me Ground...

Hi all Anyone got a recommendation for a good cheap place that supplies RSJ and posts near Milton Keynes or that can deliver. I know the forum rules so PM is cool. Thanks for reading

Hi there, I cannot find a manual anywhere :oops: I don't have a back boiler it's an open fire place that's why I wondered about detecting fire.

Hi there thank for your concern i have a internal sounder right outside my bedroom door that wakes me everytime it goes off. i have fireplaces in my house that i use, wont they affect the optical fire sensors as they will detect high heat or do they compensate for that. Also does the M12...

Sounds very much like a blown fuse, it only takes the slightest surge to blow a fast blowing fuse, the other day I changed a zone on my alarm and blew a fuse when just reconnecting it. Next time full power off for me.

Hi all I need to install some smoke alarms to my accenta G4. I use texecom PIR's for there look at work well with the high ceilings. What smoke alarm do you recommend to connect and use zone 7 and 8? I also have an open fire and wondered if there is a specific cardon monoxide sensor so I...

Hello all My kitchen has half a suspended wooden floor and half is about an inch of concrete and quarry tiles, you can see them both in the picture below. The suspended floor is under the laminate and the quarry tiles under the pretend tiles in the picture. The second picture shows the...