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But then the plinth would be uneven and need packers? It isn't really possible anyway because of a height restriction.

Hi all, I have had to move a toilet in an ensuite. I won't bore you with the details. The upshot is that it is now located on a more uneven part or the floor. This means that the toilet isn't level, being around 4mm lower on the left side than the right. I am not in a position to self level the...

So is flow rate best measured by having both taps open or just cold?

Thanks for the responses. I have two outside taps and one is very close to where the water enters the house, although that does have a screw type isolator for shutting it off during the winter. From what you're saying, that could interfere with the results. I could use the tap at the back...

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I am measuring this by filling a 1L jug and timing it. I have been doing this with the cold water tap only. However, if I open both hot and cold, the flow rate is stronger. Which reading represents the flow rate for my home? Online sources say to only use the cold tap, but shouldn't it be based...

That is very insightful of you and it is nice to feel understood - thank you. I think he has some kind of personality disorder, possibly NPD. Not any physical threat or like having really rough hard cases next door, but just a total arsehole, incredibly selfish and, despite the appearances he...

I was thinking about this earlier. It would be frustrating after already replacing the entire fence, 17 panels worth and numerous posts, entirely at my expense with no acknowledgement or thanks at all from the degenerate next door. However, supposing I wrote perhaps half of it off and were to...

Hello, Long story short, next door neighbour's property is on higher ground than mine. Perhaps 8" in the difference. I inherited drainage problems at the front garden and side of the house when I moved here and after a lot of hard work that didn't fix the issue, I just had the front lawn and...

Yes that's right. The roofs are all hipped and the one your orange infill went against at its back is a big pyramid. Yes, that big roof would do it and neighbouring houses were built that way originally... but it would require far more materials, labour and planning permission. Plus there...

Good points. The run would be about 3m overall so not too many steps... why exactly are steps needed? Wouldn't a slope be better, even a shallower one? If the underneath of the valley or box bottom has a gap under it to the roof insulation then I suppose it would benefit from the general...

I like this idea a lot. So your block of red Leicester would create two valley troughs - the left hand one replacing an existing one so I'm no worse off there. It removes the "box gutter" problem and all the complexity and potential maintenance issues of that. The only part I'm not sure about...

Thanks for the feedback. My builder says he has done it before. The valley gutter starts off wider at the back of the roof and then narrows towards a hopper where the gutter is. He steps the gutter structure down for using lead. He said I'd actually be able to walk in the valley gutter as it...

If my neighbour were to apply to move a lamppost for their widened driveway entrance and drop kerb, can the council then move it in front of my property without consultation? I wonder because I have a walled area next to their driveway entrance but the lamppost being moved in front of me would...

Just to be clear, the gutter would be where the yellow line is. This is currently where the flat roof of the extension meets the slope of the adjoining pitched roof. So what I'm getting from this thread so far is that rather than have a mostly flat type of box gutter at the bottom of the...

Thanks all. So this would be a valley gutter. Doesn't it boil down to the same thing with what is basically a tray at the bottom of the valley to collect and channel the water away? I'm assuming the valley gutter would sit above the lower part of the rafters of the two roof slopes so tiles...

Hello, I want to put a pitched roof over a flat roofed extension. The truss roof has been designed and there would need to be a box gutter at the bottom of two roof slopes - the proposed one and existing. Do these things work well and last or will my new pitched roof end up with an achilles...

We need the adhesive to go on plaster board as well, does this change which adhesive you'd use?

Ah yes, my fault! Sorry Steve!

Thanks Steve. No, not confusing adhesive and grout. When I am talking about thickness of adhesive, I am referring to the need to use different thicknesses on an uneven concrete base to make up the gaps to a level tile surface. As mentioned, we estimate that the deepest area needing to be filled...