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Hi All, Building two story extension at the moment, and am now at the point where I need to think about buying in the flooring material. The joists are 220x75 at 400mm centres spanning 4.6m. The plans say to use 18mm T&G chipboard, but I understand (from other posts on here) that this can...

Hi All, I Have to fix a 6m length of 225x75mm timber to wall (with timber - timber hangers), as a plate to carry a large, heavy floor. The wall is 100mm concrete block (terolene finish - it used to be external wall). I was thinking of threaded bar and resin fixing due to thickness of...

I thought the suggestion was a bit crapp myself, that's why I came on here to ask first! Thanks Woody!

Hi All, Would be grateful for a second opinion on advice given to me by architect this afternoon! Currently building a large two storey extension to the back of our house. The builder left holes in the inner blockwork skin at 400mm centres for the first floor joists to sit into...

Unfortunately, we're second from the start of the run. There's a couple more properties after us before the main sewer. Fingers crossed that the Duchy thing pays off! Like Woody says above, the water companies don't know who's is who's a lot of the time. while digging the foundations we...

Well the bloke from the water company turned up this afternoon, and he reckons it's not looking good. Firstly, he said he thinks the sewage pipework that we changed was public, not private. Secondly, he said that the Building Control officer may not have been aware of our intention to move...

Yep, it was a full planning application - all drawn up and submitted by ourselves and architect last July. It was passed with no problems in the September, and we started the ground work in June this year.

Cheers Woody, you've been informative and helpful (and helped me 'de-panic' the Mrs for the time being!). The bloke from water company is coming round tomorrow at half four, so I'll post the developments or result on here when he's gone. Thanks for your help - much appreciated.

Building control has managed everything up until now, this is the first time the water company has been involved since we started (except for when we found a 'mystery' water main!). Their involvement is only due to the carry-on with next doors extension (think they were advised by the council...

Hi All, Currently building two storey extension, and been lurking these forums for some time for answers to many problems. However, think a major one has cropped up that I need specific advice on! Because of the size of the extension, the sewage pipe running through the back garden (which...