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The builder said it's what the inspector told him. We had many talks with the builder at the time as the design changed a lot regarding the glass, but he was very adamant. We totally regret not getting involved with building control ourself.

Yep just dug out the certificate. I have just read this line in it which I suppose is their get out clause if anything is found not to be to standard: "This certificate, which is given in accordance with Regulation 17, shall be considered as evidence (but not conclusive evidence) that, insofar...

it is local authority. Just dug the completion certificate out so I have a contact. I will see what they say tomorrow then contact them directly depending on their outcome. I don't want to risk ruining our relationship with the builder while he is still offering to help fix it. We are a little...

Unfortunately we have personally had nothing to do with the BCO, all correspondence with him has been through the builder and while we were at work, including his coming visit tomorrow. So I am not sure where we stand or even who our BCO is. I will try and get out of work tomorrow morning but...

That's what I'm worried about, if he didn't pick both errors up then, is he likely to pick it up tomorrow Starting to really worry we will be left to rectify it all on our own back which we can't currently afford.

Oh right I see, I'm guessing it is more likely to leak how it currently is? Should this sort of stuff have been picked up by the building inspector?

I'm pretty sure you could still see the timber, I'm not sure what that single piece of silver tape was for. The room below this is a seating area that's incorporated into the kitchen area. That is exactly what I feared, that he had missed something like this, I guess there is no way of...

This morning for the first time it has appeared on the other side of the window. My thinking is it's condensating in the roof space and dripping then running along the insulation until it finds a way out, which as you say @robinbanks is the edge of the plasterboard. Also with it being north...

Hi Last summer we had a single storey extension with a vaulted roof built. The extension is divided into 2 rooms with a Velux in both. During the snow before Christmas when we had the snow, we noticed a wet patch to the right of both Velux windows, strangely in almost identical places in both...

Agree I need to finally get the manhole cover moving, that is certainly on my to-do list this weekend. I'm just hoping I can find a way to ease it free and not have to rip it out and replace it

Not a bad shout, I will ask around at work

I did have a quick look from the ground when I got home from work and the grid on top looked clear, I will get some ladders up there tomorrow evening and have a closer look though

So I have just got home and tracked the pipework the best I can following the boxing in. I'm pretty certain the bath waste goes in just above the toilet waste. I decided to put some plug hole unblocker in the bath (even though it seems to be running fine) and weirdly the toilet flushed...

I can't see as the bathroom is all tiled, but I think the bath and basin waste may go in above the toilet, then it goes straight into the loft.

Thank you both for replying. The toilet is on the first floor, the soil pipe is boxed in internally and goes up and out the roof. Thanks

Thank you, my first thought was a blockage but as the toilet didn't back up during the flush I dismissed it. But a blockage down the line blocking air flow makes perfect sense. There is a manhole at the base of the soil pipe, it is seized and I have never been able to lift it, I will see what I...

Hi, Starting from yesterday we noticed a wierd thing with our toilet, the toilet flushes fine (doesn't fill up like when there is a blockage) but gurgles at the end of the flush and empties itself (almost like a vacuum at the end sucking the water out of the bowl). So after every flush there is...

Brilliant, thank you for putting my mind at rest. The daughter certainly wouldn't need asking twice.

Hi, About 2 months ago the steels were put in for our single storey extension. My daughter has just told us cracks are showing up in her room. Her room is directly above where the wall was removed and steels inserted. Our builder is now gone and I don't want to hassle him if this is totally...

Those water pipes were layed fresh under the screed through the extension (not my favoured way to route them, but was assured it would be okay). They are now dry in this area, I think the damp in this photo is probably from the plasterer doing the ceiling. That photo was mainly to show how the...