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Hi Our plumber said its best to fit all new pipework before we lay our 100mm Celotex floor insulation. We now have copper pipes 1 inch away from 2 walls running horizontal. This means that the perimeter insulation will end up 2 inches away from the wall. This also means that where there is...

No I didnt mean that at all. All input is welcome. We are 3/4 of the way through a double story extension and without this site we could not have achieved what we have so thanks to everyone who 'inputs' :)

Just like to say thank you for the links to do with dot dab and plasterboards weights, it has been handy Thank you :)

Yes I accept that paying navvie prices is not cost effective but I do not feel £250 a day is justifiable. My hubby is self employed and he too has to cover himself for various things but he does not earn £250 a day and to be honest he is lucky if he earns that over 2 days. I'd be lucky to earn...

Yes I suggested this to my son in law who is working on a large development at the minute and he said he has never seen the insulation laid round the outside edges. He is not a builder, he is a sparks but see's alot of builders works on his travel so I am glad you have confirmed this for me...

Wow!!! Are tilers really on £250 a day? If so then they are earning more than our plumber and builder (very good workmen) There are good tradesmen out there and there are greedy b-stads, which is a shame.

No the price did not include the tiles, I was going to buy them myself. So £1000 was for bonding and tiling a 5ft x 5ft square room that has no pipes and no other obstacles except the door opening. I am now going to Tile it myself and hubby is going to plasterboard the walls first. Is...

I am not good with working out size I'm afraid. The room is standard height and its 5 ft by 5ft with 1 doorway and no windows. The walls are newly built blockwork and the tiler said that we need to Bond this first before we can tile. So do we need to tile and plaster before we can tile?

Have just had a price for bonding and tiling a shower room that measures 1.5m x 1.5m. The guy is asking £1000. The price includes bonding materials and adhesive. The Tiles were not included in the price. Now I can tile myself but I have never bonded, Is it hard???

Hi We are building a shower room and the council want the floor to have a value of 0.22W/m2k We have built the slab which consists of 150 mm hardcore, dpm, 100 mm concrete and are now in the process of painting on a liquid damp course. We were then going to add 100mm Celotex and 3 " screed...

thanks have now decided to do a concrete floor

Hi We are currently adding a shower room to the rear of our garage and are about to put the new floor joists in. We have approx 195mm total from existing concrete garage floor to existing floor level inside our house and would like to keep it all level. What is the smallest joist permitted...

We are building a shower room within our garage. The walls have been built using 4" thermalite block. The builder said we may have a problem with u values and that the council may insist on insulation board on the inside. All 4 walls of the said room are internal. We really do not have enough...

Hi Well I had the meeting with a Building Inspector and submitted drawings and some more money and havent heard anything since. I informed them that we were starting work sat and no one has turned up so I am hoping all was ok with the plans I gave them. I refused to pay the fee for a 5k - 7k...

I did origionally ask the planning dept this when I first rang to enquire and was told that I still needed to submit a building notice. The reason was to do with the new pipework and where it would run to. I am really not against doing things properly but really am starting to feel that in the...

I am going in to see them on Tuesday and I have done some drawings for them but will be asking why they need them. I am starting the work on sat whether or not they are happy. We are midway thru a 2 storey extension that has not been finished thru lack of funds and we were due to start work...

It was a building notice I submitted. The form had 3 boxes, full plans, building notice and regulisation and so i ticked the building notice one.o they wanted an estimate of price for the fees payable and i estimated 3000 and so my fee was 150. I got a letter saying they had received my...

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Hi We are about to build a toilet/shower room in the back of our garage and have submitted a building application to the council. Today they have asked for " copies of floor plans, elevations and sections to show the extent of proposed work" Do I need to draw copies of existing and proposed...

The new opening will be close to a pad stone supporting a rsj in our kitchen wall. Probably be about an inch between padstones although the new padstone will be lower than the padstone holding the rsj. i have added a picture in my album and tried to post it here. [/img]