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Thanks for that Matthew, that's good news, I was worried that the rules wouldn't let you have more than one radial per MCB. Should make for a more sensibly sized CU.

I am just getting to grips with the electrical circuits in our new place, a 1967 bungalow. There are 2 "old style" consumer units - a 6-way which has most of the normal circuits on it (Ring Main, lighting circuits, etc) and an 8-way which feeds 8 individual sockets in various locations all of...

That is a very poor analogy. Tesco only sell the bread, they do not charge to do anything with it (unless you buy toast in the cafe!). They have to make their profit purely on the sale. If they sold at cost they would go bust. You are installing the boiler and charge labour to do that. You...

Jeez. I give up. I apologise for daring to question a quote. Obviously I should be grateful to anyone prepared to do the work for me, and simply hand over any amount they see fit. Nor should I be concerned that the boiler they have just charged me £900 for is available elsewhere for £650...

Lol. OK Tony have 8 weeks holiday/sick and drop it down to £132K !!! BTW I am self-employed myself so know all of the problems therein. I still think £600 for a days work is pretty damn good.

Erm, I though this BB was called DIYnot? You're obviously on the Not part!!! Also what has this got to do with buying gas-related goods? I am not buying any gas related goods. All I have done is (perfectly legally) prepare all of the non-gas pipework myself, because I can, and I thought it would...

None of the quotes have included removing the old boiler or making good the old flue hole, I will do that when the gas has been re-routed. Ditto electrics. Pipework, other than gas , has already been cut back to remove dead-ends, as I have said. It is genuinely "plug and play". At £600 gross...

None of the installers that have quoted have mentioned any "flueing issues". It's a standard cavity outside wall. There is a soffit overhang of around 300/400 mm but nothing unusual.

Yes all the old tank fed pipework has been converted to mains, and there is mains supply with a combi filling loop directly under the new boiler position. Apart from a direct replacement, it is about the easiest install anyone will ever get. Around 2 metres of gas pipe re-routing and less than 1...

OK, thanks for the replies. I guess I'm in the wrong business if £600/£700 a day is a typical charge for labour ! At least I don't need to waste more time trying to get a cheaper quote. Also thanks for the link to the FAQ about boiler recs.

I'm moving from a system boiler to a combi in a property we have just bought. It's a 2 bed bungalow with 1 bathroom and a total of 6 rads. The existing boiler is in the kitchen but I am going to put the combi in the airing cupboard. This seems to be the perfect location as there is an outside...

Thanks again Richard. The reason that this has become an issue is that we are looking to either sell or rent it soon, so need to know what to define the extra room as on the details, without breaking any regulations. Clearly we cannot call it a bedroom due to the issues above. It seems our best...

I would love to be able to solve the problem by fitting a window to bed 2, making it all totally "legit" but there are no external walls in that room. It's not really possible to fit a door between the 2 bedrooms either as the bed in the main room is on that wall and there is not enough space...

Thanks Richard. Could we solve the ventilation problems by removing both new doors and re-fitting the original one? There would then be free movement of air around the whole area. Would this also help the escape route issue? Surely the escape route problem must occur with a lot of en-suites...

Wish I could have put it up in an evening - took me ages!

The Planning Portal seems to suggest that new internal walls whether load-bearing or not need approval. http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/england/genpub/en/1115315234102.html Quote "Work to provide a new internal wall generally requires approval under the Building Regulations 2000" Even...

This is where I read about the bedroom window rule http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/partition_wall.htm A guy at work, who is having some work done on his property, claims that all new interior walls now have to meet certain criteria for sound insulation and therefore require b/regs...

Hi all, newbies first post :D We have a first floor, 1 bed flat in Devon which had/has a large bedroom (5m x 4m appox). We decided to split it into 2 bedrooms by adding 2 stud walls see pics below. The stud walls are a timber framework, dry lined and skimmed. There are 4 glass...