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A quick update on this one. The builders today pointed the out side joints on these sills. I don't know how deep they went and they have not done the inside. I am tempted to run a drill through to see how deep they have gone!

The window frames are about 50mm in from the face of the bricks which I believe is OK

Thankyou everyone for taking the time to reply. We will wait and see what they do now :)

The whole estate has been done like that - so these have been done the same to match!

The builder said this morning that the sills would be dry packed with mortar - they had to fit the sills quickly when the window fitters turned up. Does this sound reasonable?

Thankyou Woody :)

No mortar anywhere, no damp proof membrane - just foam and plasterboard - not sure if they all have the plasterboard but they probably do. Too late to add them I would guess? There are bricks held in by just foam too - see first photo

If a cavity tray is a piece of damp proof membrane sloping down towards the outer wall then there is nothing there. They did do this in all the openings but it is much lower down and now hidden under the insulation. There is nothing I could possibly puncture anywhere near the sill. I assume...

First pic is a view into the corner of the window from the inside. You can see the sill (which is flush with the inside of the bricks) the window and the plasterboard butting up to the window. This is a different window, taken from down in the cavity looking up. Hope this helps.

Looks like they got that correct at least :) The inside face of the window frame is inside the bricks and I don't think the internal finishes touch the bricks or the sill - just the cover and the window frame. On one of the windows there is still plasterboard underneath the sill block at each...

OK So it is OK for the plasterboard to touch the window and the plastic cavity cover but not the bricks - I will go and have a look.

It is a normal cavity wall (350mm I believe) They have plastered up to the windows so I am not sure what is underneath, they had fitted plastic panels over the cavity before fitting plaster board and skimming. There are no internal window sills fitted yet so I can safely say that nothing is...

Thankyou Swwils I assume by the smilie that it is not right? By the wrong place in the reveal I presume you mean front to back in the hole (Sorry I don't know the correct terminology). If so, they have copied how it is in the main house - and the whole estate - so I assume they have done...

We are having an extension built and are a bit worried that some of the work is sub-standard. The latest thing is how they have installed the stone sills under the windows. They set the stones on pieces of plaster board - (to get the correct gap I presume) and installed the windows. They...

I fully understand that and have spoken to the builder - he says he is going to check it and sort it out. I will let you know how it go's Thankyou everyone :)

Thanks Hugh I think we have the correct fall in theory, I suspect there are some undulations though.

Thankyou noseall We had very limited fall so rather than risk getting into problems we have installed a pumped sewage tank - at the end of the 15m run. So they shouldn't have any problem getting sufficient fall !!

Potatoes were the best thing we could think of - don't think they can do much harm can they? If small round spuds won't flush through - my jobbies have no chance :(

We are having a granny annex built and there is a sewage run about 15m long from the toilet in the annex to the existing inspection chamber to which it has been joined. When they were connecting the pipe I could clearly see that it was sloped upwards as it came into the inspection chamber. I...

Just a quick note to say hello to all on the forum. We have an extension being built and I am starting to lose trust in our builder - so I feel the need to check what they are doing and have a few questions :) I much appreciate any advice given. Mike