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I think it'll fail on building regs for sealing

4th sentence, for "woodwork" read "woodwool"

Edit: 3rd sentence should say "woodwool" external panels

So. Newbuild. Timber framed. Woodwork external panels, needing rendering. Plywood soffit boards, mounted at the roof angle, nailed to the rafters. About 32degrees. But. Due to timings the rendering was done before the soffit were not put on before the render, so we have a gap. See pictures. So...

Hi. I have a new build project where the external walls are lime rendered over cladding panels internally, and the ceilings and stud walls are normal plaster over plasterboard. I knew there would be issues at the joins. I've left them for a year to settle, and naturally small cracks have...

I'm a self builder in the very very late stages of a build in which I'm doing the electrics and having them signed off by a Napit inspector. So. I had a Greenbrook connector connecting shower to mains, (both 6mm cables) My electrician says I should use Wiska connectors. I've bought a Wiska...

Hi. I have a Heatmiser underfloor heating system. 3 zones. All good. Except that one of the thermostats, a Heatmister Slimline v2, has failed. I've swapped them around, and it's the back part of the unit, that part in the wall, ant the front part with the screen on it. I'm happy, (and...

Hi. In a new self-build I have 9 Fire Angel HW1-R Smoke alarms, all wired up, I think, correctly. This has been a long incremental build and smoke alarms have been added over time, but I had the wiring in place well in advance, and tested. Over the weekend I put all the 9v batteries in and...

Sorry, I don't understand t&e

Even if the water is recycled in the feature, doesn't it need an occasional top-up?

I need to plumb in a water feature. I have no water in this area, and I'm going to have to run mains water for about 15 metres underground. I built the house, so I know enough about how to get water out, through the wall, and where to bury the piping. Do I really have to use 20mm MDPE piping...

Just dry sand brushed in, yes

We've laid a brick and sand floor in our new build. Still waiting for it to fully settle. Laid on concrete above full damp proof, so don't worry. So. The question is, we're going to seal it, but are trying to find a seal that won't make the bricks look wet. Anybody got any ideas, please?

Hi. I need to make a step. We have an interior brick floor, laid, not yet finished. In front of the door there's a concrete area which I want to cover in a wooden step. The area is 1680*360*25mm Initially I was thinking of ply, but really I guess the answer is hardwood. Am I likely to get a...

Hi. Yes, I have standard add-on bases, with 3 core and earth connectors, for the alarms mounted on beams on the vaulted roof. With them, you terminate the 3+E cables into a block, screw the base on the beam, and the alarm clicks into place, with three pins. (Which adds a lot to the bill, and...

Hi. Wiring in a series of Fireangel smoke alarms using 3 core plus earth. The system wiring diagram says I connect L,N,I (grey wire to comminucate between different units), and Earth. There is a three wired connector cable which connects into the unit itself. By my logic, there's no issue with...

Sounds good

Ahem? Any commengs/objections/advice?

We're at the tail end of a self build, and in the last room to be completed are considering a smallish platform/mezzanine across half the room. The size of the platform will be 3220 across the centre of the room by 2200 deep. I have a 170x77 beam which I'm thinking of putting across the room...

OK. Here goes.... We have a newbuild, which has glulam beams along the ridges of the roof. Our builder, or rather our roof builder, decided that the 'best', (I suspect easiest) way to attach beams to the ridge was to cut them and join them to the SIDES of the ridge, like this. When the dry...