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  1. thomo5949

    Gas pipe under beam & block floor to island unit.

    Thats not the case at all, in fact the exact opposite, I want it done right first time. I just don't want to progress other elements of the build that will effect the options available for the gas installation. I totally understand your trepidation on offering advice on a forum but please feel...
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    Gas pipe under beam & block floor to island unit.

    I'm all for making life simple...... What's your suggestion?
  3. thomo5949

    Gas pipe under beam & block floor to island unit.

    So I've spoken to a my friend who is an RGI and he has suggest one possible solution as having the gas supply to a surface mounted box on the external wall, then use copper from the meter to an adjacent wall mounted box that will have isolation valves for the 3 gas appliances in the house. From...
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    Gas pipe under beam & block floor to island unit.

    Happy to hear suggestions....
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    Gas pipe under beam & block floor to island unit.

    I haven't appointed a gas engineer yet as I'm so far off the stage of having plumbing / heating installed. I just need to get the preparations sorted so when I do get to that stage it's plain sailing.
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    Gas pipe under beam & block floor to island unit.

    Going to be laying a ground floor beam and block system in my newbuld soon and in the kitchen I'm going to have an island with a gas hob. I need to get a gas and electricity supply under to the island. The gas is coming into the building from the other side of the house to supply the boiler in...
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    How can I avoid using handrails?

    The step down to the living room is for 2 reasons.. A) to follow the site slope B) to create some more interest in the house layout
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    beam and block patio base

    I'm about to start a building project where planning has been approve for a 4 bed house. The site is sloping and I want to make a patio base approximately 11m x (Width of the house) 4m consisting off subwalls and then a beam & block surface to then put paving slabs. I want the option of...
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    How can I avoid using handrails?

    About to start a self build property that has an open plan ground floor with a sunken living room and 900mm high dividing wall with dining room The floor level in the living room drops 450mm and the steps have 3 rises of 150mm. The architect has specified that a handrail is needed on both...
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    New conservatory wall

    Firstly thanks for the response I was meant to say DPC / DMP in my original post. The conservatory is coming off a newly built house that is timber framed and has a beam and block ground floor that is adequately vented around he entire house. The conservatory has a concrete slab cast...
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    New conservatory wall

    I'm have a new conservatory built by a builder / conservatory company. They've done the foundations, sub walls and slab. They're building the superstructure and all the doc / Dom has gone in. The first course of external block above the slab have small air vents between the cavity and the...
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    New home, new boiler, excessive noise

    I'm clearly showing my lack of knowledge. I think it's a combo system. The boiler is in the kitchen and there are no other tanks/pumps anywhere else. The basic problem is the level of noise. With the central heating on there is a constant wur/ humming coming from the unit. When the burner...
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    New home, new boiler, excessive noise

    I have just bought a new home and it has an Ideal Logic 30 boiler fitted to a central heating system. From my limited experience of plumbing it looks like a very cheap boiler, however that aside I've been trying to get used to the basic controls and noticed that the extractor fan is always of...
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    Decided to self build. What next

    My wife and I have made the decision to self build so that we can get exactly what we need out of a house. We are in the process of selling our current house that I have renovated and plan on moving into rented accommodation. We have a modest pot of money and plan getting a self build mortgage...
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    Grout left of slate tiles - help needed

    Thanks for the quick response. There is not that much grout but snout to notice and when I put on the sealant I think it will highlight the problem. Was there a link you were going to post as I can't find one?
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    Grout left of slate tiles - help needed

    In June I laid a slate floor in my kitchen towards the end of a complete renovation of the house. I rushed the job as I had my baby daughter due in a matter of hours and a long list of other jobs to complete, I was also extreamly exahused from the months of work. Anyway i'm regretting rushed...
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    Removing unwanted grout from slate tiles

    In June I laid a slate floor in my kitchen towards the end of a complete renovation of the house. I rushed the job as I had my baby daughter due in a matter of hours and a long list of other jobs to complete, I was also extreamly exahused from the months of work. Anyway i'm regretting rushed...
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    oil combi boiler / wood burner / thermal store

    Hi all, I'm looking and installing a new heating system in my home. I have an existing Grant V90 oil combi boiler and I want to utilise a Dunsley Yorkshire stove with back boiler. I was intending on connecting these to a Gledhill Torrent T210 open vented thermal store. From the thermal...
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    Finishing a concrete floor

    Hi all, Im in the process of installing a new ground floor concrete slab in my 1850's house. my plan is as follows 100mm compacted hardcore (MOT) 50mm blinding sand 1200 gauge DPM 50mm colotex insulation 150mm C30 concrete I will then be laying an floating engineered oak floor over...
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