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We installed a lintel Turns out the voids to the side had the remains of a previous lintel still bonded in. Cleared them out and fitted a new one.

Hey all, I'm in the process of removing and blocking up an old open fireplace in my 1960s timber framed bungalow. Single skin brick exterior, suspended timber floors. Having dug out the fireplace, back boiler, hearth and fireback, we removed what turned out to be a 'modern' combined throat...

Well, just to round this one up, the main issue with using doors as ventilation is that 50% of them would have to be on the opposing wall, which this clearly wasn't going to have. I settled on an extraction fan capable of over 6ACH and operated when occupied, informed that the garage is for the...

Yeah, could fit a (small) bus through it! The building isn't planned to have any windows, but would the doors count in that case? Plenty of ventilation if the pedestrian or main doors are open. I see some references in other documentation to 'purge ventilation' where doors or windows can be...

How did you get on with this? I've just found myself in the same boat, with 68sqm, and a need to put a 3.4sqm worth of holes in the wall for natural ventilation, or 6ACH mechanical ventilation. I'm leaning towards mechanical ventilation, but just assumed I could run it when the building is...

I'm lucky enough to be getting an insulated steel 8x8.5x5 garage built, floorspace of 68m2 and volume of 261.6m3 (5m peak). I'm just working through the building warrant requests, and am stumbling at ventilation. Whilst it's for cars, it's also to be my workshop, so I'd like to keep the heat in...

Yes, sorry, 32A ring main. Was thinking of 13A plugs when I typed it out. Yep, both cables of the 32A ring main. Good to know about the isolation switches. I have no strong desire for them! Thank you for the info!

Evening all, Renovating our bathroom from the timbers up, and it's electrical time. The house (a bungalow) consumer unit is about to be replaced with a modern unit and full suite of RCBOs. The bathroom wiring has the usual lighting circuit, but above the old mirror there used to be a 1 bar...

@Alastairreid thank you, certainly puts the mind at ease. Enough stressing going on at the moment!

Afternoon all, A fair few bits of the roughcast on the house we're renovating have bossed and separated from the wall and are sounding hollow. Unfortunately a 1m corner piece has come off in the high winds today. It was at ground level, but it's revealed the DPC and torn off the bottom bead...

Well, a door was considered, but due to where the stairs enter the loft, and the peak of the ceiling, we'd need some sort of concertina door that goes from full width into something about 6" wide :-) Also, the wife is Danish, loves open plan, and would do away with doors wherever possible...

Evening all, Just in need of a little advice. We have a converted loft that loves to collect the warmth from the rooms below. I'd like to duct the ceiling level air down to the ground floor in order to recirculate the warmth. The ideal destination is the kitchen. There's a pipechase that...