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Thanks for your reply, appreciate the response. I’ll probably see what the BC officer advises first before paying out on someone else as funds are tight. If anyone else has any thoughts from similar jobs or situations then that would be appreciated.

Hi all, I’ve had my boiler moved from my garage to the utility room which is next to the garage. This is because I’m doing a garage conversion. The gas comes through the garage wall (from the meter) into the garage. It now goes vertically straight up to the ceiling (around 1.5m). It then runs...

Hi all, I'm doing a garage conversion. The external walls are solid brick (9" thick). My building control officer has pointed me towards a calculator to make sure I get the right PIR insulation thickness to hit a 0.3 U value rating. This came out as 50mm on the celotex calculator. This includes...

Hi all, I'm doing a garage conversion to domestic use. I'm putting in a suspended timber floor, so joists, and then a cavity underneath. They'll be thick PIR insulation between the joists, with the cavity under that. I'm having to rework pipework as currently the existing pipework is in the way...

Hi all, I'm doing a garage conversion to domestic use. I'm putting in a suspended timber floor, so joists, and then a cavity underneath. They'll be thick PIR insulation between the joists, with the cavity under that. I'm having to rework pipework as currently the existing pipework is in the way...

Sorry, it's chipboard.

Hi all. I’m installing 22mm t&g boards onto joists (suspended floor). Should I nail or screw them, and should I glue together? Thanks Jon

Got you, so 1 brick deep?

Hi, I'm doing a garage conversion and I want to copy the existing rosemary tiled creased window sill theme that exists on the rest of the property. The property is 1938 and has solid 9 inch walls. i.e. 2 skins of brick but no cavity. How far under are these tiles going? They look like they go...

Hi all, I have a small porch which has brick walls (solid 9 inch wall, 2 skins). It is watertight with a PVC door/window frontage. I'd like to hide the brick work. Whilst not damp in there, it does get cold. Should I just dot and dab normal plasterboard or mechanically fix some, or is there a...

Yeah sorry, I meant wall starter kit. I will be using wall ties to tie it to the outer leaf. So that's enough...no wall starter kit? Thanks

Hi all, I'm converting my garage to domestic use. I'm bricking up the bottom of the opening up to window height. The walls are solid (no cavity). The bricking up will follow suit (no cavity) with all the insulation going on the inside wall. So the opening will be bricked up with facing bricks...

Thanks both. Yeah there’s no cavity, so they’d be too long and would need trimming. Seems like overkill, there’s no cavity here for air to go into. Leaning towards just leaving a hole unless building control frown on that.

Hi, I’m installing some airbricks. My walls are solid wall I.e 2 skins thick and no cavity. I’ll put an air brick on the outside but what on the inner skin? Just leave a hole or another air brick or something else? Thanks.

Hi. I’m doing a garage conversion. 1938 property which has suspended timber ground floors with air bricks. The difference between my ground floor height and the garage floor slab is around 230mm. My building inspector seems happy with a floating floor or a suspended timber floor. There’s just...

Sorry I just meant I'd raise the level of the DPC vertically between the inner and outer skins. A bit like this picture (for illustration only). I can cut the concrete block down though to be the same height. I was just trying to avoid having to cut the blocks. I have the 7.3N blocks for below...

Thanks for that. Is the DPC ok to go up the middle vertically between brick and block to reach the block height, or would you normally trim the block so they’re the same height? Also presumably I should still use ties every so often even though the skins will be touching? How often should I...

Hi all, I’ve started doing my garage conversion. The garage is 2 skins thick but there’s no cavity (solid wall). I’m wanting to brick up the bottom of the original garage door opening. It’ll be matching bricks on the outer skin and block work on the inner skin. I’ve installed 2 lintels side by...

Hi all, This kitchen tap is dripping. Requires the taps to be tightened really hard to stop it. Is this just a simple washer replacement. Can someone advise please. See pictures.

I don’t have the room to move the pipe unfortunately. This is a tight cubbyhole space down the side of the house bordering next door.