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    FENSA certificate with loft conversion?

    Hi all, Our loft conversion was signed off 2 years ago and is guaranteed for another 8 years. I am selling and have sent the completion certificate and guarantee to the buyer's solicitor. The loft guarantee covers all work and materials within the loft. I am now being asked to pay for an...
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    cheaper alternative to rendering an external wall

    Hello, I'm not sure if this is a question for rendering or decorating forum so apologies if it is in the wrong place. The retaining wall around our parking bay looks a mess. When the house was decorated a few years ago, the decorator painted it with weathershield masonry paint. this turned out...
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    sister joists deep enough?

    Hello all Our loft conversion company used sister joists to level off part of the floor which they had built a bit wonky. There was a 3 cm fall over a length of 2 metres. The floor is now fairly level overall but slopes a little bit here and there. We can live with it and are happy with the room...
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    water on green tongue and groove floor

    Hi all, I wondered how water resistant moisture resistant tongue and groove flooring is? We have a fairly recent loft conversion which has eventually been signed off thankfully. A separate company fitted Karndean loose lay vinyl in the new loft bathroom. We went for loose lay in case we ever...
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    bending polypipe through right angles

    hi all, I wondered if its advisable to bend polypipe through a right angle or would it be better to use elbow joints? We had a loft conversion done and the plumber used polypipe or a similar product throughout and there are 3 different locations where the pipes bend through a right angle. I...
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    butting up 2 dormer loft conversions?

    Hello, I wondered what is the best way to close the gap between 2 adjacent loft conversions? We have just had ours done and our neighbour will do their's soon. We both have to build pretty much full width as the houses are narrow and if the cheek of the dormer is brought in from the boundary...
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    extra row of tiles or lead apron

    Hi all, I wondered if its possible to add an extra row of tiles at the top of the face of our dormer so that it matches the sides? If so is it a big job? the face of the dormer has one less row of tiles at the top under the fascia and sofits. I thought this might lead to water getting down...
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    new radiator not working

    Hi all, We had a radiator installed in our new loft conversion a couple of months back and we have recently put the heating on for the first time in months and the radiator is not getting warm. There was a hint of slight warmth at the top of the radiator the first time we put the heating on. I...
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    remove old Gripfill from back of skirting boards

    Hi all, I have just taken skirting boards off in order to have laminate fitted. They came off easy as they haven't been on long. they were fixed with a nail gun and Gripfill. I was told I need to take the old Gripfill off the back before they can be re-fitted. I'm really struggling with this...
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    dpm foam underlay or fibre board?

    Hi all, We are having a laminate floor fitted in a new loft conversion bedroom. There is only 18 mm clearance between french doors and green chipboard T+G floor so we were quite limited in our choice of flooring. I've ordered duralay gold silentfloor underlay 4.2 mm thick, as I read good reviews...
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    how much clearance needed under door?

    Hi all, We are about to order some flooring for our new loft room. There is 2 cm clearance between the French doors and the tongue and groove sub floor. The floor is level near the door. What is the maximum total thickness of flooring we should go for on top of the T+G including underlay...
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    nail every tile or every third row?

    Hi all, I noticed on our dormer loft conversion that not all the tiles were nailed. When the scaffolding was up I spotted the tile around the toilet waste had slipped. I questioned the builders who said they only nailed every third row of tiles. They say this is better than the usual standard...
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    Is it possible to level a floor before laying laminate

    Hi all, we are about to have a laminate or engineered wood floor installed in our new loft conversion. Unfortunately, the work has been pretty sub standard in some areas. The floor slopes more than 1 inch towards the corner and I wondered if there is anyway of leveling this before we ask a...
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    stop valves on new loft bathroom

    Hi all, I wondered if building regs stipulate a stop valve on all new bathroom fittings? We are about to have the 2nd fix done on our loft conversion bathroom. The plumber says he can't put one on the shower as there is nowhere to put it which is true. I asked if he could put one on the pipe...
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    classi seal or mapegum and tape?

    Hi all, we are having another go at installing our shower tray. the walls are quite out of square so the tiles wouldn't overlap the tray at the outer edges. We are going to try cutting away the hardibacker at floor level on the left and right side, and sliding the tray under the wall. If the...
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    which size fire doors?

    Hi all, If anybody could give advice on internal fire doors it would be much appreciated. We need to replace our bedroom and lounge doors with FD 30 doors to meet fire regs after loft conversion. The existing bedroom doors are approximately 706mm wide x 1965mm high. The closest matching size I...
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    hanging a heavy tall radiator

    Hello, I wondered if its advisable to fix the brackets for a radiator through plasterboard? Its a new loft conversion and the stud work doesn't line up with the pipes so the brackets cannot be fixed into the studs. The plumber thinks it will be fine to use extra long screws that go through the...
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    cut into hardiebacker wall and slide shower tray in?

    Hello all, we've been having an ongoing saga with our loft bathroom. The new stud walls were built out of square by the loft company. The corner walls are more than 90 degrees so when the shower tray is pushed into corner there is a 15mm gap between the tray and the wall on each side by the time...
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    are these electrics compliant with part P?

    Hi all, our loft conversion failed the building inspection because of the dormer roof. the building inspector didn't know if the electrics were compliant so he asked the project manager who shrugged his shoulders. The wiring running down from the loft is chased in to the wall on the 1st floor...
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    water proof shower area before tiling ?

    Hi all, we are about to get our shower area tiled and wondered about waterproofing. The loft company fitted normal ply to the shower area, not marine ply. We requested hardiebacker. I wondered if it is advisable to waterproof the ply with something like the BAL WP1 waterproofing kit? Also there...
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