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  1. NotAclueMe

    Pitched roof on a dormer bungalow

    Thanks pal....could do with some idea of the costs involved, its been a long while since ive been involved in a project .. Can anyone just do me a rough estimate on what it would cost for the project and possibly a breakdown. IE cost of plans & submission to authorities, scaffolding detached...
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    Pitched roof on a dormer bungalow

    Good evening Do i need planning or building regs to put a pitched roof on my dormers. Currently its a flat roof and the front dormer has just started to leak. Regards
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    Electrical 2 terraced properties being converted to 1

    Thanks for all your help people its really appreciated. As a thought or as an alternative would it be better if extended the cables from the ring and lighting circuits in the redundant CU and just connect them to the supplying CU in my property either in the existing RCD’s or add a couple...
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    Electrical 2 terraced properties being converted to 1

    Just took me 30 mins trying to find out what iirc meant, for anyone else as dumb as me it means "if I recall correctly"... Thanks guys I think my first port of call is getting the meter removed.
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    Electrical 2 terraced properties being converted to 1

    Thanks bernardgreen was thinking of removing the fuse cartridge from the redundant meter to the CU and then putting the leads that went into the CU into a terminal box as another precaution. do you think 16mm cable is okay, the run is approx 10 meters. Thanks
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    Electrical 2 terraced properties being converted to 1

    Looking for a bit of advice in whether this is practical, I have purchased the property next door and am in the process of converting the 2 terraced properties into 1. Both properties have consumer units fitted and the wiring looks relatively new, I am thinking of adding a 100amp junction box...
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    UPVC window manufacturer WN7 Area

    Hi Can anyone recommend a UPVC window manufacturer in the northwest (Leigh Lancs) who are reasonably priced, its supply only that I am after. When I last bought PVC windows you could go to the nearest industrial park and you would find one or two, were have they all gone… Regards
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    DPC injection fluid

    Ohhh Joe just when I thought I had found a solution, I thought the tanking solution was a good idea..…….Help…
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    DPC injection fluid

    Fidom interesting…would tanking say the 1st meter of the internal wall solve the issue if rising damp did exist..….
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    DPC injection fluid

    Thanks masona & peterperfection I really appreciate your advice, I am really going to have to get my head around that rising damp or rising dampness as it should be called does not exist .. I am probably one of many who believed or was led to believe it did. I have replaced the gutters...
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    DPC injection fluid

    Well masona I hacked the plaster off that that reason to give the walls time to dry out why I try to find out what fluid people recommend. There is some stuff on ebay for under 20 quid a concentrate mixed with water to make up to 25 ltrs..
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    DPC injection fluid

    Well that’s a good point over time the pavements have just been laid down over the existing pavement however the dampcourse level is still around the 150mm mark, but with the snow etc over winter it probably did breach that level, that’s why I was thinking of Injecting a couple of levels of...
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    DPC injection fluid

    No sorry and now I've hacked off the plaster.....I kept saying i'll take some before and after pictures but never got round to it, I just got carried away with the hammer & chisel...... There was like a damp\salt or mineral line about 1 meter above the ground virtually horizontal going across...
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    DPC injection fluid

    Solid 9 inch walls mate.....
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    DPC injection fluid

    Hi masona I have read that before, it does make an interesting read, however when I look at my modern'ish property I can see that the bricks are damp upto the damp course membrane, and that’s what I find so strange…Is it the consensus of people on here that rising damp is a myth… The...
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    DPC injection fluid

    Hi my first post on here so please be gentle… I am renovating an old terraced property showing signs of rising damp so have hacked off the plaster and getting ready to rent a DPC injection machine, I just need some advice on which fluid to buy, there seems quite a few on the market including...
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