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Yes the end ridge tile blew off a fairly recently, missing my car by what must have been millimetres as it ended up half under the car. It is on my (very long) list of stuff to do!

In answer to some of the questions, yes it is being done under building control. The BCO is happy with the work done so far, including the brickwork, lintels etc. I was just looking for ideas in working out how to fit the roof in to the existing setup. Some forum members have given me...

Good luck with yours too. I can't believe how much this has taken over my life already and I've barely got going!

Hi XFR I've not got an architect involved and am designing around the issues as I come to them. Ideally I'd move the drains, but my budget is going to be stretched as it is, so I'm planning on shuttering the manhole when I insulate/concrete the floor, then fit a trapdoor in the floor for...

That's a great idea swinging the soil stack vent pipe away from the wall to fit a proper collar thanks! That's an improved version of my original plan to fit a "flat" roof with a pitch of about 8 or 9 degrees. I hadn't thought about swinging the soil stack out. Even at 11 degrees I'd still...

Thanks Ree. It is a bit tricky to get a photo showing it all, but here are a few extra ones; The neighbour doesn't have the issue as their soil stack is round the side of the house. I've not got the height to get up beyond about 8 or 9 degrees, which would clear the horizontal...

I considered moving the soil stack but assuming I want to keep the toilet where it is, I can't see how it would help especially as I've no idea where I would move it to

Hi Hopefully someone can help me with a design problem I have. My builders have built 2 walls for my extension. The other 2 walls will be the existing external house wall and the party wall with next door. The roof be warm EDPM flat roof construction, but will fall away from the house at...

I've got no real idea how much heat i need, but I've done a few online calculators and about 6000 Watts seems to be what comes up (39m2 with tiles on top)

Yes thermal mass That's why the thin pug mix sounds appealing as it has a much lower thermal mass and should hopefully be quicker to react. The only alternative I can think of is the aluminium spreader plates but a lot of people seem to say they are noisy and don't work too well unless...

and so if i lay a pug/biscuit mix, can I lay engineered wood straight on it, or if I choose tiles do i need something like a decoupling layer first. Or am I barking up the wrong tree and should be saving my pennies for a proper screed job / liquid screed? The main advantage I can see for...

I'll try and do the sentence better sorry! From what I've read, a screed mix is 4:1 sand to cement and is mixed with a bit of water (but not much). A pug/biscuit mix is 8:1 with no water and seems to be mainly laid upstairs and to keep the weight down is optimally laid at 25mm. I figure if...