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Exactly this, the other side of the house, rendered but down to gravel and not to a patio but to gravel is fine. Looks like I've got a fun summer ahead!

Thanks for your reply, I dont think its struggling to hold up the wall, the corner ones are worse, but the others have a max of 5-10mm missing from the front, leaving a good 50-55mm of load bearing material. Current plan is to rebuild everything from ground to under DPC in sections, 3-4 bricks...

The rear of my house was rendered down to a patio, presumably for its entire life (late 70s build). I have removed said render below the bell cast, and found heavily spalled bricks throughout. Is it a case of just go bit by bit, replacing a few at a time? The ones on the corner are...

Sorry must have been me misunderstanding, I thought you had said you didn't have the certs to confirm its to regs. All Good (y)

All good matey - like I said each to their own. But I'm sure if there was a fire they'd be looking at things like the stove model, flue parts etc. to ascertain dates. Asking for invoices from your chimney sweeps, contacting both your sweeps to make sure legit, asking about the install . . . ...

Not sure what 'declared' means or who the existing fire was declared too, but obviously regs are continuously updated and change over time. The view taken would be - at the time of install does whatever it is comply with the regs at that time yes/no. Not knocking your approach, each to their...

And between now and then, in the event your house burns down you'll be uninsured. I'd rather pay the few hundred quid and never think about it again.

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All looks a bit dodgy to me - you could be creating a headache by blocking access to the gas meter. You state your extension was built TO the boundary, this would make the low wall actually positioned on your neighbours land (see your first picture). This appears to be backed up by the...

Who cares! No one other than you or the Postie is ever going to know its there - just build it and be done with it and stop reading convoluted planning policy! If the planners did for some random far fetched reason ever find out, then I cant see that given your location they would have any...

I'm still confused! So did you have to notify building control for: a) the building b) water c) electrics d) drainage e) none of the above?

Your original post says the cracking stops 4 courses above the DPC. Id double check to make sure it doesn't run through the DPC to ground level? If it does this indicates movement below ground. Evidence of this may have been patched up previously so be careful. Replacing the window would not...

Yep, equestrian use is not classed as agricultural, you also state in your question that the barn has been used for recreation and leisure, so this not agricultural (commercial) use. Under the permitted development rights the onus is on you as the applicant to prove that the barn was in...

Thanks steelmasons much appreciated

No mate, it's some Ariston thing, I would definitely say more than ten years old. Are the readings that are there OK then? I literally just snapped them on my phone when I saw it.

Hi All, I'm in the process of buying a flat that's currently unoccupied. In the second viewing I noticed this on the boiler which is currently turned off. What do you think of the readings? Are they OK?

Hey Chaps, I'm on LPG out in the countryside. Going to get a new combi. Should I get Potterton Gold 28 or new Baxi Duotec 28? http://www.mrcentralheating.co.uk/potterton-gold-lpg-28he-combi-boiler-only?gclid=CKCo2OTs2McCFUUcGwodps0J6g#.Vecud_lViko...

I guess it comes down to how much she paid and whether he explained it fully before starting the job. If it was the cheapest quote from the cheapest plumber doing it in the cheapest way, and he explained it fully then you've got too expect it to be crap. As soon as I read trunking and...

]a stop cock has a non return valve built in, that valve you linked hasn't, so you couldn't fit that on its own, you can tighten up the gland nut on the stopcock, thats most likely what's leaking, if you cant tighten up anymore, slacken it off a touch, wrap some PTFE in behind the nut on the...

Great, thanks mate. One more question, my incoming mains is only a poxy 15mm and the main stopcock is dripping a bit (very small amount) from the handle so needs to be replaced. I was thinking about using a WRAS approved full bore lever valve to not restrict the flow as much as a stopcock...