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    Roof tiles slightly apart

    Ah I see what you mean now
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    Roof tiles slightly apart

    It’s not overlapping. The tiles have just separated a little, probably by a few mm
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    Roof tiles slightly apart

    Hi Guys, Whilst sorting another job out, I noticed that the roof tiles on my porch have separated and I’m guessing what I am looking at is the felt membrane. Whats the best thing to do here? Instead of getting a roofer out to re tile can I fill with mortar or a type of sealant?
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    Plumbing not done to regs

    No nothing like that unfortunately. The plasterer will cost about £125 so it’s not the end of the world, more just annoying that a professional plumber did this shambolic work and will get away with it.
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    Plumbing not done to regs

    9 months ago a builder built me a single storey extension. Last week the radiator in the extension didn’t work and I put it down to a frozen pipe and worried about it bursting so I went searching for it. After going into my ceiling I found the radiator flow + return pipes were sat on top of the...
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    How close to a party wall can I put RSJ?

    My structural engineer has told me to use 300mm for the beams to sit on. Understand your point about the nib but unfortunately getting a party wall agreement in place isn’t an option.
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    How close to a party wall can I put RSJ?

    it’s just original brickwork which is there now. This post is about the opening I will be putting in my back wall. So 450mm in to the wall, I would make the opening.
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    How close to a party wall can I put RSJ?

    Yeh I don’t think you have fully understood. The RSJ won’t be going on the party wall…If allowed I would have 450mm of my brickwork coming out from the party wall…300mm of that would hold the RSJ then 150mm would be a gap between the RSJ and the party wall. just making sure that this would be...
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    How close to a party wall can I put RSJ?

    I am putting an extension on the back of my semi, close to the party wall which divides me from next door. The opening at the back for the extension will need an RSJ. How close to the party wall can I put the RSJ without getting the neighbours approval? If I leave 450mm of wall, this would mean...
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    Opening up kitchen/diner with extension

    thanks cdbe. Helpful info. Good point, Talking about just the opening up and supporting part of the job, hopefully 5k-10k or less I am thinking. Then it’s doable for me.
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    Opening up kitchen/diner with extension

    Hi Guys, I am looking at doing the attached. Opening up all in red with extension. Is this going to be complicated/expensive because of the way the joists are supported? Wanting double doors opening to the lounge (on the attached it's where the white breaks up the red line), will this need...
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    Load Bearing Walls - Plans attached

    One on the Left.
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    Floor joists new builds

    Is it normal to have a home built in the last 15-20 years (an average sized 3 bed semi) with no internal supporting walls? Joists facing all the same way with a central beam not supported on anything other than the external walls
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    Extension and Drainage

    I am planning on putting a small 10sqm extension on the back of my home. I noticed a manhole cover on the area where we want to build and the mrs is panicking that we won’t be able to build. The house was only built 15 years ago and the manhole is only half a metre away from the house. I am...
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    Load Bearing Walls - Plans attached

    Hi, I am looking at buying the attached property but I would want to knock down some walls and wondered if the walls are load bearing. The problem is on a viewing, it's not as though I can be putting holes in walls or lifting floorboards etc in order to know if the walls are load bearing. I...
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    Internal soil pipe

    Hey Guys, I have an internal soil pipe from an upstairs loo boxed off in what I want to be a new dining room. I want to open up the dining room too and put an extension on but the soil pipe would sit right bang in the middle. Is it an easy enough job for a plumber to take out the internal...
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    Neon on Cooker Switch not working

    hey all, I removed a plastic cooker faceplate today (it had no neon) and I replaced it with a brushed steel one (with neon light). The oven works fine since I am stumped. As far as I am aware the I got the feed and supply right.
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    Housebuilder Wants to add plasterboard

    We have lived in a new build for 18 months now. Yesterday, I received a call saying there had been some sort of mess up and they need to come in, add another plaster board to a wall and then plaster over. The wall in question is in the main bedroom. It is going to take them 4 days to complete...
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    Insulation building reg 'Change'

    I have been living in a new build for a year now, built by one of the largest UK house builders. I took a call today from the site manager who I have been dealing with for the last 12 months, the jist of what he said is: 'There has been a change in building regs and an insulation company are...
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