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    Garden Room insulation.

    Looking on YouTube I can see varied ways that people are putting in 1st fix electrics into garden rooms. The latest one being a 18th edition spark fixing the cabling into the corners between the outer osb and the studs then cutting the lengths of isulation on the long edges to cover the cables.
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    Garden Room insulation.

    Many thanks for your reply. The interior finish will be plasterboard and skimmed and all sockets flush so surface mounted conduit on the plasterboard is ruled out. I'm thinking now of 100mm insulation board but where the cables run- use 75mm thus creating a channel? There would be minimal loss...
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    Garden Room insulation.

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    Garden Room insulation.

    Im currently building a garden room but I have a question about the insulation between the wall studwork. Im using 4 x 2 cls24 timber. If I use 100mm pir boards for insulation how do I go about the electrical wiring channels for the cables and sockets? Can i cut into pir boards? Or, should I...
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    Can I use this Insulation board?

    I'm building a garden room and have now secured the ground frame/ joists. Next stage is the insulation board between the floor joists which we all know is very expensive. However, I've been offered some pir board at a really good price but it has a grease proof like paper covering the foil which...
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    Kichen and Bathroom DISASTER

    Yes you will know!! Well I had to get my brother and his friends to repair all the damage done. The work in the bathroom was especially bad. The tiles had to be all broken off and replaced. The kitchen has been taken out. The walls made good and the units put back in by a professional fitter...
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    Spotlights but no lighting circuit...

    I have moved into a house which has a mezzanine level with one room. The room has high vaulted ceilings and there is no lighting circuit but there are 3 double sockets which I am having to plug lamps into. There is no lighting circuit under the floor. It is not possible because of the type of...
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    Baxi 28he combi pressure?

    Many thanks for your help guys but I've managed to find the cause of the problem. As suspected I was right about the leak being in the pipework. The boiler suddenly wasn't holding any pressure after 30mins. In my kitchen there is wooden floor stuck down on concrete. I put my ear to the floor...
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    Baxi 28he combi pressure?

    Many thanks. Should i let the heating run for a few hours so the sealer can circulate?
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    Baxi 28he combi pressure?

    Thank's guys for your suggestions. The plate heat exchanger was replaced recently. The gas engineer who last looked at the boiler said there was no sign of any leaks in the main exchanger. I have already closed off the CH valves and observed for any pressure drop. Thankfully there was no...
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    Baxi 28he combi pressure?

    I have a Baxi platinum 28he combi boiler and recently it has been losing its pressure. I have called out several different engineers now but they have all failed to fix the problem. I have followed some advice found on this website and from other sources and I believe the problem is now a leak...
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    Kichen and Bathroom DISASTER

    The builder has been back in touch with me and has said he would like to put things right and that he kept his eye off the ball by allowing his builders to get on with the work without him checking each stage. He has said it's the worse job he has done in 40 years. He has even sent his wife...
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    Kichen and Bathroom DISASTER

    Yes the money I gave him has covered the kitchen units by a few thousand pounds and on top of that I gave him £2000 cash. My brother who is a project manager has spoken to him now and the builder has agreed not to come back to the house and to just walk away. I'm not 100% sure what my brother...
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    Kichen and Bathroom DISASTER

    May I ask? Are the cables that have been trailed along the floor into the sockets within the 'rules'?
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    Kichen and Bathroom DISASTER

    Many thanks. You are really helping me put my mind at ease.
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    Kichen and Bathroom DISASTER

    I've managed to upload a brighter photo. This is the external wall. There was no sink on this wall before. I agree that it should of been investigated before the kitchen was installed against it. If it was investigated and it came back that it needed work to have fixed then I would and would...
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    Kichen and Bathroom DISASTER

    Hopefilly this is more clear?
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    Kichen and Bathroom DISASTER

    Sorry. I'm not having much luck uploading the photo's Basically it is a shot of under the base units. Of what can be seen to the right is the wall covered in black mould and the plaster starting to fall off. To the left is some plasterboard placed over the mould. I will try to upload the...
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    Kichen and Bathroom DISASTER

    This morning we found that plasterboard has been placed directly over some mould. My house is an old victorian school. I would of assumed that when taking the old kitchen out- the kitchen fitter would of instantly seen the black mould on the outward wall? Im not a builder but even I know that...
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