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Hi All, This could open a can of worms... But we have just had 2 manifolds installed for around 120m2 of underfloor heating and the plumber has installed the manifolds like this. Can anyone with technical understanding of these validate if this is installed correctly. I am worried that the lock...

Hi All, I have around 5000 Victorian stock bricks that I need to remove during an extension and uam thinking of reusing as facing bricks on our extension. The question is would you reuse 170 year old bricks or would you buy new, I have my suspicions that most would buy new. Issues I foresee...

Please can anyone give advice on this rsj installation. I think we might have issues with building control on this one. The joist hangers haven’t been put on correctly and have been cut off instead of bent over the top. Is this safe and will it pass building control inspection? Thanks

Hi All, What would be the correct setup for combining wet (primary) and electric (secondary - for summer use) underfloor heating. We are installing a wet room on a concrete slab and will be insulation about this and then Screeding. The screed will contain wet underfloor heating pipes, the...

Hi All, We are going through a cellar to basement project and just want to ask a few details about the drainage layout and what offers both building regulation coverage, but also what is the most practical solution. We aren't 100% tied to the layout so if a more suitable layout would be...

Hi All, We have an issue that we are not sure how to address. The way the house lies on a slight slope means the rear steps down and we want to open up the back of the house to allow an open plan kitchen/diner/living room. The issue comes with the rear steel work, this opens the rear aspect...

Hi, We have a catslide outrigger and we need to replace the entire roof as part of renovations. While we are doing this I would like to vault the ceiling to make a great feature in the room. What are the options for doing this as we suffered splay from the previous owner replacing slate with...

This forum is turning out to be a godsend, so here we go again... We have some large areas of reinforcement required. Mainly to reassure as much as anything, we have stripped back to bare brick and uncovered some bits that need attention. Can we use standard rebar with resin, then repainted as...

Hi I need to rebuild an area of rear wall on the rear of our Victorian house due to it bowing at the top. The wall is brick built and I need to take it down by c. 15 brick courses. As the wall will be hidden internally by a rear bedroom and hallway it doesn’t necessarily need to be rebuilt...