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Hi all, I had a single skin outbuilding built onto a concrete pad over a year ago and when it rains the back too walls soak in all the water and some leaks through on the bottom course as i can’t get behind the render them like the front two. I bought some KA tanking slurry for the inside and...

Yeah it’s build off a concrete slab, doesn’t have a dpc as the bottom block is sat straight onto the slab, will just render to the floor

Is this because the render will make the walls waterproof and will stop any water sucking through? Suppose i could always tanking slurry the inside as well and put the cement fillet across the bottom internally?

What about rendering the walls? Do you mean wrap the outside, with something like roofing felt, then batten it all up and finish with cladding?

https://postimg.cc/gallery/hQHWRZ3 This is some images of the shed currently, nothing is stopping it running down but it’s leaking through the bottom course into the shed and pooling, there is no signs of it running down the walls. The bottom of the door is also filling up with water and...

Hi all, Recently had a block shed built and it’s leaking between the concrete base and first course of block work. I tried to put a cement fillet on the outside but it seems to have made it worse and more water seems to be getting through the block which i find strange as the fillet should...

God knows, that’s what we said i might of misheard, when he tested and knew there was a leak the 21 was dropping quite drastically. However when sorted, over the minute test it went from 21.05 to 20.67 is that an acceptable drop when testing gas?

He tested it for 1 minute, 2 30 second tests. it dropped from 21.05 to 20.67 over the minute he tested and said it’s fine…. he said it can official drop 6 bar though

Evening all, Just had a gas hob fitted and the plumber did a gas test after and said there was a leak because of how fast it dropped on the machine he used, used some spray and found it bubbling on a joint, he tightened it up and did another test. The second test started at 21.05 and dropped...

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Thanks, guess i’ll just have to wait till the site visit, it can’t really go much deeper due to footings etc… I’ll just keep my metre inside of they refuse i guess but have an exposed yellow gas pipe running through my floor at the moment.

how am i meant to get it another 140mm deep though? They would need to dig my drive up and relay the whole pipe?

I meant for the actual pipe, they said it should be 375mm in the ground but mine is currently laid at 240mm

Thanks buddy, what was the depth of the gas pipe? Northern Gas has required a minimum of 375mm into the ground but my pipe is already laid at 240mm

Evening people, Due to an extension i need to have my gas metre moved, it’s a second generation smart metre. It’s going to be going into a semi concealed gas box and due to moving over 1 metre i need Northern Gas to do the works. However i contacted bulb my energy supplier and they said...

Yeah the sides have already collapsed so will need removing before laying the concrete. Some of it has changed to slurry yeah it’s like 2 inch thick on top of the bed rock. I will pump water out before hand and sprinkle some cement down where the water table enters to try slow it down a bit...

Good Evening, I’ve currently dug my footings out for my extension and my BCO asked that half be stepped down due to the ground, however the stepped side has now hit bed rock which means i cannot go any lower and means i’ve hit the water table so the lower side fills around 10-12 inch of water...

It’s going to be a shed yeah but made from single skin block with patio doors in. Just don’t want damp and mould in there

What would you recommend? A few air bricks around the top?

Thanks for the reply, only gonna be used for storing our stove materials and tools, so some dampness isn’t a mega problem, just want me minimalism it, we are putting our patio doors on the front so can open them for the air flow and stuff. suppose i could always tanking slurry the bottom of...