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you come up to the loft and it is at an apex so a door wouldn't fit here so it must have been at the bottom but it can't have been where the stairs lead to now as the landing is too narrow for a door to open and the stairs jut out slightly. We think the original stairs went through what is now...

Just discovered our loft conversion has been fiddled with by previous owner (after building completion cert given )to fit in an extra bedroom that would have been the landing and entrance to the loft room. The loft room Now doesn't meet building regs - no fire doors and head height not 2...

Thanks Big-All Who would we sue though? We have been here Just under 3 years. I have spoken with a solicitor who says it may be possible to sue our conveyancers but they will say we had a look at the plans and said everything was ok. (i was pregnant at the time so maybe could convince someone...

we can't put the door at the bottom of the stairs as the landing is too narrow to allow the door to open out. At the top of the stairs it is an apex so not only short but impossible to put a door. We don't have the plans but i think the stairs entered the loft room at a different place and...

Just discovered our loft conversion has been fiddled with by previous owner to fit in an extra bedroom that would have been the landing and entrance to the loft room. The loft room Now doesn't meet building regs - no fire doors and head height not 2 metres - any ideas what to do? We bought the...

No i am not looking to sell but am now thinking i should. this all started from having rats under the void in the lounge ground floor extension. From having builders come over and look they have discovered: * damp proof course covered up so need to lower back garden by a few feet...

Hi We bought a 4 bed semi in 2007 which had been extended by previous owners in 2005. I have just found out a few things: Some extra mini extensions had been tacked on to the main extension after a completion cert given for the main extension. These of course do not have buildings or...

yes a completion certificate. Would a sliding door have been allowed as a fire door? There isn't enough landing space to get a door to open onto the landing. He may well have changed the staircase but no proof of anything at all! We have windows out onto a flat roof which allow easy...

Hi Can anyone help. We have a loft conversion done by previous owners. Building certificate granted 2005. This week we have been told by a couple of builders that the height at entrance isn't the required 2 metres. There are also no doors to the loft. The stairs go from landing to loft...

I'll try to get some piccies but in the meantime: Breeze block construction Chipboard flooring pretty sure battens suspended above solid earth There is some sort of pipe that comes up through the flooring and the outlet for the washing machine goes in this thanks f

Hi Can anyone advise what I need to do: I have 3 cupboards in the house which have been built as 3 mini extensions. One houses the washing machine and all pipework goes therefore under the flooring. The problem is: I have lifted a bit of flooring to find all the pipes and fresh air -...

i don't think i like combi boilers... i think i may have to think about a heating and water overhaul. luke warm showers are not an option! thanks for that john - i am getting a little bit wiser about it all but not really enjoying knowing !!

thankyou Dave you have been great! i have sent a request to a local heating engineer to get in touch and hope they can help me quickly!!! i love this site! cheers Fi

thanks Dave - should i contact a heating engineer or an electrician for this job??

forgot to ask in my last message - if a room thermostat is a pain / not possible can i get new rads with thermostat valves? i think i read somewhere you shouldn't have too many in the house with this function??? ALSO my hot water is wierd - if the taps are on too much the hot water comes...

the boiler is a Halstead combi (not sure of make as i had to throw the booklet away as it was in a bag which had animal pee in.. not joking) the receipt is a little illegible but maybe finest gold? the GC is 47 33306/07108 the serial number is FXG 57871 0238 i have found the service...

thanks for all responses - will have a look at make and model etc tomorrow once i have managed to cool the house down previous owner (who i now think was a dodgy builder as i have a number of issues ) also put the boiler within reach of the bath (although housed in a box) which means that i...

Hi I don't think i am being stupid but i cannot find my thermostat anywhere and the radiators do not have dials on them to suggest that they have a thermostat attached. Can a boiler run without a thermostat? all i know is that the rads are v. hot and must be costing me a fortune! any...

losing the plot with this house