Car port being converted - best way to hide meters?

[Draughtsman]

I don't think I'll be shelling out on getting these moved, they'll have to stay put. Any ideas on how to hide them?

Dain

 

[Draughtsman]

 

[ivixor]

Build a cupboard around them.

 

[bernardgreen]

Put wooden picture frames around them and get an artist to paint a picture on them.

 

[ivixor]

Put a bookcase in front of them, mounted to the wall with hinges

 

[^woody^]

What meters?

 

[Draughtsman]

Hmm.

I may move them, presumably a WWU site visit would result in the gas being shut off if they found any zonal anomalies in the bathroom to which the new gas pipe would be redirected?

 

[Draughtsman]

Get them out!

 

[Draughtsman]

What meters?

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So, a bit of dry lining over redundant meter recesses/blockwork (wall with pine door replacement for old front door with sidelights).

Regs said run some membrane up the wall, up past the damp course.

I put 2 coats of Sikha Rapid DPM on the conc. base and up the red brick plinth, was going to membrane right over the base Sikha too, taped to the edge membrane. What do you reckon? Would it encourage condensation any more than the Sikha that's already down? Easier to fully membrane it now, whilst it's open?

 

[^woody^]

If that's the old house external wall, why should it need a membrane?

 

[Draughtsman]

I think regs was more concerned about the new wall to the left, which is stud over infill blockwork, previously it was just open. The car port had a bedroom above (still does), on blockwork corner piers. The gaps between piers have been glazed or blocked up.

See superseded image of pier bases with entrance to car port between. This car port entrance is now glazed and was directly behind me when I took the shot of that new pine door.

 

[^woody^]

I'm still confused, but I'll be better later after a few rums

Anyway, generally if there is chance of moisture getting across the wall (ie it's solid) then it should be lined with a polythene membrane before insulation and plasterboard finish. As the wall is rendered externally, the risk of moisture ingress is lessened or even removed, but that's a call to be made on site or agreed by any inspector

Any vertical membrane should lap the floor membrane, but as you have applied a liquid floor coating, any lap risks letting any moisture run down the vertical membrane and over the floor membrane. So in this case any vertical membrane should be chased in to the wall at DPC level

 

[Draughtsman]

My question is is really about the top surface of the concrete base? Can you see any reason to not lay more membrane down flat and tape it to the edge membranes? Cover the whole base with membrane, on top of the Sikha.

 

[Draughtsman]

I also took the 2 coats of Sikha Rapid up the wall to the btm of threshold oak step and slightly above DPC generally. So I might as well just complete the membrane across top of conc. base?