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If I were you I'd make your builder rectify this to as the original drawing shows. If the dpc is just glued/taped, whatever to the blockwork, at some point you're going to get a leak and water ingress into your house. Get it done now rather than leave it and wish you'd have done it once it's leaked. Your builder has messed up, it's up to him to rectify things.
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They don't need sticking to the floor, but do you fit these isolation strips / tape between the pan and Wall?
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@Nickfromwales What about wall hung toilets ? I asked a 2 local pluming merchants today who both said that they'd never heard of these tape /strips .
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@MortarThePoint I noticed something similar looking in the diagrams for my wall hung toilet but couldn't find anything resembling this stuff as there was not any text in the instructions to tell me what it actually was, just drawings. I tried putting some Armaflex tape on the back of the loo pan as an isolator but it had too much give in it and the loo flexed when sat on. @Nickfromwales I'd be interested in your thought on this too please, as my bathrooms are about to be siliconed so I can still easily fit some to my toilets if I need and can get hold of some. TIA
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I managed to getbhold of Schuller who were very helpful, although slow. It turns out that these are spice shelves for above the hob in the extractor cupboard, there are some little plastic ends to fit them into some dowel holes, I'll add a photo for anyone in the future once I've wired the extractor and put the panel back in the cupboard.
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I was thinking something to do with the dishwasher but there's nothing in the manual for that either.
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Can anyone help identify these pieces for my kitchen please ? The booklet and paperwork that came with it don't seem to show them anywhere and there are not any numbers on them to Google them myself. They are metal pieces and measure 80mm x 560mm without the small tag. They won't fit on any of the draws as they are the same length as the carcases full depth. Anyone recognise them ?
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Trusted ct1 it is then. I think that there's a plinth so I'll bond the end support panel with some batten and give a blob to each back foot. Thank you
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There's going to be a quartz worktop, so plenty of weight on top, I'm only thinking about the problem as the instructions show to screw down through the feet on the draw units, but I suppose the manufacturers have got to cover themselves incase you put a lightweight worktop on.
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I've just laid out our units after having them in storage for nearly 4 yrs and have realised that as part of our breakfast bar / peninsula, which is 2.8mtrs long we have a 1.2mtr set of draws at the end of it which will be filled with crockery. My problem is how's best to secure this from tipping without screwing into the floor which is filled with ufh pipes ? There will be a support panel running across the back of the units and an end panel, I'm also thinking of screwing 2 battens underneath the full run of units to tie them all together securely and some good dollops of ct1 under the feet, what more can I do or will this be enough ?
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I was once told to put ufh pipes everywhere to allow for future redesign and then lay off cuts of kingspan under the kitchen units to stop the heat rising up into the cupboards.
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I had hardly any dust whilst grinding, the skirt on the machine kept it down, the only time there was dust was when I swept everything up.
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https://images.app.goo.gl/uKd67 The one I hired was the same as this link, it had a disc of cutters rather than individual stone like the Husqvarna I've used before which was a handfull and nowhere near as clean finish as this one was.
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This is my anhydrite screed after I'd taken a floor grinder to it and started hoovering after 3 rounds of sweeping. If you zoom in on the hoovered patch you can see that the aggregate has become visible and looks more open.