Nickfromwales

Good that you stopped that one from doing anything more on site tbf. That wall is (was) just shockingly bad. Onwards indeed

On the current MBC project I'm consulting on, we have soil pipes in the 150mm MOT1 layer directly under the 50mm sand blinding, and some others like comms and landscape power are lower to avoid these. I designed all this ahead of MBC's arrival, making sure there were the least number of services crossing over/under each other. As you're under a raft, there is no minimum depth THB, but for power and water you do need to drop down towards the periphery to comply with the 750-900mm that these authorities will mandate.

Just DO NOT let them fit them down low, as you'll bash the crap out of them taking things in /out of the cupboard. Get then as high up as you can, plus then you pretty much cant see them. This. Install a piece of 15mm MDF or PLY behind, screwing it into place where the sockets etc will hide the screws.

You don’t need the SVP then! Just vent in the garden on a stub stack.

You can ask the BCO for a 1:5 or 1:10 exclusion, if you’ve got immediately neighbouring properties where you can show they all have a SVP (Soil and Vent Pipe). Then they should be agreeable to you cutting the pipe back inside the attic and fitting an AAV (Air Admittance Valve), aka Durgo, and close the roof back off.

If they lose the stupid name and make the colours more neutral, that may help.

Easy folks! There is the old saying, "if you've nothing good (or helpful / productive) to say, then saying nothing is best". If we can't offer support then let's keep schtum, please. On the flip-side, if anyone feels like they've been singled out or spoken to in a manner that's offended, then please use the REPORT function and the mods will review this and respond accordingly.

Oh deer…..

Tell us more about this Moose Count.

Pressure vessel, aka accumulator, is an essential bit of kit. For RWH, anything less than 10,000L is a waste of time and money. This is one sector where sales people are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than the thing they're selling.

Topic moved.

By the looks of the block-work they may just fall out with a swift left boot.

Odd. As I was on site just before Xmas and Gordon was pumping in 4 pallets of the stuff. I’d defo say it’s not “wet”, as it puffs out at the point where he injects it, and it’s instantly airborne and floating around.

That block-work is shockingly poor. Zero GAF, and there’s no way whatsoever that person should be doing anything for face work. If you don’t care about stuff that’s not on show, to that extent, as the horizontal line looks like a waveform, then there won’t be much more care for the remainder. Shite.

No need to I’m on these projects full time so the last time I had to do this was less than 2 years ago. AKA “hands on”. On walls it’ll stay put, give or take a few handfuls, but if it’s overhead then it’s going to drop out like confetti. Removal is simple with an AVCL, as you just make a 2” incision into the membrane and poke Henry’s pipe in there and keep sucking and swinging the hoover pipe about until you’ve got the worst of it and then open up a section. From there you can go to a dustpan and some bin liners.

Make a ramp, and get the micro digger in there. Or just get a wet saw and remove a 1200mm section of brickwork and accept that as collateral damage aka “it is what it is”. Digging it out by hand is unnecessary, there’s always a solution. A good machine operator will tell you how he’s going to get a machine in there. My guy walked up a vertical 900mm brick wall without so much as a scratch.

His was MBC, so same stuff from PYC iirc.

Goes in bone dry. Comes out with more enthusiasm than you’d ever want. A Henry would remove it in seconds. I’ve had to chop into a few MBC homes retrospectively and it’s a pig of a job, especially ceilings, as the second you cut the AVCL you’re wearing two bin bags worth of it. Not so bad with walls where it’ll stay put, if you’re very careful.

I hope you’ve got the drawbridge working? 🤔😆.

Who is principal contractor? It’s their role to do due diligence and help you reach out for costs, with tenders.

It should enter into a junction box, fixed to the back of the cabinet. From there it can be either trunking or conduit, trunking prob easiest here. Basically you shouldn’t be able to see the brown or blue cables at all as they’re not PVC/PVC.

Needs to be in containment.

…..for his carpentry work.

Having single PVC’s ‘on display’ is a no no. How the feck are they getting away with this if it’s the finished article!?!

Tie their own shoelaces.