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@Omnibuswoman I hasten to add, the old boy should be marking the posi joists on the plasterboard so zero screws go into these. Using 25mm screws is very good 'buffoon insurance', but the moral is to ONLY be screwing the PB into loose RB and NOT into the posi joists as the PB will then want to keep pulling up and pinch the RB tight, the opposite of what you want. Have this chat before he fits a single PB, and TELL HIM what you want.
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Looks ok / good to me, but I am a stickler so always tell my guys to put 2 screws into each joist as I'm not a fan of these only having one screw in them. The bars at the outside walls are fine; at the end of the day the walls don't move, so where the ceilings meet walls, get scrim taped, and get plastered, you won't actually want any movement there as the plaster / paint would crack.
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Different shades of a discontinued colour, is my worry!
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All your emitters are within the heated and airtight envelope, so it's quite moot tbh.
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Why have the voids from the eggbox? Why buy the eggbox? Pipes on the deck, 16mm hammer in nail-clips, screed.
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At my wits end with brick layers. Advice please.
Nickfromwales replied to flanagaj's topic in Bricklaying, Blockwork & Mortar
Gravity equalises it, so "no deal, Noel", . It'll still read absolutely 100% accurately. -
Ah, ok, so an “overlay” system. 👍
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It’s been in storage for >2 years.
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At my wits end with brick layers. Advice please.
Nickfromwales replied to flanagaj's topic in Bricklaying, Blockwork & Mortar
I’ve just had to convince a client to boot his builder and gang off site, very serious stuff that he was trying to cover up…… A friend said to me, “you’re the grim reaper for builders”. I am if they're incompetent, deceptive, thieving fcuktards. I was there for MVHR only, but couldn’t (in good conscience) hold my tongue any longer. Said chap pulled me aside on site and tried the bully tactics to get me to keep schtum. Didn’t work. “Don’t let the door hit you on the ass on the way out”, and out he went. I’ve met some excellent ones, but sadly they are very few and very far between, but from the good ones that I have been lucky to have worked with I picked up some great knowledge, and I use it on every new project to continue to better myself. Giving a feck costs nothing, but quality costs more as it consumes time. If someone doesn't value quality, and doesn’t want to pay me for my time and experience, then I walk away and let them suffer mediocrity. Always costs them more time and money, but you cannot educate pork. -
Type 1 or recycled crushed for ground bearing slab?
Nickfromwales replied to flanagaj's topic in Concrete
Use your rage to punch-compact the bastard -
What wall type should I use?
Nickfromwales replied to BotusBuild's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
If it's just a garage, go with the cheapest solution. End of. Block layers are a-plenty, and masonry is something that requires zero thought. -
Pipes routed into the P5? 18mm is a thin board to compromise.
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Type 1 or recycled crushed for ground bearing slab?
Nickfromwales replied to flanagaj's topic in Concrete
In that case you just need to choose for yourself, and ensure any details for layering / compaction are observed. Have this chat BEFORE anyone starts work, not after............... -
I've installed wet UFH over FF P5 22mm decks many times, and screeded over them; from 'just enough' to ~50mm. I used 16mm Pert AL, never use anything else, as laying UFH is somewhere OTT should be the standard....? alarm bells are ringing.
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Well......guess who is to blame then!!!! They are just covering their feck up!!!!!!! I'd be asking for copies of all the delivery notes etc, but a kitchen in storage for 2 years is one thing, but worse is a kitchen put into storage without you going through the inventory and checklist before accepting it. I think it's time to evaluate being alive, and consider what other people have to deal with in comparison. This is a pita, but not life or death.
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Type 1 or recycled crushed for ground bearing slab?
Nickfromwales replied to flanagaj's topic in Concrete
Check with the SE, they will have specified? -
At my wits end with brick layers. Advice please.
Nickfromwales replied to flanagaj's topic in Bricklaying, Blockwork & Mortar
Diplomacy isn't working. You can't repeat the action and expect a different result, so stop him from doing any more work and ask him if he's interested in the rest of the job (or not). His response will be what decides your new direction / next decision. Tell him straight, no quivery top lip, that you have slept on it and cannot accept the discrepancy. End of feckin chat. If he shrugs his shoulders and packs up and fecks off, good riddance. If he decides to offer up a solution to rectify, then tell him it has to be removed on his time and not yours as it should have been right first time. Stop tolerating useless assholes. I wouldn't get away with this, how can he???? -
WC + independant zone valve
Nickfromwales replied to Mr Blobby's topic in Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHP)
Time to put your foot down then? -
Radial plumbing & fire stopping near the manifold
Nickfromwales replied to Dunc's topic in General Plumbing
Whilst in pub, get text from plaster moaning about all the other pipes in the other places……. 30 - 15, play on 🤣. -
Radial plumbing & fire stopping near the manifold
Nickfromwales replied to Dunc's topic in General Plumbing
Then I’ve been very successfully “stretching” myself for the last couple of decades. 1). Drill hole. 2). Insert pipe through hole. 3). See 1. 4). Count to 21 and stop. 🤷♂️🙃 -
WC + independant zone valve
Nickfromwales replied to Mr Blobby's topic in Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHP)
I’m on my way. I can do it for £5999, on mates rates. Can’t you just find a decent local plumber (“heating engineer……”) to put pipes from A-B with you supplying? It’s ridiculously simple work, easier than putting a combi boiler in. -
Radial plumbing & fire stopping near the manifold
Nickfromwales replied to Dunc's topic in General Plumbing
There are times when folk cant see the woods for the trees. Just use copper off the manifolds, then a hep2o connector to concert back to plastic once through the fire wall. ”Simples!” -
Radial plumbing & fire stopping near the manifold
Nickfromwales replied to Dunc's topic in General Plumbing
Too much kit spread all over the house. Radial methodology is supposed to do away with such complication.
