Nickfromwales

Cant really say from the pic, but if you’re getting movement then it was defo air locked. Happy days.

Looks like 1/2” BSP, but would need you to buy a fitting and prove it obvs. Then one of these can be put on the end with 21 turns of PTFE, if you’re feeling brave. You put a short (100-150mm) piece of copper in the 15mm entry and then use a push fit connector to go from copper to plastic, if you’re using push fit? Don’t put push fit into the compression nut or the 4 horsemen will descend upon you. Failing that, I’ll just disapprove.

No rush! Those days are long behind me

Bingo. We're getting somewhere. Did you hear the F&E tank ballcock allow some more water in to top up?

I’d switch your PM inbox off sharpish, if I were you lol! Congrats, I’ll be in touch myself pretty damn soon if you’re up for some new projects to support me on. Last lot didn’t make grade….now gone ‘adios’. Shoot me a message when you get 5 and we can have a chat or maybe meet up. One’s on your doorstep.

“These are not the droids you are looking for……” 🖖

Defo this. Use a battery multitool and have a hose running to manage dust. It’ll wash off the render if it’s not left to settle. Leave the section held captive by the render, and mastic the joint to recreate the weathertight seal. Be sure to multitool the full length of the underside of the bit you need to remove so you can lift it away from the render. Don't simply hope the render will be ok if you just lift the cill up and away. It needs to be disconnected by you just multitool’ing inti the render for maybe 5mm or so. Steady hands and lots of time and patience invested here will make this quick and simple. Rush it and you’ll be into another few cans of real ugly worms.

As the principal designer, and I assume the author of your b regs drawings, they are responsible for the insulation being fit for purpose and sufficient for a “pass”. If their spec is under then it should fall back on them?

Are you aware of our marketplace?

I try to explain the difference, to folk who approach me (both here by PM or in “real life”) for ‘a bit of advice’. I have to explain that me rambling on here has zero repercussion, because in reality nobody should listen to a word I have to say. But, if someone asks me specifically, to advise on their project, well that requires time, and time = £xxx At that point I become liable or responsible for not overpromising or under-delivering, so that’s now managed via my T&C’s (serves myself and the client very well if expectations are managed robustly, and then each party knows what’s been promised vs what’s getting delivered for what sum of money, payment plans agreed, and so on). It’s so much simpler when 2 adults can read the same document, perform a handover, and agree that’s all been done as expected and here’s your dosh. BH has a massive wealth of information available for anyone to read and use, with their own caution needing to be in check, and due diligence performed, eg to avoid misadventure. Reading a few bits on the internet is not robust enough to go spending your hard earned money on. It should be used to compile questions for your chosen contractor, or as a sounding board for your own informed decision making.

They could reduce the head in the current end of line property to 60a and give you the same 60a allowance. You’ll be surprised just how much you can run off that!

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If it’s just a veranda and not a heated space, then the regs are only really about safety eg should the glass break and fall on to someone. DG would be required to keep the heat in, if it was a part of the living space. As you already are going toughened that box is ticked, but I’d not go for less than 8mm glass at that size, and for robustness I’d probably go for 10mm to be safe. 6mm is too thin afaic, as the panel is laying nearly flat so is already fighting gravity / its own weight. Cost doesn’t go up that much for single panes of glass, it’s just bit of an uplift to get them toughened after cutting. Seems pointless to do DG units but they would reduce the noise of rain getting through to the underside, if that is of any importance? @craig any regs on thickness of a flat-ish glazed single roof panel in a veranda?

If it’s going to be a number of weeks or months then lose the tenner and dose with inhibitor immediately. You’d be surprised how quickly the new fresh oxygenated water kicks off the corrosion process again.

Chin up fella. What keeps me going is the FACT that there’s others out there who are far worse off, and that puts my problems into perspective pdq.

Let's not derail this thread please.

All in hand By keeping on....keeping on. Time for another winky-emoji...

Two separate subjects. Donations are made, not forced. Advice offered by PM is non-contractual and based on goodwill in equal measures. FWIW, some members on here have taken the piss out of me royally, now since departed (booted off) and had to be relegated to the sin bin of "disingenuous bottom-feeders". They now reside in the best of company, at the bottom. Members time here is offered up, and given, regardless; donations offered (then not always made) would not be subject to enforcement action by bailiffs It should be noted, however, that if you offer me a beer I will hunt you down.

Cracking idea. The Suffolk Meet Up Posse are currently thriving. Such a shame that Wales has a population of 1........

This is an ever-evolving banquet; new isn't new, by the time folk get planning permission new is out of date!! Laziness (and convenience seekers) has no cure. Buildhub is here for those who seek to find better advice and maximise on every opportunity that they have. FB is full of randoms, shooting fish in a barrel without challenge. Horseshit on toast, served in abundance. No you don't. You're completely confused. But lets talk about it

Let me know and I'll supply the sausage rolls and pink donuts from Greggs. He likes those, but don't tell his missus

You wouldn't drop it twice

And herein lies the problem folks. If they think they can pass the buck, or dodge a bullet, well......... However, if it's entered in early as a part of the remit, then they know they have to do it or not get paid.

Quite a sobering thread this tbf. I was not aware that this grinds folk down quite as much as it seems to, the old "self-build" malarkey....... I use BH to shed my brain of the excess energy floating around between my ears, quite bad ADHD etc, and an interest shared here and on eBuild, our home before Buildhub, where it's just nice to see and hear people ask questions and then have us lot intervene so they then don't have things go "tits-up". I'ts nice to have a hand in the prevention of such events. For any folk who are a bit befuddled or overwhelmed and want to get off the starting blocks with their projects, if this helps, I'm happy to do so some 30 mins Teams / phone chats FOC. I can offer advice for groundworks / substructures / superstructures, insulation and airtightness, right through to fenestration, roof and solar etc, or ask me which ASHP or MVHR is the best one to go for etc. 60 min chats not a prob, with maybe members then offering up a small donation to the Buildhub coffers for our annual running costs or whatever. Buildhub is a free-to-join forum that is completely volunteer run and operated, and is not for profit btw. Without donations, it would not exist. I cover pretty much A-Z, so quite comprehensive, and if anyone is interested just ping me a PM and I'll slot you in when I'm between doing other stuff I imagine it'll be like a really coarse, Welsh AI lol. The caveat is, it'll be offered to contributing members only, so no piss-takers need apply IIRC @ETC offers up a bit of selfless support here and there, so it's not uncommon for good folk on here to give up their time to give struggling members an occasional leg-up. I'm sure a few other regulars help, such as @craig, other maybe going unsung so sorry if I missed anyone also deserving of a mention here. "Long live the Hub".

...is the one you will set out in writing, before any repairs are entered into, so they know beforehand that they can't cut any corners here. Fail to prepare......