MikeSharp01

Our copper cylinder at Millstone manor has sprung a leak and so I need to replace it. It is an RM 1040 x 450 and they do an AQUASTEL (Stainless Steel) equivalent. Should I go for the SS? The only issue is 28mm pipework as the copper cold feed and only 22mm on the Stainless version, which I could restrict for just the last few mm. I have to get this for tomorrow and Screwfix can get me either. Any thoughts from the pipe wizards?

IS there another possible connection point the other side of the new plot, this may be cheaper if closer, although I would have thought the surveyor would have spotted that one.

I disagree, there is almost no skill you cannot learn in 3 months - its a 1000+ hours (at 12 hours a day). The average school year is only 1150 hours and if you take a look at the contact time you get at some Universities 1000 hours is almost a degree! That said, if I were @epsilonGreedy, I would do what I did in those developing ideas months and learn to bake bread - you are never short of a sandwich, its always fresh and the smell is wonderful.

Hi and welcome to THE forum. Sounds like fun we look forward to learning more as you go along.

My reading, and only cursory - so could be way out, is that they choose depending on the ratio of stuff to sevices. The predominant rate for the bigger proportion applies so if it is mainly sevices then VAT is charged if mainly stuff then not. You can claim it back anyway if it is charged providing you are within the window of time once the completion cert is issued.

It doesnt burn but it can explode shattering dust all over the place and any loose dust is transported in the smoke. Essentially if you own a building with aspestos or the suspicion of it you are under the control of Aspestos regulations 2012 and it is am offence not to take the correct steps

Burning Aspestos is the VERY worSt thing you can do to it short of gringing it into a powder then dispersing it in the air and trying to breath in as much dust as you can.

Take care and not just the health and safety! You need a demolition order from the council and unless you are careful this will trigger the start of your build so you need to tell them it is just prep work and not the actual start unless you want it to be. If you do start and you then want to use an independant BC company the council may insist you use them as the work has started. You probably do need an aspestos survey for piece of mind as you cannot knock down a building containing it and it is an offence to dump the stuff and there is one blend of the stuff that even the removal company won't touch without breathing apperatus and walk through shower units. Our survey was £560 showed up loads of the stuff and removal cost a £5kand that was without the really serious stuff!

What's the black flashing round the base of the house @lizzie? Looks realy crisp.

Yes @TerryE perhaps secondhand mid century pieces might compliment the style and have them recovered. If you choose carefully you can have an appreciating asset rather than a depreciating one.

We went to Heals, Tottenham court road, for our main sofa's in 1985 and they are both still great although they have been recovered and cushioned a few times. For the difficult corner sofa we commissioned a local furniture maker and that is now in its 15th year and still wonderful. And the rule of thumb is: Spend a bit more now to get quality and long life.

When you say very good what do you mean? I think you have to add the total out of flat distance across the whole sub floor to the cement thickness recommended by the tile manufacturers to get the max needed and hopefully it won'y be downhill from, or up hill to there as water has a habit of enjoining even the slightest slope.

Thanks for posting this very interesting - not sure I buy the 'it only goes to the leaks' completely but it looks like it might be a runner.

I get all my fastening from Modern Screws - Bexley, they are on the net with a rather low profile but if they don't stock it they will usually get it for you. My Neighbour - very into sailing swears by THIS company but they are a bit heavy on free postage and a long way from you - @SteamyTea is close though!

yep I know - but it will be when I next visit.

Hi, welcome to the FORUM and how are things in the only other city with a V&A!?

I would think you could be creative here and just have a legal agreement, not attached to the property, that allows him access across the land that he could enforce. If you ever come to sell you could then pop it into the deeds with all the other legal stuff always supposing the issue still exists as time has a habit of changing situations.

Great news - now comes the easy bit (NOT).

Yes given where it is it looks like it is not only yours. If there is flow other than yours then building over the pipe will be your challenge as, under recent changes to the regs, the water company have control, and responsibilities, over all the sewers other than the very last one in a run and they have controls over what happens above and around the pipe. Here is what Thames Water say: https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.thameswater.co.uk/buildover&ved=2ahUKEwj6jqnnyPHYAhUGD8AKHYXGBGQQFjACegQIERAB&usg=AOvVaw27atftCuoZTyeP3gblH-P4

We have used F&B before and don't now because it is just the pain described above. For my part I have recently been amazed by how good the Dulux weathershield 6 coat system is - which although needing 6 coats is a joy to work with, two of sealer, two of undercoat and two topcoat. It is not cheap but it goes one very well, covers very well, has a six year guarantee and is available in any colour!

Bad news @Barney12hope the claim goes well. Not good in Whitstable today either moving some 8x4 sheets about in 135Km winds is a bit like being attached to a kite but all safe. Can hear some whistling from the garden room windows so will have to .find where that is coming from and a bit of water has blown in under the soleplate, no cladding yet, which I will have to find and fix.

If on a network then defo it will work with it but if you mean access it via the pi USB then the only hurdle is the driver.

I thought the falls would be slopes between the flat sections of rooflight or do the roof lights stick up?

The mortgage can be taken with the site as the asset if its worth £50K - that way they don't care what you put on it or what is on it they can get their money back by just selling the plot on.

Over that distance you can have a series of very small falls, 50mm, and flat sections with the inset glass sections, but they will be set at the different levels if they are part of the path.