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Sorry no I meant, I thought taps were meant to have some sort of inbuilt non-return arrangement by regulation. Is that not the case?

Best to go PM on this @Barney12

Nick - shouldnt there be some sort of non-return mechanism to prevent backflow?

Yes they are all pretty much the same thing.

I am after plain white flat fronted primed metric sized doors. Proving impossible to find.

I havent checked exact specs but I wont be surprised if the Miele hood is a Faber sourced one. If you want a decent product for a decent price consider Siemens/Neff.

I had looked into this few years ago. I dont think these are European but the quality is superb. Worth it IMO if you can afford it.

fall through and get incinerated

Yes - Miele indoor grill. Perfect for toasting.

As long as the mixed products dont sit sent to each other as in 2 ovens from different brands its absolutely fine. We offer appliances either as bundles to those who are absolutely set on buying a brand or 'best in category' where they dont match and it makes no difference.

If you are budgeting max £2k for the cooker, buy Rangemaster. Its the best product in that price range. Not even worth looking at anything else.

It depends on what you expect from it and what you are willing to pay for it. Rangemaster is at the entry level end of the market and the build quality is quite tinny. Mercury/Falcon are based on the same platform but with better build quality/finishing etc. For me, Mercury/Falcon is that minimum you should be looking to get anything half decent and the next step up would be Lacanche/Aga for reliability. Overall, built in appliances give better cooking performance, efficiency, choice etc over range cookers, but for most range cooker buyers its a look thing.

Corian will 'mark' but they are only surface marks. As much as I think corian is the most overpriced and over-hyped piece of plastic money can buy, marks on corian can be removed quite easily because they dont enter the product but I would like to find out what sort of deep staining you have seen on Corian. As a retailer we read out the riot act on Corian to potential customers with exclusions on heat, scratch and bleach. Normally puts them off. In fact I have had some protracted correspondence and arguments with DuPont on the Corian warranty. If you found out whats excluded, you'd prefer to buy a piece of MDF and expect to get more from it before you buy Corian. No worktop is perfect and the new magic bullet is ultra-compact surfaces such as Dekton and even that comes with its caveats. Thats why I always say, buy what you like but make yourself aware of its limitations and it will last you a lifetime.

Sorry but thats not true. Corian (and similar products) are around 65% MTTA (type of acrylic) and rest is pigments, ground quartz etc. It will score with a kitchen knife but it doesnt cut. It cuts with a fine dust so good dust extraction is a good idea. Corian is non porous so it wont stain. Any marks are easily removed. It scratches & scorches easily but can be mended. FYI - I dont like it. Its overpriced plastic but lets get the facts right. There are a number of cheaper substitutes for Corian and these are polyester based which is much softer. Hard to tell the difference for a layman.

Conditions that require a discharge prior to build commencing could render the build illegal. Conditions such as the bat roost mitigation one could be picked by a buyers solicitor at the time of property sale and would need to be discharged potentially delaying the sale. Probably not worth the hassle but in principle its a scam.

Its a disgrace. It should all be part of one application.

I need some advice with regards discharging planning conditions. Our planning was granted subject to 4 conditions- Materials approval Datum point and various site levels Hard and soft landscaping plan Satisfactory implementation of bat roost mitigation from ecologist We werent permitted to start building till the first 3 had been discharged which was covered in a single discharge application with a single fee. The final point cannot be discharged until the building is complete which is turn calls for an additional discharge fee to be paid. Is there a way around this. This is just a ridiculous system.

Few points to think about with Corian- 1. Colour Match. You appear to have a shade of blue there. If you need additional material, check first if its a current colour. If it is, it almost certainly wont match. There wlll be some shade variation. 2. Fabrication. Its not going to be easy to get a fabricator to touch this job. Frankly its not worth their while to mess around with an existing worktop with all the risks associated with getting it right. 3. Corian fabrication is done in a factory and finishing on site. Unlike granite or quartz which is glued on site using 2 part epoxy compounds, Corian can be manipulated to a greater extend on site. The final finishing is done using COrian glue and then sanded/polished to a final finish.

Second that - Casa Grande tiles obtained for a 55% discount from list for a 140 m2 quantity. The order also had another 70m2 of various bathroom tiles.

Going rate in the northern home counties is £32-35 per sqm for porcelain upto 90x90 inc adhesive and grout for large continuous areas of over 40sqm. Smaller fiddlier areas add around 2-3 per sqm. Knock off around £3-4 per sqm for labour only.

Thanks. I can see this will work when the air valves are fitted. The downlighters we are using are sealed LED units and dont come with fire rating as standard. Special plates are available which create the barrier in case of fires. I was thinking maybe this acrylic sealant could do the job but if they need to be removed ever, it could get quite messy cutting out the sealant.

Can you provide a link the the products used?

It is my understanding that downlighters have to be fire rated. Does this apply to all downlighters or only those below rooms on the floor above? What is the current status on the fire spread risk created by air inlet and outlet valves on MVHR systems? Building regs appear not to have caught up with this and then what is the point of fire rated downlights if the air valve in the same room is going to allow a fire to spread in any case.

Spirit level but also what material are the trays made from. If they are acrylic capped stone resin, this is not entirely surprising, especially on very large trays. I have seen this sort of thing before on standard builders merchant supplied trays.

We had fibre cement slates on the garage and the builders used copper spacer type things but I think it was a galvanised steel (or aluminium) nails. Didnt give it any thought.