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  1. Mr Punter
    Do don't nail to the blockwork. The courses above keep it in place.
  2. Mr Punter
    http://www.strongtie.co.uk/products/detail/safety-fast-hanger-for-i-joist/402 These go over the blockwork, so give lateral restraint.
  3. Mr Punter
    Yes, get the design and budget sorted. Get plenty of quotes. If within budget, refine, finalise and go ahead, if not, revise spec.
  4. Mr Punter
    Fine for building regs. Out through the wall and into a stub stack with a long radius bend at the base.
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    We have DECT with a main and 2 others. I will check out reception range. Do I need a phone signal for this to work? With the cable, I need one with 2 plugs to go in the wardrobe, to plug into the BT and the RJ45. Some of the cables say they are crossover. Does this make any difference?
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    I have got some CAT 5 cabling in most rooms, running back to a central location. Both ends are terminated with RJ45 sockets - faceplates in the rooms and a patch panel in the central location. In the central location is the main BT socket and internet hub but I don't want a phone there as it is in a wardrobe. There is the normal OpenReach master socket which then splits to internet and phone sockets. I would like to be able to connect the phone side into the patch panel and connect the corresponding wall outlet in another room to a phone. Any ideas what connecting cables I need to buy and where from?
  7. Mr Punter
    This is not the case in England.
  8. Mr Punter
    We had someone do 3 houses for us. He sprayed the ceilings and the first and second floor walls and used a roller with pump for the rendered ground floor walls. They really took a lot of paint, so not having to visit the paint tray made the job loads faster.
  9. Mr Punter
    I think you only need 30 mins fire resistance, so a layer of p/board is fine. No calcs or maths needed.
  10. Mr Punter
    Just confirm to them that the wall is 30 mins fire resisting from both sides. Regarding MVHR tell them the min flow rates for the rooms and the dwelling from the regs. It is not always good just to say "exceeds the regs" best to say "kitchen min 13 l/s" etc. You don't need to tie yourself to a manufacturer as long as what you fit meets what you specified.
  11. Mr Punter
    Takes an age to prep. OK for a mist coat but it is difficult to touch in any bits later, so you will end up doing the final coat with a roller.
  12. Mr Punter
    I just checked and I have been paying £590 for 50 tonne. Maybe the quoted for a contract lift, not a CPA hire?
  13. Mr Punter
    For the sake of ease, I like to get all the blockwork done then mobile crane and 3 workers - 1 to sling off the lorry, 2 to place. If only 40 then easily done in a couple of hours. Get the infill blocks bumped out with the crane too, plus and brick and blocks for the structure. Work efficiently and get the crane to do all the heavy lifting. Floor beams to ground floor is low risk. F'd up backs for the sake of £300-£400 seems pointless. I would not move the beams manually more than a couple of metres - pref just a shift up 200mm to the spacer block. Employ the 2 labourers for the day and you should complete the floor.
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    Windows

    Mr Punter commented on vivienz's blog entry in Blackmore House

    Partly, yes. Also our quote was a couple of years ago, pre Brexit and IdealCombi don't do a supply and fit package. I think that @vivienz could save some money and still have the comfort of a single supply and fit from a reputable dealer within my suggested maximum figures, maybe less, so I would encourage a rethink before signing up.
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    Windows

    Mr Punter commented on vivienz's blog entry in Blackmore House

    We went with IdealCombi on the last job which was ordered 2 years ago. £275 / m2 for 3g ali composite + £68 / m2 for cills (by others) and fitting (by others). 280m2 total. Much more hassle than supply and fit though. I think looking at the size of your job you could target £800 to £1000 / m2 supplied and fitted, so between £30k and £37k. Get some more quotes and tell them that is your maximum budget.
  16. Mr Punter
    There is a rule of thumb that says that you should be able to take a line from the centre of the window projecting up at 25 degrees from horizontal without it meeting the new building. There are also standards for daylight and sunlight but you will probably be looking at a daylighting assessment which would normally be requested by the LPA of the applicant (at their expense) should they feel there is an issue. The other issue may be loss of amenity of your garden should it be overshadowed significantly. As others have said, sketchup may give a quick and rough result, but if the proposal fails the 25 deg rule, just flag this to the planners.
  17. Mr Punter
    I have Aico with the addition of a control switch that lets you test / silence / locate from one position. Makes sense as we have 4 storey house with 11 sensors. The Nest stuff would have bankrupted us, plus I am not convinced I want to "invest" in something the supplier can stop supporting and can switch off in 10 years when they think the detector "must" be changed.
  18. Mr Punter
    If the scaffold lift spacing is tight I find that wearing a hard had means I frequently hit my head, whereas without I learn very quickly. If anyone is working above, 100% hard hat.
  19. Mr Punter
    I have hired a MAX rebar tier before as I am not experienced at wire tying. It is very fast but the wire is expensive.
  20. Mr Punter

    3-phase

    Mr Punter replied to Tom's topic in Electrics - Other

    Yes each phase can give you a 230V supply.
  21. Mr Punter
    beam
  22. Mr Punter
    Avoid the landlord supply scenario where possible as expensive. One system each is best.
  23. Mr Punter
    The CFA and SFA piles work with a hollow stem auger and concrete is pumped through the auger as it is withdrawn, so there is no risk of caving in. The only issue can be if you come across a void which is too large to fill with concrete.
  24. Mr Punter
    Yes. We had some about 200 diameter steel tubes. V small rig. The first tube is crimped at the end and a weight is lifted and dropped down repeatedly. When the tube is nearly in the ground, a further tube is welded on and so forth until the desired depth is achieved. Then the hollow case is filled with concrete, sometimes with rebar. Ours were about 16m and several welds broke. Also several did not drive straight. The piling took an age. If you have the room, CFA or SFA seem far quicker / better.
  25. Mr Punter
    A while ago we spent £12k with AM Profiles who went into receivership. They made and shipped all the stuff the week before, for which I am very grateful. By contrast, I recently paid Contour Aluminium for some copings by pro forma. They spent ages fobbing me off and eventually went skint, only to re-emerge later as Contour Heating and leaving me £2,200 out of pocket. They don't do copings now though. Are they scumbags, perhaps?
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