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  1. Mr Punter
    All of it. It is to do with fire risk and high rise buildings, not what level of insulation you have fitted or how much water the building uses.
  2. Mr Punter
    Yes 32mm treads. No MDF. They are well made.
  3. Mr Punter
    RICS don't share your view. https://www.rics.org/news-insights/building-safety-act-faqs
  4. Mr Punter
    These were communal stairs for flats, so 250mm going per tread and lower pitch. We also used chunkier materials to hopefully mitigate noise.
  5. Mr Punter
    The Building Safety Act focuses on building structural safety and fire safety only, Nothing to do with your u values. It is aimed to prevent future Grenfell tragedies, so high rise buildings and fire safety. It will not apply to any of the works discussed on this forum.
  6. Mr Punter
    If you add your stair to the basket in stairbox it will show the weight. I had 2 flights, 1 was 150kg, the other was 200kg. They were commercial spec.
  7. Mr Punter
    I am very impressed that you managed to cut a new drip groove.
  8. Mr Punter
    Warm roof is best but the Velux windows are too close to the deck. Could you lose any ceiling height?
  9. Mr Punter
    It did not strike me as being a sales pitch, just an academic research questionnaire.
  10. Mr Punter
    It may be different in Scotland but we in England we only do sound testing for compartment walls and floors - between flats and dwellings.
  11. Mr Punter
    Of course they claim it is normal because they are unwilling to accept responsibility and they would rather lie. It looks wrong to me. Where did they source the glass? Find out who manufactured it. Get it replaced.
  12. Mr Punter
    As long as they are separate there is no issue. Moisture will not jump from one to the other.
  13. Mr Punter
    7.3N Aircrete blocks will be fine. Don't shotfire the soleplate into them.
  14. Mr Punter
    Can you allow for 225mm above the slab to get to your new level? That would give 150mm insulation, 55mm flow screed and 20mm floor finish.
  15. Mr Punter
    They don't need to be the same level. Also you can have more than 1 DPC if needed.
  16. Mr Punter
    Yes. They use a different form. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/registered-titles-part-transfer-tp1
  17. Mr Punter
    Are you thinking to drop the render down by 300mm as well? Draw it on the elevations and see what you prefer.
  18. Mr Punter
    If you use the quote function instead of the Greater Than symbol, @DevilDamo will get a notification. Anyway, I think it is just how much you increase the floor space.
  19. Mr Punter
    You will need your mortgage provider to agree your scheme. You can then go on to build the new house, sell your existing house as a new title, retaining the land on which the new house is built.
  20. Mr Punter
    I know you have already started work, but did you explore demolish and rebuild? You save 20% VAT and do not need to compromise. You could even reuse the stone.
  21. Mr Punter
    The cost of keeping the borehole / pumps / sterilizing will outweigh any water bill.
  22. Mr Punter
    I have seen a few situations where UFH pipes float in concrete and can be damaged by power floating / polishing, so be a bit wary. The slab will take a long time to heat and cool as I am sure you are aware.
  23. Mr Punter
    You will need something to prevent a fall from the doors. Often BC are not keen on alterations that are less fire safe.
  24. Mr Punter
    I think you need to heel and toe. Take out the glazing beads and redo. Lots of links on youtube.
  25. Mr Punter
    You could guess £3,000 per metre for a rough budget, so £345,000. You will need GA drawings and spec to get proper costings.
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