Russell griffiths

I think I’m going to fill around the cables with fire mastic and then a good dollop of fire foam around them and wait for building control to comment.

That would be handy.

Morning. attatched garage I have 4 x25mm holes between the house and the attached garage, each hole has a 25mm conduit in it with a couple of cables in each. what are the regs for any fire prevention measures between the garage and the house, around the area of these cables. any thoughts. cheers.

Just buy a box of 12 illbruck fm330 once you have used it you will never buy anything else. box quantity gets the price to below toolstation rubbish.

What do you mean late. if you have started building then it’s too late, you pay it all. exemption needed before work starts. unless your area doesn’t do cil. as far as I’m aware, is there a get out of jail card if you have started.

If I’m right you are having a cavity, check the details for this area in particular.

Call them it’s that easy. then get an exemption form.

How are you running services, you could run a service batten on top of the insulation then fix plasterboard to that.

Have you looked at clay plaster that is applied at thinner thickness a mate of mine did a couple of walls in a hotel recently and I think he said it was thin like skim coat, he troweld it up for hours and it changed colour the more he worked it.

Why 3 bathrooms in a 4 bed that your selling i would think the market would expect an en-suite to the main bed then a family bathroom on the first floor and cloakroom toilet downstairs. Saves a big chunk of cash. what sort of houses are available locally and have you been to look at a few that will be in the price range you are aiming for.

Why the clay plaster ? if you had 3 chubby roofers working on your roof would you be concerned it was going to collapse? if it had plasterboard and skim before then all you are adding is the weight of the clay plaster, minus the original weight of the skim plaster. if you think that will overload your timbers then they should all be replaced now. how much do you think snow load is calculated at ? far more than a light fixture I think you need something else to worry about.

Pictures needed really

Have a look at a company called EWI SOLUTIONS they do a render specifically for below dpc and have a thin coat top coat called mosaic that goes over the top. you will need a stop bead and a drip bead at dpc to prevent the two renders touching and drawing moisture up.

Now that is certainly a better thing to worry about, I would start a new post about fire proofing and ceilings. as soon as you start going 3 storey everyone gets a bit fidgety.