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Cross over behind the chimney and run up the side of the dormer.

Your builder still thinks it’s 1980. break at dpc for me.

Only if it leaks, mcalpine products don’t leak if fitted well. what’s your other choice, don’t pack the toilet up more than 3-4 mm it will look proper turd.

Flush it see what happens IMPO the whoosh of the pan emptying will send all stuff well past that pan connector, then gravity takes over with a bit of momentum from the flush. nothing will come backwards.

Get them to re do it, or don’t pay.

If you are still weighing up what floor system to use, then it’s a good job it’s raining as you are not ready yet. you need all of this completely ironed out first. Just as a few examples, before you start you need the numbers of all the local muck away Lorries in your phone, not one bloke you spoke to but 3-4 of them, if the stuff is piling up and the lad you spoke to can’t do today then you just phone the next. the same with a concrete pump, have two lined up, talk to both talk about access and anything else. go to the local concrete company and open up an account. Dumper hire, if a dumper breaks down do you know a company who will drop one off the next morning. all this stuff can turn a simple job into a disaster get very good at disaster management, have a plan for every eventuality.

It’s 240m from my front door to the bin collection point, why does it matter where they are kept. it’s all this bollox that makes this country an utter shambles.

@flanagaj are you doing the groundwork yourself or do you have a contractor.

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.

Nobody will be coming and counting light bulbs, get it in.

I’m not sure i would be looking in the merchants you have a few things going on here you had a post asking how to get a certain mortar colour, and this is mainly down to quality tradesmen getting the local Joe who slashes up an extension every week is not the man I would want. for a whole hose with multiple openings I would want a quality team. cheap n cheerful is not what i would want.