Russell griffiths

Evening all. So fitting windows in a icf wall. My cill area is made up using the cavity closer system from the icf manufacturer (nudura) so I end up with a concrete core and 50mm of eps on top which closes the cavity and forms a no cold bridge type of design, super dooper however im concerned over the weight of the windows sitting down onto this eps insulation, will they sink over time?? im thinking I need something to spread the load over the eps, something like a cement board, or even a sheet of upvc or something, I have considered removing the closer and replacing it with a higher density xps type insulation. Please see pic.

thanks all, another stupid rule that can be interpreted in many ways what a crock no wonder mass housing is in such a state if you can bend stuff to fit your agenda.

Who the bloody hell writes this stuff. Why can they not be clear every rule can be read in a different context depending on how you look at things.

That would be my common sense approach to it @JSHarris but is laminated glass not mandatory in part Q of the building regs.

So looking at part q building regs, has everybody had laminated glass fitted to all doors and windows at ground floor level. Seems massively over kill to me, what have you all done.

Hi @craig Doing a lot of reading, and still not as clear cut as I would like so let’s say I have a window that is in a downstairs room, bottom of window is 600mm from floor, this would require TOUGHENED GLASS for inner pane, and LAMINATED GLASS for outer pane. Is this correct???

Got any pictures, what’s the timber. The problem with not stripping it all is the thickness difference between paint surfaces will always show, unless you can feather it out nicely.

You shouldn’t really look at treating it, but look at the cause, go outside and look at the wall, is there something causing damp?, was the bench restricting air flow? there is normally a cause to these problems and it’s better to deal with this than try a quick fix.

Plus one for looking at those front legs, triangulation needed on those I would have thought.

No poker needed, it’s not holding up the bloody M1, save money for next project.

@Dreadnaught good evening, do you know much about these fibre companies, how the contract works between them and the local council or road owner etc, I’m curious as a company called GIGACLEAR has recently installed fibre to the local village, they came down the main road and turned the corner and up into the village, however they stopped 100m from my front door as I wasn’t on the route they planned. Im wondering about the legalities of this as my house officially sits in the boundary of that village, do they have a contract to supply fibre to a village, or is it up to them to raise the revenue and put the cabling where it is most profitable and avoid running an extra 100m for one extra punter. Would like to to find out the legal understanding of their agreement.

Hi @craig confused as normal, in your answer you say However you also say So are there two lots of regs we need to look at. Should I clarify with bc. Cheers russ.

Just to clarify, we pay £29 for internet, the rest is line rental and free weekend calls.

So I’m a complete noddy when it comes to technology, so please go gently. I want a good internet connection in the NEW house, so my limited knowledge is this, I have a BT line coiled up hanging on a rusty nail by the boundary this used to run the phone in the cabin we removed to build the NEW house. The OLD house we live in is next door this has a good broadband connection that I am happy with, we receive this from BT via a normal phone line hanging in the air, we pay approx £50 a month for line rental and internet. So I spoke to BT and I can connect the old line to the NEW house for a £70 reconnect fee plus whatever tariff I choose for phone and internet. So question really is, if a BT line is available is it best to just stick with BT, can another supplier send broadband down a BT line, does it work like that??? can I get a dish thing??? Any good ?? can I mount a 20 foot tall pole in the corner with an aerial on top and pick it up from a passing ufo??? thoughts please. Russ.

The job in reading is a demolition job, the scaffolding was there to prevent debris falling into the street.

Tanking is normally associated with internal, the same just a slightly different context.

Pm sent.

Not having plasterboard, timber ceiling.

Ok thought so. So why not a steel pile cap. .? or why not extend the pile up to the underside of your steel frame, replacing the need for the little bolt down legs.

Your external dpc isn’t just a sheet against the building this just wouldn’t work, is a fully stuck on system, or painted on. Then a dimple mat against that to allow any moisture to run down to a drain rather than gather against the wall.

What are the piles made of. I think what your structural engineer is proposing could be simplified.

Bar mark is in the first column of your steel schedule

Sorry should have added more detail internal membrane for a ceiling, fitted to timber joists with counter batten to provide service void happy to be vapour closed but I have looked at some of the clever ones that open and close to allow vapour to escape back into the room silly money, I don’t know who makes up the prices.

Never had to buy this before, can anybody recommend a good product that won’t cost the Earth everything I buy that isn’t an of the shelf item at the builders merchants comes with a massive price hike for being SPECIAL.

You will need a drawing to confirm this but looking at that schedule bar mark 01. Is 350 x 250 bar mark 02. Is 350x225. i am presuming here as I cannot see everything but I would think the 3 smaller links insert into the 3 bigger links, at 90 degrees to them so 3 links one way and 3 links the other, they will all need tying on the corners to keep it square. You finished rebar will look like a box or like a very very poor example of a bird cage.