joe90

And fir hanging the stuff you forgot about in your design 🤷‍♂️

Like me your showing your age mate.

Yes if no metal threaded inserts exist then self Tappers into the plastic will do, last resort is drill right through and a couple of thin wood screws into the timber behind .

The VAT reclaim is for building houses unless your VAT registered fir your business as far as I know.

Quite, builder made a mistake, how he made that mistake is not relevant, you have proof in your drawings. You need (IMO) to point this out to them/him/her. Practically the only solution/compromise is reduce the service void rather than knock a concrete floor out. As a matter of interest what is the height of the upper floor? Is that one accurate?

Whatever we/they assumed it’s wrong. As said above the only practicsl solution is to reduce the service void as much as possible but I still think the builder needs to be asked how this mistake was made.

It’s the OP,s choice. We can only advise.

Well done, it’s amazing how little a lockshield valve needs to be open on a rad near a boiler to heat up and steal from those furthest away.

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No I was just questioning how the builder knew where to put the upstairs concrete floor? Is that too low? Therefore lower ceiling ground floor. However you did specify lower room height which they got wrong.

Yes 2550 to ceiling but no dimension to under concrete floor? The contractor needs asking why?

Surely a new build will be pest free as if it’s air tight it will be pest tight?

That’s a big service void IMO.

From what you say about glueing only the edges it sounds like a “floating floor” and personally I hate them (I have a bathroom floor that’s floating and you can hear it’s hollow. It may be something you have to move with other than get it all taken up.

I would find that unacceptable, about 4 inches (in old money)

Welcome captain (ha, that was my nickname when at school!,,!), we love a project and pictures, lots of knowledge here from folk that have been there done that but don’t forget there is no such think as a stupid question, stupid is not asking. I too was out of date when I started my build and very helpful people here advised on best practice so bring on the questions.

Which is why I am still here after finishing my build and no chance of another but find the ideas bounded about in a subject I love inspiring.

God has spoken

Do you mean they got damp before they were fitted? So extra weight?

Well spotted, no triumph vitesse 2 litre mechanics, goes like stink and great fun (if your brave).will be up for sale next year, I believe it has a true 7k miles on it as I found it in a shed at Heathrow. The straight 6 cylinder engine sounds gorgeous (much better than the standard herald engine in most of these.

Till you hit the next granite boulder. Getting a decent earth near you must be difficult.

Makes sense, however having dealt with earth potential in a previous job it was established that depth and ground water content made a huge difference. That strip in dry crushed stone goes against the lessons I learnt in my previous job.

Yes not all sites qualify I guess so block and beam have their place. Yes? Any takers.

Whether he does or does not is not the point, nothing there requires taught skills, just be able to follow directions. Well like you I “suspect “ he didn’t do any of the physical work himself 🤷‍♂️ the only thing I didn’t understand (or did I miss it?) was the buried metal strap around the outside 🤷‍♂️. Earth?

Depends on your circumstances, there are those that are time poor and have funds to pay for block and beam and those with plenty of time and short on funds. Why not? He did it himself. From Cambridge dictionary. abbreviation for do-it-yourself: the activity of decorating or repairing your home, or making things for your home yourself, ratherthan paying someone else to do it for you: