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    Small oil boiler run hard into a 500 litre thermal store will give you gallons of hot water. Newark Copper or Telford will make you what you want - you would get change from £2K from both.
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    Or considerably further south ..!! We’ve turned a job down as it’s just too expensive on all the plant / waste / labour to make anything on it and that’s only between Coventry and Northampton.
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    Buy it.....
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    BSH and BCH are both aimed at academic subjects as baseline texts and are useful reference documents. The others are pretty poor - HBB will give you just as much info. If you bear in mind that asking on here may answer not only your question but also a question for a number of other people then we can share the info widely - all for no charge...
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    None at all. Bonding strength of the mortar is key as are staggered joints. Two storey is fine assuming properly tied to the main inner skin.
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    Your rights as a consumer are unaffected however your ability to recover under the Consumer Credit Act and Section 75 is removed. You could always pay a deposit via credit card and the balance via BACS to gain cover subject to the supplier agreeing.
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    If they get a move on and it’s done before April 2019 and not in a conservation area etc then they can do it under the current exemptions.
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    Rough it using a piece of flat board with 7 or 8 screws through it just poking 3-4mm out the other side. Screw a handle to it and use it to score all over the wall. Will give the adhesive a key.
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    That was my concern hence going with rubber which should last a lifetime if it’s properly fitted and kept out of sunlight. @Construction Channel who’s grey pipework is it ..??
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    Kerb edging

    PeterW replied to Pocster's topic in Driveways

    Do you mean ordinary concrete kerbs or block paving kerbs..? Ordinary concrete kerbs need nothing between, just laid on a bed of 4:1 concrete and haunched up the back. Paving kerbs as per @JSHarris Best resource for paving info is http://pavingexpert.com/
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    I’d leave as is if it’s “accessible” from the bath but just make it easy to remove in future - Cling film and expanding foam are your friend here while you concrete. 40mm is fine for a short run but @Nickfromwales will be along shortly to disagree with me ... are you having a shower that can drop the contents of a tank in 2 minutes or are you going to go for a decent flow rate ..?
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    Ahhh sorry ..! Thought you were coming up from under the floor hence the 2x45 comment. Single is fine - better than a 90. If thats above ground then it’s a standard rubber reducing ring - solvent weld adapters available that I’ve seen recently are quite pricey and TBH you would be welding uPVC to ABS anyway in that situation unless you went with something like this and then went push fit. http://www.drainageonline.co.uk/110mm-Push-fit-Soil/40mm-Boss-Adaptor-for-Solvent-Weld-Waste.htm Downside is these have a single O-Ring and aren’t that happy with offsets where the standard ones allow some adjustment http://www.drainageonline.co.uk/110mm-Push-fit-Soil/40mm-Boss-Adaptor-for-Push-Fit-Waste.htm
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    One of these is what you want - half the length of a coupler. Think I’ve got a spare somewhere too https://www.bes.co.uk/40-mm-screwed-access-plug-solvent-white
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    Those branches aren’t 63mm - they are 63mm inner that takes a rubber bung into the hole and then a push fit 32/40/50mm waste. I would not be burying one of those in concrete ..!! Get a solvent strap boss the right size and bond it and the 50mm waste pipe into it, and then make a pair of 45 bends to give you your 90 degrees to the trap.
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    Olives will be ok once established as they can cope with down to -10c as long as it’s only a short spell. Young bushes struggle, a decent tree that is 6-8cm should be fine. The best ones in the UK are varietals such as Olea europaea Leccino and Maurino if you want to actually get olives. Leccino is a sterile olive so needs a pollinator and Maurino will do both pollinate and be self fertile. If you want something faster growing and don’t mind a bit of pruning then the Spanish olive or Olea Eu. Picual will suit you fine. They also take plenty of abuse too - something to bear in mind if you have someone who doesn’t know what it is to prune it ..!!
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    You can use DryFix over studs - I have been doing at the top of an apex where I can’t get the screw gun in. On walls, it squashes down pretty well but you have to leave it a good 5 mins or more like 7-8 before you fix the board to the wall. When it’s done the walls have a really solid feel to them.
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    I just snorted a mouthful of red wine down my top .!!!!
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    I’d start with asking who inspected it, on what day and at what time and who authorised them to enter the site - in a very strongly worded letter ..! And then send the photos ..!
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    For those that want to use Lucidchart there are plumbing symbols available under the P&ID headings - this is a US system ..! https://www.lucidchart.com/pages/p-id-symbols-legend
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    Beware that some costs just don’t scale !! Spending £150 getting a QS view of your plans may be money well spent. Some materials come down but the best way to do that is haggle !! If you are in Humberside then open an account with MKM and get to know your branch director well - those guys have saved me on a number of occasions and are always willing to help, especially self builders.
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    .... or we will send Debbie some links to some very nice kitchen showrooms.......
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    First question is how big ...?? £70k is a tight budget for anyone, and it sounds like you don’t have a reserve to fall back on if it goes wrong. You could remortgage to whatever LTV you can get as long as you can meet the lending criteria - I’ve seen 95% loans again recently so that would release £152k against your £160k final value.
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    Right of access is what is reasonable - not set as a minimum width. I would measure a wheelie bin and a wheelbarrow - both of which you will be using for your build and once living there ..! I’d also suggest that your first floor becomes the party wall and you put the alleyway between the two downstairs parts to maximise the usage but also create the minimum you need for sound insulation between the party walls. You can easily build a decent Timber frame flanking wall and sound structure using cantilevered beams from your own plot to reduce the need to get into lengthy party wall discussions - you will still need a PWA though.
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    -6% approx on SPONs prices. The difference is that price is a price ex builders mark up so you don’t have management and profit on that as it’s a cost book not a sell book. You negate this by employing subs direct - that means you become the main contractor at zero income and profit to yourself which is your saving. All my trades - North Midlands - come in between £120 and £160 per day, none were VAT registered. On a build where I can’t claim VAT anyway (conversion and extension) this equates to a decent saving for me.
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