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  1. Dave Jones
    ground floor isn't an issue bring up sewer where its needed, first floor you need to lose them in the stud (unless you want council house style boxing in)which means that stud wall will be wider than normal to accommodate 110mm pipe. Lose the pipe in the elevator shaft and run to it through pozi joists.
  2. Dave Jones
    do a sanity check Your purchase costs to date = X Your projected build costs at £2000 m2 = Y Does X+ Y = what the new build be worth ?
  3. Dave Jones
    wonder why you cant obtain a mortgage without a warranty ?? High street lenders even turn down architect certs. Not rocket science is it.
  4. Dave Jones
    No use to the OP but better method is bring the pipe through/under the footing ducted in 110mm sewer pipe then carry the duct up to the finished floor.
  5. Dave Jones
    depending on the scale of your rebuild, 1 room or whole house etc then it will be worth your time investing in a QS. Expect to pay £1500 - £2000 m2, with the lower assuming you do the labour. If your planning to spend 6 figures or more you would be mad not to get plans and costed. How is a builder supposed to quote without detailed plans ? https://www.estimators-online.com/
  6. Dave Jones
    not really. They are for the mortgage company to claim against in the event of a structural failure resulting in an un-mortgageable property. Otherwise buildings would be built cheap like in india/pakistan/middle east like cow sheds.
  7. Dave Jones
    you could look at helicoil screw piles as a tree safe alternative.
  8. Dave Jones
    trussed roof is no more difficult than a cut roof to seal. Make sure whichever VCL barrier you use (Alutrix is best) is brought down onto the walls and sealed. You need to think about lights as you want zero holes made into the VCL ideally.
  9. Dave Jones
    they are cut with a saw, concrete interlocking as they may not be a half.
  10. Dave Jones
    could foam it after board is in.
  11. Dave Jones
    motorhome bathrooms have the waterproof holders.
  12. Dave Jones
    be mindfull on the top and sides that by bringing the membrane inside you are giving moisture a track to get it via gravity.
  13. Dave Jones
    they are interlocking so would be water tight laid straight with the correct headlap, as would a single row on its own for example. But as others said would look 'different'.
  14. Dave Jones
    you have a cold roof, this means it MUST have airflow under the tiles to remove moisture. You can insulate upto 50mm of the bottom of the underlay below the tiles as long as the eaves and ridge are open to airflow.
  15. Dave Jones
    48m x £1500 for cheap = £72k more realistic using trades 48m x £2000 = £96k
  16. Dave Jones
    hang it from ceiling joists?
  17. Dave Jones
    if the soil stack is already in the attic can you not simply run it to a tile vent ?
  18. Dave Jones
    so the rain would dribble down the front of the window. Better option would be to do it properly and fit a gutter and downpipe.
  19. Dave Jones
    you could router in intumescent strips they do a good job of sealing against draughts.
  20. Dave Jones
    interesting. Have you costed it yet ?
  21. Dave Jones
    second vote for IR panel, can plaster them in or put in loft.
  22. Dave Jones
    in the absence of any gutters where are you expecting the water to go ? Waterfall off front of window or dribbling down the render ? First job is to get water away from the structure as you don't want permanently soaked walls/render. Pointless worrying about any staining/damp until you have that sorted.
  23. Dave Jones
    you cant choose randomly it will be specified on the the beam drawing so check it.
  24. Dave Jones
    a cheaper version of mvhr is the vent axia multivent. Can pull from 3/4 rooms and dump via wall/ceiling vent. approved for building control and only a few hundred quid. https://www.vent-axia.com/range/lo-carbon-sentinel-multivent-plus
  25. Dave Jones
    then pipe it into the sewer anyway.
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