Oz07

I'd keep it trapped if on a foul system

I don't wash in cold water and do like a warm house i was just wondering how far these rules go. Do we all have to fit stairlifts soon? We do have an ageing population.

Till you pull it all out you won't really know if you can make the bend to fit the gully to the ic. It looks tight. If it's only rainwater and softened water going in you could use a back inlet gully. Connect that one to the ic, maybe even where you want your softener, then connect some 110mm into the back of that gully and run it to the corner where you want this downpipe to finish. Might be even easier to keep gully where it is then used some dished channel drainage or similar and put a shoe on the bottom of downpipe

Once its mist coated it will show the imperfections and cracks easier. I'd do all the filling or caulking after that. I wouldn't be dremelling any cracks to make wider. A wet easi fill mix is pretty fine seems to get in cracks ok.

The units are very expensive for what they are aren't they? I'd be trying to keep it to 1.

With much difficulty, d4 glue getting everywhere and swearing. Does the stud come right up into the first floor too? 1m is quite a wide staircase. Maybe you should be looking to have it made at 850, 900mm?

Just as a question. Not trying to strawman or whatever. If I built a house to basic b regs u values, would I be obliged to fit a heating system? Or for that matter even a water heating system?!

Maybe. When was the last time they fired up the boiler on the way round though

I think mandating a charger is going beyond their remit. Ill be fitting a dummy or spares and repairs to my next place unless we have an EV. If the bco turns up and there's one on the wall id imagine they would be happy. Anyway what happened to the granny charger leads that could be a charging point with an outside socket

What is the purpose of building regs? As in its whole point? I'd say building safety.

Insane

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Id seriously be looking into a spares or repairs charger on ebay and fitting that to the wall. Surely he's not going to test it. Why the hell are these a mandated item on an individual build?! If you need one you will fit one. What possible reason is there for making people fit them?

Can you buy dummy ones?

The made to order cavity closers are much better quality than the ones bought in loose lengths. Even come with plastic ties which get set into mortar.