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More than you think for all the pipes above it

So pretty much the worst case then. I can't understand why some get away without

Hi @Timedout what do you think to the photos in the link I posted. They haven't had steps removed but don't look to comply to me. I understand there are a lot of properties signed off which don't meet regs but seems strange to me with a national builder and NHBC sign off

@PeterW Getting specific are you saying height to underside reveal (knowing build up can be quite thick)? height to bottom rail of roof window? height to the bottom of opening where it clears the roof?

Seems a bit of a weak spot in the regs did you go through photos in that link no way do they comply.

my filter light seems to come on every 4 months. Cant think of any other reason access is needed. The filter light comes up on control panel so wouldn't have to access machine to check

To be fair i worked on a 1.5 storey new build a couple of years ago and that 1st floor bedroom didn't have MOE compliant windows either and was signed off.

Without wasting hours googling could someone please point me to the area of the regs which deals with MOE and the 1st floor of barn conversions please? I see many places where they simply have roof windows and to me they don't look big enough or at the right height for MOE. The attached link is an example of a finished one. It's in the same block that a family member live and was covered by a large regional builder so guessing everything would of been designed to comply. https://www.zoopla.co.uk/property/3-scraptoft-hall/church-hill/scraptoft/leicester/le7-9tw/31594433/

I'm sure the building won't collapse if you do it. Honestly this is one of those over worrying moments ask @ToughButterCup

Nail a bit of 2x2 to top chord, leave a 25mm gap all around if you like. Job done. They've said what they have to say. It reality we know it will be fine.

Try snapping a nail and try snapping a screw. Think the boffins call it shear or tension.

Reading Churchill my early life atm. He says something like misfortune is a good thing. It teaches you lessons that if things went well you would not of learned. I always get a spec of lintel manufacturers nowadays and make sure that the always thorough and detail minded brick layers follow these lintel schedules.

Mdpe joints are the devil's work. I had an elbow on a stand pipe, diverted to a straight joint when the stand pipe was changed to a house feed. The plumber did the connection for me and we testes befire backfill. The connection was fine 2016-2019 as confirmed by meter not turning when not using water. It started leaking this year. Apparently 40l per hour although I'm amazed it was that much. Water board dug up their meter to check, No joy. I told homeowner to contact insurance, they told him to content nhbc, I told him there was no nhbc and would not likely be covered any way. He contacted insurance again, what a surprise he was covered. Such honest companies these insurance bodies are.

Hilti gun noggins as @Mr Punter says.

Put at SD lintel in with floor joists above. Realised too late, not that anyone else did. Came on here tried to get a crash course in Kn to kg. Paid an SE a couple of hundred quid to do proper calcs and work out all was ok.

Didnt cost you owt though!

Probably okay at that. If dry lined then 25mm is gone minimum to that, then 20mm to skirting. That leaves 30mm overhanging joist. Are you really going to be able to apply point loads to 30mm and make a floor board deflect?

Anyone who studs with screws when nails are readily available is an idiot. End of.

You'd be better off in a consumer rights or diy type forum. I'm sure someone will come along and help but it's quite a long winded post. Sorry to be blunt.

If your not beam filling the blockwork or fixing trusses on that spine wall surely the noggins are doing a job. I'd bring them maybe an inch or so away from the wall can double up as plasterboard perimeter nogs then.

Align with bottom.

With respect this is a self build forum.

Cheapest in local stock. Never even looked at brand myself

Me too. Integrated dishwashers are the devil's work. Utilitarian utilities are where it's at

Surely the fixing at top and bottom of these concealed metal strings is more important than any fixings inbetween?! If those two points are rock solid and it can't twist over then where's it going? Obvs would need someone qualified to give you fixing spec.