ProDave

A previous job, one of the engineers never seemed that bright to many of us, and nobody was really sure what he was doing. Then after a while he was sacked and marched off the premises immediately. It turned out he was spending most of his time running his own business.

Thank you for coming back and reporting the outcome.

How much do the water company know or want to see? If nothing, just make sure the pipe they are presented with is 25mm and the correct depth. They don't need to know it then goes to 32mm. Don't even mention that unless asked.

Yep that's a back to wall pan with a flush pipe. NOT a close coupled pan with a donut and a clamp to pull the cistern down onto the pan. If you choose to change the cistern, probably best to use the existing flush pipe that is already cut to length. You assemble the fill valve and flush valve into the cistern and fill the cistern with water before you fit it, so you can leave it a while and check it is not leaking from either the fill or flush valve, if all is well empty it and continue fitting. If it then leaks it must either be from the flush pipe at either end, OR the waste pipe coming out of the pan if the pan connector is leaking.

Check your cold feed pipe location. Most concealed cisterns have bottom entry but looking again at your picture yours appears to be side entry. @Nickfromwales are you thinking of the donut on a close coupled cistern? I think this is a back to wall pan against a ready built unit with concealed cistern and a flush pipe.

This one looks like it will fit, but check carefully that the dimensions are no larger than the actual one you have before buying one. https://www.screwfix.com/p/etal-porto-dual-flush-concealed-cistern-4-6ltr/110vn#product_additional_details_container I was mainly looking at size, but if it does fit, then at that price I would buy 2, and keep the spare in the loft for next time. EDIT it is more important to measure the unit it has to go in. there are others on SF that are wider than the one you have, but that does not necessarily mean they won't fit. Post a picture of the empty unit and measurements please.

WHERE is the leak? Why can't the existing cistern be repaired. that is likely to be easier.

I like that layout, you can see the fire, you can see the tv, you can see out to the garden. Perhaps a motorised tv mount to swing it out a bit when in use? And the unit below solves the age old problem of where to put all the "set top" boxes. Always a problem with a wall hung tv.

That is a very personal choice. A lot depends on your sofa. If you are watching a tv at roughly seated eye level then it does not matter. But what I found visiting a relative with a tv above the fireplace is it got VERY tiring with your head constantly tilted looking upwards and a low backed sofa. It would imho need a sofa with a high back so you could rest your head against the high backrest to begin to make it bearable for me.

That was simple. Initial enquiry told me to contact them via plot2postal@sse.com (obviously only if your DNO is SSE) They wanted MPAN number, old temporary address and new correct postal address and it was done almost by return. Clearly this is a normal procedure that they handle swiftly.

Well done. At least you have a buyer and are exchanged. Everything you need is now in place.

A tip I learned for kitchen door handles, is make a jig. A simple bit of plywood with 2 bits of wood fixed to form an edge so it sits onto the corner of a door, and your handle holes drilled in that. No need to mark out individual doors, just place the jig in position and drill.

I was offered 12KVA at just connection cost, anything more would mean paying for some upgrade. So I took it. The reality is I have the same 100A supply fuse as everyone else and connected to the same 100KVA transformer. Your 80A connection will be fine. Perhaps not do lots of welding while dinner is in the oven.

Regardless of any assurance, before ordering windows I would MEASURE the actual window openings as built. I paid a local builder company to build and erect my frame, and then later paid them to supply and fit windows. Even they did not trust they had built the openings to the drawing, and measured them before ordering windows.

What channel did you use? Unistrut? Where did you get long lengths locally?