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by Gadgetman Andy
Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:04 am
Forum: Building Regulations and Planning Permission Forum
Topic: New downstairs toilet into kitchen with macerator
Replies: 4
Views: 6934

[quote="AndiePricie"]Hi Double check with the manufacturer. However I would locate the pipe outside, there is no need to insulate as the pipe will be empty most of the time (you do not need to insulate a conventional soil pipe) Your soil pipe in the loft must travel down to the ground some...
by Gadgetman Andy
Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:41 pm
Forum: Building Regulations and Planning Permission Forum
Topic: New downstairs toilet into kitchen with macerator
Replies: 4
Views: 6934

New downstairs toilet into kitchen with macerator

Hi all, We have a fairly large kitchen, and I am thinking about building a small downstairs toilet behind a stud wall in one corner. I gan get water and power to the room, but the only real access for the waste is going up into the loft with a macerator and tapping into the upstairs bathroom soil pi...
by Gadgetman Andy
Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:25 pm
Forum: Brickwork and Blockwork Forum
Topic: Close/bridge top of cavity walls? - New build
Replies: 5
Views: 6352

[quote="stoneyboy"]Gadgetman Andy,
Depends how far down the cavity the foam has expanded, it will have formed a nose down into the cavity which could cause water ingress from the external brickwork if it is an exposed location.
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Many thanks for the info.
by Gadgetman Andy
Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:47 pm
Forum: Brickwork and Blockwork Forum
Topic: Close/bridge top of cavity walls? - New build
Replies: 5
Views: 6352

[quote="stoneyboy"]Gadgetman Andy, Drape strips of sacking or something similar along the top of the wall and wait for the builder to return. end[/quote] Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately before I checked for a reply I have sqirted in expanding foam, that has now cured and been cut off l...
by Gadgetman Andy
Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:19 am
Forum: Brickwork and Blockwork Forum
Topic: Close/bridge top of cavity walls? - New build
Replies: 5
Views: 6352

Close/bridge top of cavity walls? - New build

Hi all, We are having an extension/conservatory built. The builder has now left site after completing the brickwork construction and gone on holiday. In the next two weeks the conservatory wll be built. The exterior walls will be rendered, when the builder returns. In the mean time he has left open ...
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