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Hi We have a small utility cupboard for a washing machine with a standard washing machine waste kit installed as shown. For complicated reasons we need to raise the floor as shown but this means we obviously need to raise the washing machine waste trap. The shaded area is how the team of builders th...

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Thank you, I didn't know that about polystyrene but won't be using it anyway. I haven't had any adverse replies so I will go ahead without unclipping the cables. I wondered what a worst case would be if heat couldn't dissipate. Without convection there is always conduction and radiation. Doesn't con...

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Insulation over wiring methods 101-2.jpg 7671 current capcity vs method.jpg My 4 bed 2 storey house was extended 2 years ago and completely re-wired, but I am having to upgrade the insulation and board out the loft myself. In the loft the electricians clipped the new 1.0 mm wiring to the joists. Th...

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My small 2 storey house, built on a simple rectangular foundation, is being extended half width at the front and full width at the back. We have cavity walls existing and extended. The builders had to make vertical saw cuts in the existing brickwork at the corners where the extensions butt on, for a...

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Good evening We have a pair of galvanised steel, presumed to be Crittall, french doors which need to be removed without damage, to be re-fixed internally in an existing internal archway which may need resizing and is in a solid internal brick wall. We won’t be keeping the present glass but will repl...

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The open vented header tanks in my loft are arranged one on top of the other. The main feed to the HWC is mounted on the joists, and the central heating header is mounted via a combination of a horizontal roof strut and a batten secured to the brick chimney wall, so that there is about 2 feet clear ...

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Following from previous post: I intend to board my loft floor on 7” loft legs after adding glass fibre insulation over the joists. There are no condensation issues at present and I will continue to monitor this. The ceiling below is plasterboard from the 1950s and there is no vapour barrier. My ques...

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I don’t so far have the problem, but a general question with regard to boarding over a loft storage space. I have found info relating to condensation forming on the underside of loft boards if an air space is not left between the top of the insulation and the underside of the board, but cannot find ...

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Hello We are planning to build a two storey extension to our newly purchased small detached 1956 built house near the centre of Basingstoke. The house will require some re-modelling inside. Several of the interior walls are solid, but not necessarily load bearing. How the conventionally appearing hi...

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Since our central heating system was upgraded in October we have noticed a singing noise in the house when the water circulating pump switches on. It is a new Grundfos UPS2 15-50/60 pump with 3 speeds. Reducing the speed reduces the noise but it doesn't go away, and we need to use the maximum speed ...

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I have previously asked about materials for loft insulation and have come down in favour of insulation roll, loft legs and standard loft board. I want to increase my loft insulation from 4” glass fibre to 10” and retain access and storage using wickes 7” loft legs and standard loft boards. Problem i...

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We have moved into a 1950's house with minimal insulation. There is a conventional loft space between a hipped roof and plasterboard ceiling with 4” rafters. There is 4” mineral wool insulation between the rafters, which I want to increase by about another 6 inches, either using Celotex, Steico wood...

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We have just moved in to a 1950's house which has a central heating system previously heated by a coal fired Rayburn which has been removed.. We need to have a new boiler installed, but this may have to be in a temporary location as we hope to have the whole house remodelled and extended. It won't b...

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Thank you for this. In order, I hope: Am aware of a certain risk in going up to a system boiler, but not a clue what mightwill go wrong in my case. Distinct advantage in dispensing with loft F and E tank isthat I have a small loft and elaborate carpentry and replumbing required as current F & E ...

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I need to replace a Glow Worm Fuel Saver B that heats my small 3 bed terrace house, and add a bathroom radiator. I am also interested in converting from an open vent system to a sealed system, although I definitely do not want a combi. I would like to use an Intergas boiler, as I have heard about th...

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