Semi OT - gas pipes

COusin is waiting for his ?30's house with solid walls to be done. All the render and mock tudor timber has to come off, the sewer vent pipe and upstaits doenpipe has to be moved 5 inches away from the wall. The company will normally do it, but not if it is cast iron, which it is, so cousin has replaced with modern stuff and fitted a new interceptor under the path. Not sure how they are going to finish the existing barge boards which only project out over the existing front 'gable' by about 4 inches anyway.

In message <sn2qse$1pro$ snipped-for-privacy@gioia.aioe.org>, Andrew snipped-for-privacy@mybtinternet.com writes

Thanks.

I'm rendered, but not mock Tudor. I'm not sure what my vent pipe is (asbestos ?), but it certainly isn't metal or plastic. And rather than being under the path, it is under the drive, so that would mean lifting the drive if it needs to be relocated, oh deep joy.

Gable end is an interesting one, the house around the corner, which was done last month, now has a gable end which is inboard of the wall, so they have tapered the foam to meet it, which seems to be a bodge to me. And in that case, they put the foam over the existing render.

Any further views on gas pipes ?

Adrian

I'll ask him this weekend because his electric meter and gas meter are on the outside of the walls being insulated, just to the right of where the cast iron down pipe is located.

I still think he needs to insulate his suspended ground floor. Not sure if the crawl space allows him to crawl in but I think he said from DPC down they are going to use Celotex with a coating some sort, then from DPC up they use the extruded? polystyrene. I'll find out.

total problems all round... .... don't do it..

I do not know the answer or the regs but a house I worked at a few months ago had exterior insulation fitted and they had left the gas pipe uninsulated ie a cut in the insulation to leave the gas pipe exposed.

Thanks

Adrian