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Simple question, is listed building consent positively signed off as per building regs or does it work with passive approval as an approved planning application would.

My mate just sent me this of a place he is working at today, he needed to turn the power off at an old rambling farmhouse. Looks fine to me.

I've been sort of roped into helping a friend who is setting up a pattern imprinted concrete business. My main role is helping him with the ground works and set-up, prior to the concreting. he has help and training for this with the leaders in this field and the guy who does the training has...

Hi Guys I have a remeha avanta28c and over the past couple of weeks whilst my folks have been staying and the heating has gone back on again the pressure has been fluctuating a fair bit. It has been running at around 3 bar on occasion and the PRV has obviously been opening, as there have been...

Anyone think it might be possible to tint some contract matt emulsion with some Johnstones aqua satin gloss.

Would it be ok to run two cables for a ring main in with CH pipes as follows. Total ring board to board 2.5mm T&E, 36m fixed method 1 within a boxing 200mm x 50mm x2400mm containing 22mm CH flow and return and domestic water 15mm Hot and cold. obviously can keep cables adjacent to cold water...

Does anyone know if the same rules apply for landing sizes on a space saver as to a regular flight. i.e does the landing have to be as deep as the width of the stairs Cheers Gareth

I am looking for a door entry system for two town houses I am currently developing, I have never needed one before so am totally in the dark. As the houses are built upside down(living space on 1st floor) with a communal lobby I require each house to have two handsets each being able to open...

Hi guys I have an ariston microgenus 27 mffi, installed getting on for 10 years ago. Recently it has started to lockout due to ignition failure, it relights fine on reset, but is starting to become more frequent and inconvienient.It is now locking out about twice aday. Has anyone any ideas...

Hi Folks Haven't been on here in a while as have been out of the country for a while. I am trying to sort a flooring problem for a friend. Basically a builder has built an extension for a friend and laid a floating floor for him. It is terrible it bounces in places and creaks a bit...

Just been cleaning down a site after finishing a loft conversion and was cleaning the 1st floor windows, noticed that my plumber had covered one of the window cills with grinder sparks(now gone rusty), must have been whilst he was cutting the soil stack. Now most of it came off with some elbow...

Just doing a bit of exploratory research for my sister. She wants to build a first storey extension over her existing single storey addition. Only after a general opinion at this stage but do you think that a three course corbled foundation, would be suitable to take a timber framed...

Anyone any ideas on any satisfactory ways of fitting a Belfast sink into a standard laminated worktop. its already fitted into a vets surgery and they want to replace the existing wooden worktop but don't really want to spend out on a wooden one, but obviously its going to be no good if the...

My plumber has installed a new boiler for the customer whom I am doing a loft conversion for. It is a combi in place of a gravity fed system and has been done to remove the tanks in the loft. Now subsequently due to the fact that the mixer shower (ancient mira 88)is now running on mains cold...

Am I right in thinking that only a fused spur may be run diagonally when chased in a wall as the sparks on the job I am working on has run an un-fused spur diagonally.

Saw a cracker today got the scaffolders in to set up for a loft conversion I'm starting next week. The scaffolder shouts to his labourer chuck us up a 21 the labourer picks up the end of the pole lying on the lawn and pushes it up.Straight into the electric cables BANG sparks everywhere all the...