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1. Just done some work and the building inspector has told me that the fire door from the utility room to the garage has to be fully sealed. An intumescent strip has been sunk into all 3 sides of the door but obvioulsy not around the lock or the hinges. Any ideas? 2. Have had a small extension...

Am about to remove a chimney breast from the living room of a friends house. Upstairs has already been removed so no issues there. Outside of the wall where chimney breast is, is a garage with a brick wall and flat roof. The outside of the chimney breast appears to sit on top of the flat roof of...

I'm about to tile a kitchen floor with 250mm x 400mm tiles and am wondering what the minimum thickness of hardboard i should lay on top of the floorboards. I know i have to put something on top of the floorboards as laying tiles directly won't be a good idea but i don't have room for 18mm ply as...

Am planning on knocking through a downstairs internal wall from kitchen through to lounge area. Wall is of breeze block type construction and supports a similar wall above. It is approximately 10 feet wide and butts into another internal hallway wall. I want to open the wall to 1800mm and...

Am going to paint large detached house with approximately 50sqm of weather board. Was going to use Sadolin Rosewood to match existing colour until I saw the price and Sadolin Walnut Superdec on the large frames surrounding the front door, as per existing. Can anybody recommend an external paint...

Have a block (been told it's a Bison style) floor in a bathroom and it's about 120mm below existing floor. Was going to use simple joist and 18mm marine ply on top then tile on top of it. Been told i should consider using celotek and screed on top but if i do that then i wouldn't trust the...