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I am wiring an extension, all work being done under BC and am planning on using 4 LED uplighters to illuminate a 4 x 3.5m room via its vaulted ceiling. The LED's I have are max 32V @700mA constant current devices and the drivers I have are 24V DC input DC-DC converters whose worst case open...

I am about to order replacement windows for entire property as part of a larger set of building works including a 2 storey extension. I have decided on Velfac units and since my house is rendered their recommendation is to render first and fit the windows after. Their instructions show the...

I have a 1940's property whose existing supply is overhead, entering the roof/loft on one side, traversing the width of the house, exiting other wall and is clipped onto the rendering dropping down to 4ft and entering wall to the main fuse/FCU. I have planning permission for an extension on the...

I have an electrician running power using 10mm two core SWA to my shed some 50m distance from my house, and wondered whether it is permissible to run a Cat5 data cable in the same conduit? Cheers Ed

I have a new built shed which I plan to use as a workshop and am looking to buy some new woodworking tools ;-) ..however some will be quite heavy - ~160kg or so on a base of 460 x 710mm. Question is this - my base is concrete piers with wood joists as per the picture below. Will this be...

Thought I had this covered but have built 4m x 5m shed 2.7m high only min 1m from boundaries.... just realised it should be 2m min from boundaries... One option is to replace roof with a flat one and come in under 2.5m even allowing for decent slope, or retrospectively apply for...

I am in the process of building a garden office/workshop and although I intend to get an electrician to install the power and light circuits, I would like your advice on what options are permissible for concealed power circuits - The studwork is 44x97 sheathed outside with 12mm ply + cedar...

Am renovating 1930's house, and after stripping wallpaper of bedroom walls have found what appears to be some sort of oil glaze over a distemper base (pic attached). Have tried removing oil glaze but apart from strong caustic soda nothing -even Nitromors won't touch it. Using a scraper and much...

Recently purchased house has had guttering and fascia boards replaced by previous owner, and since there are no soffit boards I see that on two sides of the detached house they have put ~25mm thick spacers between the rafter ends and the fascia, thus moving the line of the guttering out from the...

Am seeking advice - half way through a house purchase, searches have found that a ground floor extension does not look like it has either planning or building control approval. The property was built in the 1940's and the single storey extension built in 1972. I have two questions - 1...