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Having built the extension, we now need to workout what to do with the rain off the roof. Council have said a soak away is needed... Current thinking is to have a downpipe from gutter (not a diverter!)into one end of a long ~1000l water tank against the fence. The other end we plan to put an...

Hi all, Background... multi-year renovation plan in progress, with first extension and 1 ground floor room stripped, floor removed and decent subfloor put in. Insulated, and have laid the pipework, connected to manifold, and filled with water and pressurised it all. Screed has gone in and is...

Hi, Relative newbie here, but have had to dig up my living room floor due to cracks and damp issues. Those are now cured permanently, and now we have laid a new DPM and concrete subfloor. Due to issues, we now have an 11inch drop from the desired floor level and the top of the concrete...

Hi, My structural engineer has specified 2PFC's to support the brick wall above where I am due to knock out. I understand that I put the PFC so the top flange supports the wall above. However, I am not clear in how or if I need to bolt/join the two PFC's to each other to bridge the cavity...

Hi, Not sure if this is the right forum or not, but we've opened up our 1930's fireplace, and have cleaned out the chimney. We were going to buy a stove with a 5" flue, and thus bought a 5" flue liner, and that is now installed. The problem is we've now been given a stove with a 6" flue hole...