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Hi all! I want to build an oak framed outbuilding in the corner of my property. I’d also like to build a 1000 bottle wine cellar into the floor and thought a pit 2m deep and 1800 dia. Would do for size. While I was thinking about formwork, mesh and concrete pours it occurred to me I might just...

Just started on my mate's bathroom while he and highly strung Mrs are on hols. I repaired some rotting fascia on the back of the house last month which was presumed to be the cause of the damp patch of ceiling in the corner of the bathroom. Today I took down the old poly cove and that bit of...

Hi all, A mate of mine recently asked if i'd upgrade his family bathroom. At present he has a mixer tap off his bath (tank fed) but he'd like a separate shower enclosure and a satisfying hot shower with decent pressure. I'm in favour of a shower enclosure with a 10kw electric shower. I notice...

Hi, slugging through my loft conversion and thinking ahead to an ensuite shower room I have plans for. A few anxieties i'm sure some of you can help with: I have to move the cold water tanks as they sit right where my dormer is going. The expansion tank for my vented conventional gas heating is...

Hello, Removing the original slate roof from an Edwardian end of terrace. Nail rot, blown ridges, no felt and uneconomic slates (6000x 9x9') means it's going in the skip so I want a cheap light weight replacement and my eye has alighted on either Sandtoft Britlock or Redland Cambrian. They...

Hello all, quick question here, I seem to remember 'them' always saying how PVC was here for ever, i'm putting a new roof on soon - should I take the opportunity to install new (half round black PVC) with all the ache and expense that involves - I have 2 bay windows - or just save the old stuff...

Hello all, newbie here... any advice? Original 100yo roof giving out to coincide with loft conversion. Have patched it for a few years but can't wait any longer - ridges are all blown, leadwork slipped, fascias rotten etc and i'd break so many trying to replace . Just had my scaffold put up...