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Hello, We are building an extension to our bungalow, and we now have to make a decision on the type of heating in the extended open plan lounge/diner/kitchen. We had kind of discounted underfloor heating, as the room will have half timber suspended floors and half new insulated beam and block...

Please can somebody halp a confused first time self builder. I have just completed the beam and block floor for our extension on our bungalow. The beams were set at 175mm below existing floor level(100mm insulation 75mm s&c sreed). Beams bear down on the outer leaf of existing brickwork. The...

Just started work on new extension and have revealed this iron pipe running underground. It runs down side of house(1955 detatched bungalow) around the back, and enters rear of house in floor cavity. As you can see from the image it has a threaded plug on the end, it seems to have a tar...

We are about to embark on our first self-build extension. Our first concern is how to maintain a working soil pipe. The foundations for the extension pass through the existing manhole. The new manhole will be further down the drain run. Should I install the new man hole and connect up to W.c...