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Hi all. I have a single garage at the back of my garden and the side of it is right on the border of my plot. There is an alleyway next to it which allows access to the rear gardens of a number of houses. I would like to change the roof from a flat to a pitched roof. As it’s within 2m of the...

Hi all I’m onto the next project for my house which is to build a retaining wall around the perimeter of my plot to help give some privacy. Here is an overview of the plot. At the minute I am just looking at completed a-b and c-d.. Image by Gregory01 posted 3 May 2020 at 10:57 PM the...

Hi All. my garden level is around 90cm above the pavement and I am looking to put in some form of retaining wall. This will allow me to backfill and gain some extra garden space. I’ve got planning permission for a 6ft brick wall with fence panels between the pillars. The cost (circa £15k)...

Hi everyone. I had a boiler service about a week ago. It’s a new ish boiler installed around 3 years ago. It’s a combi valiant boiler with a flue gas heat recovery unit. The person who carried out the service said he needed to complete a safety check of the system. He went into the loft and...

i hope someone might be able to help with a current issue. So a bit of background. About 1 year ago I got the gas supply to our house changed to an outside meter box. They moled through from the pavement and I told them I would be putting a drive in so asked them to make sure it would be deep...

Hi guys and girls. I hope someone can help give some opinion on how to make my balcony watertight. This is part of a new extension and although I have been happy with most of the building work this is an area I think may have been constructed wrongly? Basically the roof itself is fine...

Hi, I hope someone can help. I am just renovating a property and it has a fairly large open plan lounge / kitchen area. I enjoy having the radio on and thought it might be nice before the ceiling goes up to put some speakers in. It doesn't need to be loud (or crystal clear top of the...

Hi. After getting rid of the original builders on our house extension project it has been taken over by another firm. They are ready to screed the floor however it looks like the level which should have been left (65mm or so) is actually only 30mm. They have said ideally the screed needs to...

Hi, I hope some of you can help. I am in the process of remodeling my home. As part of this we have a gable wall which we were going to fit with western red cedar cladding. I really like the look of this wood with its different colours. The issue is that now we are at the stage where...

Hi, I'm not sure if anyone can help on this but worth an ask. I am building an extension and we have some bifolding doors we wish to install. To keep the doors as wide as possible we want them as close to the outside wall as possible. The builders said normally the rsj needs to sit on a 15cm...

Hi I am just in the process of deciding on which boiler to put in my house. we are redoing the whole central heating system from scratch. I have been advised to go with a sealed system boiler as opposed to a combi boiler. As some of you may be aware there is a new government scheme...

Hi everyone I'm undergoing my first project and just need a bit of advice on builders charging for extras. I am only a week in, we have the foundations dug and I have had an email from the builder advising there will be some extra charges. I was given a quote to do foundations, drainage...

Hi, I hope some can help. I am hopefully about to instruct a builder to build a shell for what will be a 2 story side extension and a single story front extension. The build will be for foundations, drainage, block work walls, roofing and fitting windows to the whole property (supplied by...

Hi I am about to start an extension project and as we are removing a fair few walls I need a structural engineer to do some calcs for me. Obviously I have been very naive as to how much work must go into these as I have just been quoted just over £1000 for them. Whilst I appreciate every...

Hi, I have recently purchased a load of concrete fence posts to replace the old rotten wooden ones. It wasn't until after these had been delivered and paid for that I have realised they all have 1 side which is really badly pitted / bubbled. The other 3 sides are all perfectly smooth. As I...

Hi and thanks for taking a look at my current problem. I purchased a house in August last year and unfortunately it has taken between then and now to get to the current stage. I have had lots of pre planning talks about a single front extension with a balcony above and a double side...

Hi.. My sister purchased a property about 2 months ago. Shortly after moving in there was a funny smell in the hallway which we later found to be gas. It turned out that there was a gas pipe running under the kitchen floor which had rusted though. The gas pipe only ran to a gas fire which...

Ok so although early days in my extension I have hit my first hurdle - the planning department. I have put my plans in for pre planning to help iron out any problems before formal planning. I am after a single story front extension and a double story side extension. The house sits on a...

Hi, I hope someone can help me. I am still in the design stage of what will be quite a large extension. Part of the extension is single story on the front and it will come out by approx 2.5m from the current house. If I put a pitched roof onto this I think it may look a bit silly as in order...

Firstly what a great site! I have spent hours reading through other peoples house extension diaries it has inspired me to write my own. I decided to put this together to give People who are considering doing an extension on a budget an insight into my experiences. I also think it will be pretty...