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Couple of years back, we constructed an ancillary outbuilding at the end of our garden. The outbuilding is predominately used for playing games/social get-together. Due to recent family bereavement we have our elderly in-law living with us. We would like to convert our outbuilding (PP/BC) to GA...

Hello, Am getting new outbuilding (about 25M away from the main building) built. I would like to take gas and water to the outbuilding. My question concerns is would our current meter/gas pressure could support additional boiler (hot water/heating) or we need to consider upgrading the gas...

We got planning permission to build a 7mx7m outbuilding at the end of our garage. The new outbuilding will primary be used for gym and cinema room but will have shower/toilet room. As the new outbuilding will be independent from the main house (approx. 20M away) we are thinking best to put a...

Guys Our detached double garage at the end of the garden (alleyway access) requires modernisation, probably built at the time when the house was originally built. While we would like to kept as a garage (with garage doors) but we would also like to extend the garage and utilise the space for...

Hi guys I need to reset the password as i dont remember the password, read the manual and unable to find a way to reset the password? Any help in the right direction would be appreciated. Cheers

Guys in bit of a pickle and need some help. Got a roofer to do the our porch roof but he ran in to some difficulties during the job hence could not continue. He sent someone else to complete the job and asked me to pay him directly for the work he did. He is asking me to pay him for the...

Unsure if its right placed to ask, if not Mod please move to right place. Getting solid surface work top installed and part of the installation is under mount sink. Unsure what would be best option to get the sink installed/supported, assuming that the weight of the sink is supported from the...

And here is the evidence of Expansion vessels mounted

I saw the Valliant cylinder unwrapped and noticed that it came with an expansion vessel. I also noticed that previous contractor also ordered Altecnic Reflex 24L Robokit Extra, another vessel. My plumber appears to suggest that previous guy did not know what he was doing as we only need one...

Guys Desperately in need of help. In summary our contractor has disappeared leaving us and our project in a big mess. While we peruse our options to trace him, our immediate priority is to get the project completed. We were having extension built and part of the extension was new CH and wet...

Guys Due to the nature of our project the conventional screed for our UFH is unlikely so we are contemplating to go with the modified screeds like FlexiDry, predominantly to reduce the drying time. Just wanted to hear if anyone here had any experience of FlexiDry/alternatives? Would be helpful...

Looking at this shower fittings, I felt the hot and cold water pipes are too close, worried for nothing or I should be concerned? Appreciate your input.

Part of our new extension we are potentially looking at raising the patio to almost 45cm to bring it to our existing floor level. The objective is to have the internal floor and patio at a same level. If we achieve above it would breech into neighbour’s privacy, while I understand that we are...

Hi Guys Thinking of getting Samsung SCD-1080P Internal 2.8-10mm Varifocal Dome Camera currently priced at £58 to go with recommended new Samsung DVR. Just want to hear from the expert re quality of the image provided. The usage would be household/monitoring/recording only.

We are looking to replace our traditional stairs with a modern look stairs, ideally open plan. Could anyone please guide us in the direction where we can source treads/banisters etc at a reasonable cost? cheers

Part of newly build extension, faced with this dilemma: We are removing external loadbearing wall and naturally putting a beam across. For new ceiling we have two options, either we box the beam and keep the ceiling height same or lower the ceiling level and have straight ceiling across the...

Guys, I have read good reviews on the Visonic Powrmax Pro and seems to be good kit to install, there was a concern for DIY installation/manuals etc but that won’t be an issue for us as we are getting the alarm system installed as part of our renovation project. I just need to know if anyone...

Guys Our current exterior walls are pebbledash finish, something we don’t like. We are currently getting our extension done under PD and would really like to have new exterior finish with red bricks. Our consent letter from the council says that all materials used in any exterior work shall...

Guys Going through our single story rear extension under PD (6M), total covered area approx. 33SQM. I understand that max height for the roof under PD is 4M, we are thinking of getting a roof lantern (3Mx1.5M) installed. The lantern will sit on the flat roof without up stand so that part of the...

Guys looking at energy efficient CH/HW/Wet-UFH would you consider below mentioned items as part of efficient system? The items required for a 3 bed house with one bath and 3 shower units, ideally mains fed. We have used Vaillant boiler before and are happy with that so we would like to stay with...