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Hi Folks I have been buidling a kitchen extension (part old and new) and we would like to raise the floor up to the height of the rest of the house. This is roughly 45mm in the new build (block and beam floor) and 95mm where it joins the old house. I'm planning on using wooden...

Hi Folks Help!!! Not sure where to start! We live in a terraced house to the rear of which we are building a single story gable extension. A small part of this extension (2.7m) shares a party wall wich we have extended upwards to form a parapet wall so that is no guttering etc...

Hi Folks Is it ok to drill holes through the DPC layer to anchor some timber work. I would have thought this would compromise the DPC? We are talking quite a few holes. Thanks in advance Leo

Hi All Please can you help! With much naivity I embarked on a self build months ago and my inexperience shows at every step as I would have challenged the architect's design many many times! I'm now looking for low profile down lights for a virtually non existant ceiling void. Can anyone...

Hi All I am looking at wet underfloor heating systems and my head is beginning to hurt already! I am doing a self build with the help of an architect... well some help! He has designed a floating floor system that having spoken to polypipe will not work with natural stone or tiles due to...

Hi All. I'm desperate for some advice please. I am in the process of a self build single story kitchen extension that incorporates the old kitchen too. As there was a significant slope in the garden we have built a block and beam floor that joins the existing slab of the old house...

Hi Folks New to the forum but would really appreciate some advice please. I'm about to undertake a new kitchen extension, bottom to top! I will be making the kitchen cabinets from scratch and I was wondering what sheet material you would recommend? I have made a few bits and would say...