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Hi folks. We're getting a new Howdens kitchen. Hoped to install new Worcester Bosch CDi Compact boiler in 290mm deep wall unit (vertical flue through roof). Boiler is 280mm deep, so fits inside. But...the Worcester Bosch literature (and checked with technical team) insists on having 20mm...

Expert or non-expert views welcome! Being in the midst of building an extension on our house, I'm perhaps naturally thinking about how I would do it differently next time. Particularly about how to get the best bang for your buck on the build. The current extension is pretty standard 300mm...

Any thoughts on using elements board on walls in a bathroom around the bath/shower and on floor (all areas being tiled)? Looks like a good product but I don't have the experience to know about its pros and cons vs say hardiebacker. Cheers!

Am I going mad or does this sound right to you... Having removed a downstairs chimney breast in our Victorian terrace (upstairs breast gone and stack braced), the gaps on the first skin of the party wall (covering about 30% of the wall) have been patched/plugged with what looks like dry wall...

The engineer's drawings for our single-story rear extension specify 3 courses of engineered brick (below external ground level) on the outer skin of the cavity wall. It looks like the contractor is planning on bringing the concrete higher and then starting straight away with about 1 course of...

Can I get some feedback on this CHS design for an extended ground floor flat (75sqm total)? Specifically, I'm thinking (1) the two radiators in the UFH kitchen/living area aren't needed and (2) to ditch the hallway radiator entirely. Thoughts?

The engineer for our extension has specified a mass concrete fill to the new cavity walls, to a height at least 150 mm below the DPM. What's the purpose of this fill to the cavity? Thanks!

Building a side and rear extension on the outrigger of our ground floor Victorian terrace flat. I have an access chamber and a drain that runs down the side return into the garden and into a public sewer that runs across the back of the terrace gardens. Our neighbours' drainage goes into the...

Contrary to everyone trying to work out how to insultae under the boards... I'm trying to understand the potential downsides of laying something like EcoTec Floor-Foam Insulation above the boards instead. I noted PUR/foam/wool products you'd use to insulate under the boards tend to have lower...

We are renovating the bathroom in our ground floor flat, in a Victorian terrace converted in 1990. On the back wall (brick) there are layers of old bonding and plaster under the tiles. See picture. There is a patch of old plaster on the right hand side, that sits on top of the brick. It's pinky...

In a ground floor victorian terrace flat with the master socket at the front, is the best way to get a decent WIFI signal in the rear of the flat simply to extend the telephone line and plug a second router in there? I've considered alternatives like WIFI signal boosters or a 'stronger' router...

First time post, folks, so go easy on me! I need to pull up an existing wood floor (engineered wood) that covers two rooms and a hallway in our Victorian terrace flat to gain access to the floorboards and pipes underneath. I'll also be reorganising the partition walls to re-size the two rooms...