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Hi Ken, Thanks for your reply. sorry the ‘supporting wall’ on the ground floor is actually more of a brick partition wall, however a steel has been added to the end. on the first floor the walls are all timber stud and plasterboard. does that help?

Hi, Can anyone offer any advice.. we have a dormer bungalow. Most joists supporting 1st floor internal walls are double, however this one is single. The wall runs parallel to the joist. They have put noggings at 350 to join a joist to one side across a supporting wall, but they are only 4x2...

Thank you so much for your thoughts and providing the peace of mind we needed. Thank you!

Thanks so much for your reply. Yes, there was tape across all joins and studwork. It was also taped where it was cut for rafters, pipes and sockets. So as you looked in the rooms it was all silver! It was not however taped where it was cut out from the cold side for the cables to sit in from...

On a dormer bungalow conversation the builder has put 90mm celotex on a 90mm stud wall. All joins are taped. To the outside is ply sheeting, a breathable vapour barrier and then hanging tiles. To the inside is std 12.5mm plasterboard and plaster. It has been drawn to our attention that there...

Many thanks for your comments. I would love to leave the tiles down and use them as a base but because I would like the laminate level with the living room in leaving the tiles down it would cause the floor to be higher. The other issue is that there is underfloor heating under the tiles...

Hi, I currently have ceramic floor tiles on a concrete base in the conservatory. I am wanting to remove these and replace with laminate flooring. Whilst preparing for the back breaking job of getting the tiles and adhesive up I have come across tile strippers for hire at Jewsons, HSS...

Hi, I have received the following quote from an architect and before I go any further just wondered if anyone out there can confirm if Technical Engineer Drawings and Structural Engineer Drawings are the same??? Apologies if this is a rather daft question and I am sure to many of you the...

Just to check... should the 150mm gap be between his footings and ours, or, can it be wall to wall?

And with building regs fees I understand the type of work will be relevant for the top box on the attached (type of work1) but with the fees are all applicable or one?? Just trying to get an estimate on how much of our budget is going to be spent on regs??

Hi, About to start the process and plan to submit our own drawings for planning permission but getting confused about the stages..... Understand we have to obtain planning permission, building regs and possibly party wall notice but unsure on the process and at what stage should we do what...

Hi, Building an attached garage. It will be between my house and neighbours garage. Am I right I thinking that if we leave 150mm gap between the garage and our neighbours party wall and do not lay footings any deeper than his footings for his garage or house (which is with 3 m) we do not need...

Thank you! In regards to permitted development unfortunately we would not be able to build on this basis - or so I believe. Please correct me if I am wrong... The house is only 4400mm wide... the garage would be 2500mm. Believe it has to be no more than 50% of the width of the existing...

Hi, We planning to add an attached garage between us and our neighbour. I have a question: The house next door is stepped back from our house and their garage is stepped back from their house. Our garage would fit between us and his garage. All the other garages on the estate are level with...