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Hi We have an internal garage with bedroom above which was built as a two storey extension in the 80s. Planning was given for this but I am unsure if the planning conditions of that mean I have to apply for permission to convert the internal garage to a guest room? We have an external garage...

Hi We live in a mid 60s house which has a chimney stack on the party wall. Previous owner removed the downstairs section on our side about 25 years ago, I believe the other side still have theirs. We want to get a wood burner for the lounge and the logical place for it would be where the...

Hi I have a Redring Selectronic Plus Shower and its started to drip from the head constantly. Its dripping from the unit itself as removing the hose, it still drips. I replaced the flow control valve to no avail so I am thinking its likely to be the Solenoid Valve and Seals next? If I remove...

Hi We currently have 40sqm of block paving in the back garden which we want rid of, it doesn’t look great and it’s a pain to keep weeds and other gunk off it. To that end, we want to remove the block paving and replace with sandstone paving. I am hoping we can pull up all the block paving...

Hi We are having the kitchen replaced and in pulling up the laminate, the concrete next to the patio doors seems to have cracked and broken up. The rest of the slab seems fine, no cracks anywhere else. No damp as far as I can see, the house is mid 60s so likely no DPM in the slab anyway. Am I...

Hi We have an internal garage with bedroom above, whole thing was done as a two storey extension in the mid 80s Bedroom above is fairly cold and we simply use the garage as dumping space. To that end I want to convert the garage into usable space but with the ability to put it back...

Hi I have part converted our loft to use as an office so 50mm rockwall between rafters and 50mm Celotex over them. The eaves have sliding doors so no insulation in those. At the moment one side of the roof is wet, presumably its condensation causing it. The felt is dripping slightly on that...

Hi We have Amtico Spacia glue down being laid this week. Flooring company came out and said they could do it over the thermoplastic tiles we have as they are all well glued down. I have pulled up the carpet today and under the floor is not quite as good as I had expected, its reasonably flat...

Hi My wife insisted on these bronze radiator valves which comes with tails that are slightly longer than the standard valves you get from the likes of Screwfix You can see the comparison in the image. Screwing the valve in without PTFE tape seems snug, it doesn’t rattle but I don’t want to...

Hi We have an internal garage which we want to turn into a habitable room, it's going to be a playroom and a gym. I realise we will need building regs. Walls are cavity as there is a bedroom above already so walls have insulation, albeit to mid 80s standards when it was built. It already has...

Hi So I wired in a new ceiling light and I was convinced I cabled it right be it seems not. At the moment the bulb is on then the switch is in the OFF position and it I turn the switch on, it pops the breaker. Old colours so red and black, no earth present. Light is Class 2 Three cables...

Hi We have bought a house which had the loft 'converted' in the 1980's to a room. It didn't have building regs and the previous owner didn't use it as a habitable room, more of storage room and study at times. The house has a centre wall which goes down to the foundations and the floor joists...

Hi We have had a room skimmed, job wasn’t perfect so the walls are not dead straight along the bottom but decent enough. I now need to fit new skirting and I figured it’s best to screw as the gaps to the wall behind vary. Screwed into the wall right along, plugs in and tried to screw skirting...

Hi I am in the process of changing some old school light fittings to modern ones with a ceiling rose. It’s a 60s house so uses junction boxes which is fine and I have worked out what cable goes where, I have power in, cable to switch, cable to light fitting and power out but there seems to be...

Hi Our house has a loft conversion done in the mid 1980s by the previous owner. At the moment the ‘ceiling’ is just 10mm polystyrene sheets which have been wallpapered over. The room is not freezing, I guess heat rises from the house anyway but I want to use it as an office so am planning to...

Hi We have a 7m long garage which has a truss roof, 7m long span so a join at around the 5m mark, joists spaced 600mm apart. I am planning to build a stud wall about 3/4 of the way down to split the garage as I want to use the rear 5m as an office. My question is, are the Trusses designed to...

Hi So I have cut a 2mx1m section out of the lawn at the back of the garden. I am going to add 75mm of compacted type 1 for the sub base a the other half wants it block paved on top. My question is, do I need to mortar the bricks down or will sand be enough? I think I will hammer down some...

Hi So our garden slopes away upwards from the house and directly behind us is the bottom of a coach house, i.e. a brick wall. I want to build some 3x3m decking at the back of the garden. I realise I need to leave a 10mm gap between the edge of the decking and the coach house wall as it’s...