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I know I need a 10mm expansion gap around a chipboard floor, skirting hides that so no problem. However, it joins a concrete floor in the middle of the room. How do I accommodate this? No gap, or is there another solution?

If I wire in the lights and extractor fan for a new bathroom before the bath goes in, does this make it part P exempt? Regs seem to state the room must contain a bath to be classified as a special place.

Where can I get one? (No, I'm not nicking a neighbours!) Everywhere just sells metric ones & I'd rather not replace the frame if possible. Thanks!

Someone has painted these in the past and it's all cracked and horrible. Some has come off, other bits are stuck fast. How do I get it off before recoating?

I'm sure there is an obvious answer, but I can't find it! What size bit do I need? & where can I get one cheap? Toolstation do a 110mm one for £13, but the next size up costs loads more! Why?

I'm putting in a new bathroom and therefore new soil stack. There is a manhole 2.2m from where the stack will go, on a sloping driveway. The base of the manhole is 1m below the level of the stack. I've had building regs out who gave me some guidance, but just wanted to run my thoughs past those...

My house is rendered and as with many of it's type the bricks below the render are painted black. This needs recoating in places, but what is the paint? It's partly below the DPC, so presumably needs to be something that lets it breathe, but resists rain penetration (the bricks are very porus)...

My house originaly had 2 bedrooms, but one of these was converted to a bathroom in 1985. I now want to convert it back in to a bedroom. However, the buildings inspector has told me I must replace the window as it doesn't comply with the emergency exit regs. All other houses have the same kind of...