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I live in a terrace house and at the back of the house I have a single story extension. As you step out into the garden I have a 5.5m x 3.5m decking area which covers the width of the property. With our poor weather I would like to build a shelter over the decking. I was thinking timber frame...

I'm looking at relocating my TV in the living room. At present it's on a partition wall that backs onto the kitchen. Previously we had Sky and had a Coax cable running through that wall onto a magic eye to the TV on the other side. I will be moving the TV and the other components to another...

I managed to trip a fuse in my consumer due to old brittle insulation breaking and earthing out after fitting a new light. I have this unit But the issue I have is the tripped switch does not turn back on, even if you turn the entire consumer unit power off. Do I need to get someone in...

Guys, I have a front door which has dropped after excessive use (building work out the back with no side access). I have checked the hinges to see if there is any way of adjusting them but can not find any hex slots to make the adjustments. The door is a solid type door with hardlyt any...

Not really a DIY disaster but funny none the less. We've had the builders in since Monday. Foundations have been dug now for the new footings. The outside toilet has been removed and the sewer pipes exposed. I was out the back having a smoke before heading off to work. I heard the flush of...

I'm looking to put an additional couple of units in my kitchen. However the kitchen was bought 4 years ago and the company no longer operates. I'm trying to find somewhere were I can match the colour and the doors (not too fussed about handles as I have some spare). I've tried tyhe usual...

I'm not sure if everyone is aware of this but there seems to be lots of post up recently about new decking. Please be aware that as of 1st october 2008. You now required planning permission if any of the following criteria in met: • Where the deck is situated within 20 metres of a highway...

Are the staging codes the same in every coucil or do they each have thier own ways of monitoring an application. I'm currently at stage 15 which I guess is awaiting a decision. However one of my work friends is now at stage 55 which means he has already been approved (with conditions as...

I've just had a member of coucil planning who turned up to see my extension tell me that I need planning permission for my decking. Apparently a new law came in in October last year. I need to get as much information on this as I can from someone who knows if possible. I've done the...

If you're wanting to swap out your flat roof for a pitched roof and change the windows's doors on your existing lean-to. Obviously you are increasing the volume. Therefore you need planning permission and building regs to be involved. I'm wondering if this counts as a new build and the...

My Wife and daughter are abroad for a month visiting my inlaws. I wanted to surprise the wife with some nice decking for when she gets back. I know it's probably too late for this summer (or what we had of it), but thought it would be nice for her to come back to something she really wanted...

I know you need to have the decking at least 15cm below the damp proofing of the external wall you are plating up to. I also know that you have to have at least 1cm gap between the wall and any external wood. These are the only regs I am aware of (are there any more) ?. I want to put...

A friend has just had a lot of work done in his house. I know, I know, get them to call them back. He has a combi boiler. He has two showers, one on the first floor and one in the on suite in the roof extension. The water downstiars in the kitchen sink is piping hot. The shower in the...

I need to fit a bunch of flush mounted spots in my kitchen. I'll be stripping the wire all the way back as the wire is very old and brittle. I can wire up notmal lights but never really played around with spots. I'm looking at about 12 - 14 spots in total. Any advice on the sort of...

I have to say that I was not impressed with the mess that the sky installers made when they installed Sky TV. Is it common practice in a situation where you have the dish at the back of the house but the 2 sky plus boxes in the rooms at the front of the house to throw the cables over the roof...

I have an extension of 5800mm x 2800mm. It's currently seperate from the house and by this I mean the floor level drops about a foot. I want to raise the floor up to make it flow through with the house but this means I will need to raise the old roof up. I intend to get rid of the roof and...

Had a knock on my door on Sunday evening. My neighbour's wife was starting to have minor contractions a few days early to her due date. Unfortunately my neighbour had done all of the decorating in his master bedroom where the baby would spend it's first 6 months before moving to the baby's...

I have my front room lights on a dimmer switch. Even when they are full on after about 5 mins I start to get a buzzing sound from them the longer you leave them on the louder the buzzing (up until a certain point). Do I need to fit some sort of transformer into the loop somewhere to get...

I have a double plug socket in the back room (lean to). I have a lamp running off of it and has been working since I put it in there. However when ever I try and run my tumble dryer off of the same switch it starts and then 10 seconds later trips the switch. I've had a look at the socket...

I'm not experienced to make my own cabinets yet, however I've bought a nice cabinet for the living room. The cabinet has 4 doors and two drawers. Unfortunately I was only supplied concealed hinges for 2 of the doors. The supplier does not have any more units in stock and he can not get hold...