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Hi, I'm extending my driveway with more permeable brindle block paving (+35sqm). The existing driveway is grubby and needs a good wash and re-sand. The new blocks are second hand (so that the weathering kinda matches) and also in the same state of needing a good wash. Cleaning 2000 unlaid...

Hi, I'm hoping to embark on a rather large (50sqm) garden room project. I'm looking to do this under permitted development so I will be limited to a total height of 2.5m above ground level. It will of course require building regs approval because of electrical work, boiler etc. I was hoping...

Hi, We've just had the first part of a large steel structure installed for our house extension. The key feature of this room/house is that internally there will be a two storey ceiling with one corner being a combination of bi-folding doors and fixed glazing above. The cool part is that there...

I acknowledge that the title and the subject sounds a bit daft and is likely to get me some flak, but bear with me I'll explain what I'm trying to achieve. I'm leasing a old barn and am trying to give it a bit of a cheap facelift and make it into a photography studio for myself. This involves...

This may sound like a dumb question, but I'm trying to work out final interior spaces for a potential loft conversion. My house is detached (1950's) with a gable end on both roof aspects. When I look in my loft at each end I see red brick construction. Is this the internal skin of a cavity...

I'm finding the wording on various sites slightly contradictory, so I thought I would ask the friendly folks on here for a quick answer, specifically around the 50 cubic metre limit for PD loft conversions. Some sources state that the 50m3 limits don't include the existing space within the...

Hi, I'm looking at signing my first commercial lease. Aside form all the pitfalls that come with leases etc, there is one element that I'm slightly confused by. Essentially I wish to take the existing large open space and place a single partition wall across part of it. The wall will have...

Hi, I've got planning permission for a large two storey extension to my existing property and am currently working through the building regs drawings phase. Part of the extension is a new ensuite with a WC draining to a different external wall than the existing SVP (and family toilet) is...

Hi, A few months ago I removed and capped a radiator whilst I decorated my bathroom. I have a combi boiler pressurised to about 1. I am planning to close all of the valves, replace the radiator and then repressurise. My question is; do I need to do any bleeding when I do this? (Top down or...

Hi, hopefully this is a quick one to answer. I've just replaced my bath as part of a bathroom makeover but when filling the bath up it runs hot for a little while then just goes luke warm, making a nice deep hot bath impossible. I have a glowworm combi-boiler and all of the pressures seem...

Hi, I've just installed a new shower system with everything placed in the wall and plastered over. This joins to 22mm joints at the floor-board level which are exposed. I have tested, restested and tested again for leaks and there was nothing (monitored for 4 days!). Now that everything is...

Hi, I know it's a subject that's been covered a lot (and I've read all the FAQs) but some of the previous posts seem to conflict and/or don't match my boilder setup, so I'd really appreciate it if you could give me some pointers on how to remove a rad for decorating then put it back without...