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Ive had planning approved for a 2 bay oak garage a few years back and I wanted to start work this spring. So stupidly appointed a council building control inspector. The 2 bay oak 'garage is set within my grounds approx 7 meters away from the nearest house. the other sides border fields...

Hello. I have planning permission granted for a 2 bay wooden garage in my garden. I plan to have a concrete slab poured for the foundations. The garage is approx 9 meters from my neighbours house (6 meters from the boundary drystone wall) to the south and 4 meters from a dry stone wall to west...

Hello. Im replacing an old stove which is 4kw. it never really got the room very warm. Its an old building with solid walls. Ive run though the calculations for the size of room and its suggesting 6kw would be ideal. Id like to use the wood burner to heat other rooms, either by leaving doors...

As part of my renovation ive removed the old wood burner to be able to repair the fireplace etc. I have the opportunity to run wet UFH pipes while the floor is up and insulation is going down rather than leaving the existing rad on the wall. Ive been doing some basic research about wood burners...

It never rains does it. Lol. So as part of my project to insulate the floor. I got down as low as the cellar cieling. 200mm approx. Just as I’m ready to do the sand blinding, a section of the cellar roof gave way. See pics. This section was 2 1/4” thick. All the other sections are 3 1/2”...

Morning all. Ordinarily I’d make a stud wall. Fill with celotex cover with a Vapor barrier and board over. But a local builder suggested just to ‘dot dab’ pre insulated boards to the wall. My first though was that they wouldn’t stick very well. But could be mechanically fixed. That said what...

Ive just pulled down the cielining in my front room (3 layers of plaster board) as part of a room renovation. I plan to remove all the old electrical cables, secure the heating pipes etc. its an old house and the floor above has always been a bit bouncy. Looking at the 'joists' used they are...

Hello, im in the process of insulating the floor in my solid floor/wall cottage. I Have done similar work on other houses in the past but on this job I'm limited to depth so need some advice. The room has a cellar below that takes up about 1/3rd of the foot print. The previous owner had...

Hello, I’m currently stripping back to stone my living room in an 1820s cottage. The cottage is of solid stone construction. I have removed the floor coverings (modern laminate) and discovered wet or damp concrete screed. I’ve removed the screens to reveal a second screed patially covered in...

Hi All. Ive done some research which has confused me more than when I started reading. So thought id post for some advice. I have a poured concrete screed floor with UFH, its been down 18 months with UFH on low. The surface has been sanded as it had a sheen when it first cured. Im wanting to...

Can anyone tell me Me what part I need to replace the eurocone type connector on one of the ufh pipes. See attached. It’s leaking I don’t want to take it off and have the wrong part. It looks like a 15mm eurocone type fitting but plastic. would this be ok...

Hi. Strange one here. Polypipe UFH system using the polypipe overlay system, then covered by 6mm ply. 10mm carpet underlay and 10mm carpet. Obviously not much heat. I know that carpet needs to be a low tog value (I doubt this is) but the ply had me stumped with wood being an insulator. Its like...

Hello, I have a few modern column rads in my house and find they take ages to warm up and don’t get particularly hot. my house is 200 years old and is a cold house anyway, the CH pipe work is mostly 15mm which I know won’t help. I had a new 40kw ideal boiler installed last year which did...

Hello, Im not sure if this is the right forum but ive had and issue for years at the bottom of my steps where the paint 'bubbles' (not sure if thats the right term) off the wall. This happens either side of the first two steps neither walls are external. Though the right side is a party wall...

Yeh I know its been asked a million times but im confused. I've a fair old amount of new plaster to paint. Ive spoken to a few decorators and I'm getting a lot of mixed messages. Some say mist, some say just use Johnstones trade matt emulsion paint as a base, some say just paint it. Some say...

I have 3 velux windows in my kitchen cieling and they have been stuck in vent position for ages. They are the solar remote controlled ones. About 8 years old. The remote no longer works on one of them and the others make a noise then stop. Ive tried to close the vent manually one one and...

Hello, Im just re doing a bathroom and want to properly 'fix' the pan connector to the soil pipe. At the moment it uses a flexible pan connector from the toilet that's pushed into the soil pipe. However its been done in a way that means this connector is tiled over. The soil pipe finishes...

Hello. I’m in the midst of finishing off my self build but stumbled across an issue while talking to the staircase contractor. the hallway that adjoins the landing to a bedroom isn’t wide enough I don’t think. It measures 880mm I’m not sure if it should be 900 or 1200. 1200 would cause me a...

Hello. I have a small (12m2) area of floor to heat and rather than installing a pump/manifold was looking at using a Return Water Temperature Limit valve. However im not sure if this is a good idea as I cant regulate the flow temp as the pipe enters the floor. I understand it should be...

Hi All. Ive bought a nest thermostat and was just reading about the opentherm which seems like its much smarter then the dumb on off stuff in that it prevents over shoot of room temp by telling the boiler what temp to cook the water to. Sounds great. However, I have two zones on my system...