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Hi everyone, hope this is the right forum for this question. We're shortly going to be having a log burner installed. I've opened up the fireplace to the original builders opening but in doing so I had to rebuild the sides (are they called cheeks?) of the opening as they'd been damaged by...

Oh I see, I guess I must have read it wrong. I thought they were scrapping VAT on the actual products. I guess those who can afford to have someone fit it for them will save a bit of money then *insert roll eyes emoji here*

Hi everyone, hope this is in the right place. As far as I understood it, in the Spring statement Rishi Sunak announced that VAT would be cut from 5% to 0% on certain energy saving home improvements like loft insulation. Now I'm trying to buy some loft insulation, specifically DIY Thermofloc...

I've just spent the last month cleaning and hoovering out the filth in the loft and I've disposed of no end of old birds nests and chick skeletons and that was when there was just a small gap between the tiles and the guttering At this rate there'll be eagles nesting in there soon.

Yeah it feels like they should've.

Thanks, is that the proper name for the thing I've been calling the weather board?

Hello everyone. This is a bit long winded, sorry for the long post. We've had some roof work done today by a local company and I'm not sure if I'm entirely happy with the work they've done. Bit of background, we've not long bought the house, when removing excessive loft insulation we found a...

it is a flat roof, although water should not pool on it as it has a good incline for water to run off.

Can the aerators slow down the water flow, do they need more pressure to get water through them?

Hello, just a quick question as someone has started to worry me about our new garage we have built. OK, we're recently constructed a wooden car port/garage along the same line as the old boundry fence. Now the old boundry fence looked as though it was about 1 foot onto the neighbours side of the...

Hello everyone, and thankyou in advance for any replies :D OK i've constructed a new garage/extension and my original plan was to felt the roof. I've been reading around and it seems alot of people have had problems with felt leaking or getting damaged in some way. I carried on with the...