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Looking for ideas on what this strange banging noise could be. The closest thing I can liken it to is a train on the tracks vibration/banging without an actual engine sound. You can't just hear it, you can feel it. It happens every day regularaly at around 7am/7pm but not regularly enough to...

Hi Guys, I've moved into a property (1985 build) which has a bathroom vent above the shower. As you can see from the pics the vent is just covered in loft insulation which has gone a bit, errrr, bad. I'm going to fit some ducting. However everything current seems to be 100 or 120mm. The round...

I'd came to that conclusion myself although wasn't sure if it was BT or something that proceeded BT, British Telecom in some other form that we know today. Is it "normal" to find a BT socket under the stairs? Could this be an actual master socket connected on the main telephone circuit, an old...

Does anyone know what this old (BT?) socket under my stairs is? Its got a cable going to/from it and both disappear up into the ceiling under the stairs. House is mid 80s build. I've read this can be the master socket but my master socket is in the hallway. I don't know if its active as I don't...

Apologies in advance as I know this is a common issue. I did search previous posts and it gave me some things to try but i'm a bit stuck. My kitchen has double pvc doors leading to the conservatory. The right hand door has a gap at the inside bottom, big enough to see through. There is no...

Cheers guys! Just searching CP8L on diynot and get 3 pages of results so loads to go off now.

I've just moved into a property with a house alarm. Previous owners did not leave any information or manuals other than the code to activate/deactivate. Hoping some of you guys, with years of experience, can help me with the following questions; 1.) Can anyone identifiy what alarm this is so I...

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Thanks for claifying. Those dates were throwing me as could not find anything on them by googling "two month date" Yep, now you've explained it, the plans approved thing is obvious. :notworthy:

Just browsing building regs on the council's website. Noticed that most things have a "Five week date" and a "Two month date" What are these please? I assume they are dates of inspection? But google does not help much here. They could be some kind of deadline dates? Also, the different...

Understood. I don't think it will be an issue in this particular case, thankfully, as its the side of the house with no windows. The windows are at the front and back of the house, for both houses. There is also a decent amount of clearance left, you can actually walk around the extension to...

Just to clarify, these are my before/after pictures. The house is detached so won't be any issue with touching neighbour's boundry. The only thing that worried me was having a flat roof on the extension. Looking out side now, I can see lots of flat roofs/ground floor extensions with pooling water.

I now realise how bad my drawings are.:( Literally just an add on to the side, like a lean to. Nothing to the front This is kind of what I have now... basically a lengthening of the kitchen, but is it possible to build on top of it to lengthen the upstairs room too? Or would the roof line mean...

Hello, Complete novice/diy'er here, so apologies in advance for any stupid questions. Current house has a small single story extension which was built to lengthen the kitchen. It has a slopped roof. see first picture below. I'd like to build on top of this as per second picture below. This...

Thanks for the reply, My doors are 100% wood so don't think i'd need a wrap. just not sure if i can apply varnish to this kind of wood.