Recent content by britishboy7

Thanks everyone, several houses in my street have larger porches built, 2 of them are almost 4m wide and 2m deep. Will work out preferred size we want and look to apply for PP. And replace existing front door with an oak internal door, so will need BC as well

I wouldnt imagine so, was just asking as we are planning similar and builders had said we’d need to run our downpipe into an actual drain. If we can run off onto our driveway (facing down towards next doors flower beds) then it saves us some hassle

Nowhere, the downpipe was fitted when the new porch was built

Our neighbours (not attached, they are slight higher up as houses on a hill) have just had a porch finished and the downpipe finishes on their driveway so all rainwater from their porch roof will naturally run straight onto our property. Is this correct? Only asking as I’m currently planning a...

In our 1930’s semi detached, the staircase is in the un-ajoined front corner of the house. The stairs follow the corner around so there’s a high void right in the corner that is approx 4m high. There are signs of wet/damp on the plaster (was done about 4 years ago) and it’s starting to go...

Thanks Woody - I’ll take a look (my council is Epping Forest District Council) and the validation criteria. I was originally thinking of building it as a porch, then once signed off remove the internal door. But for the extra work involved in removing internal door altogether and getting PP...

Looking to build a brick porch on the front of our house. Planning portal says maximum of 3m2 (external measurement). Neighbour has just had one built, no planning application (had a look online as wanted to see their plans) and its 2m x 2m. I've been told as its only cheap to apply for PP...

Is it possible to buy a 6" or 8" extractor fan (flush wall mount, like in a bathroom) with some kind of filter so it can be used in a kitchen mounted on a splashback above a hob, to remove cooking smells instead of a conventional cooker hood? Preferably with a decorative silver/chrome/grey...

Thanks Exedon - I only did a quick search and it came up as one of the most popular ones, but open to suggestions. 2 people in our household, no bath only a shower. Is there a better softener price up to £800ish.

We’re thinking of fitting a water softener as live in a hard water area, been looking at the Water2Buy W2B200. Would this filter enough water and quick enough for long showers, fed by a Worcester Bosch Greenstar 30i combi boiler? I want to treat the water that comes into the house but unsure...

Thanks Terry, thought so but wanted to check

Finishing off fitting my new kitchen, and currently have 2 x 15mm pipes with end caps on under our kitchen sink, 1 cold and 1 hot. What isolators are best to fit that will allow me to connect up tap tails, and will tap tails fit directly onto the isolators, so not to take up too much space...

Hi Martygturner - many thanks for your reply. I’ll get a ladder up and take a closer look after my holiday. As a side question, what options do I have of completely doing away with the pebbledash? I’m guessing render is the most obvious, but any other options worth considering? I’m open to...

Yes I found trailing edge ones on Amazon too, and quite a selection on TLC-Direct. I thought all dimmable LED’s needed trailing edge technology?

I had no idea about the limited to 10 LED’s. Yes, all the fire rated LED’s I’ve fitted to the kitchen ceiling are dimmable, they are the small LAP ones from Screwfix (57mm cut out)