Recent content by danhx

If you cut the trees back to your boundary and then build against them they shouldn't grow on that side as there will be very little light. You could build the back panel then erect it. You don't need planning if its <15sqm or <30sqm and built from substantially none combustible materials. I...

Get it insured. Its going to be wise to take it out for a longish run and clean up the brakes etc. Also get it nice and warm before they put it on the tester. Find out how much temporary insurance would be, or how much X insurance company would rebate you if you canceled after Y months. As...

Will get the car back on the jack tomorrow and have a look. Can't get a proper look with the wheel on. Thanks for your help.

Pads and discs are Eicher. Nope no noises on full lock or acceleration.

Hi John There are no metal guide plates on mine. I have checked the clearance of the (slowly disintegrating) back plate, all seems ok. I changed the discs and pads in February due to an MOT failure on pads, and warning of a lip on the discs. I notice I already have a slight lip after...

I've had a strange clicking from my near side front when braking at slow speeds. The click is most noticeable when crawling in traffic, under normal traffic conditions I have not heard it. The noise will go away if the brake pressure is increased, or decreased. There is an 'anti sweet spot'...

Do what BR requires you to do.

Why would it be favorable to go for shiplap? Higher maintenance, slower to erect... I'm on the fence between plasti coated steel and shiplap for my garage build at the moment, but it will be insulated and internally lined as well.

Would it be a requirement for it to be buried? To run from where the main fuse box is to the garage would be 3m ish, need to go over/under drains and would run across a tarmacked + concreted area, or from the back wall of the house would be 1.5m but would have to go over/under the gas main...

I'm currently doing ground works for a DIY garage replacement, and trying to decide what if any services will need to be considered before I concrete over anything! As its a long term project (Just me mostly, so its going to take me all summer to build) I don't want to drag a sparky out just...

Ok another question, on two sides the garage will be butting up against some existing stone garden walls, these walls are retaining/partially retaining. Should the DPM be run on the outside face of the external most wall, or on the inside face of it to give it more protection (as I understand it...

I'm building a new 20sqm garage to replace an existing prefab garage that leaks from bellow and above. I'd like to insulate it to a reasonable degree so I can heat it if I'm working on a project in the winter. I'm thinking that I will use 25mm celotex insulation to keep the overall thickness...