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i know this will be a very how long is a piece is string question, but looking for ballpark pricing for an extension. It will be the full length of our house, single story so the 'new' box on the back will be roughly 10m x 5m, taking the current middle wall out between the dining room and...

That is an impressive man cave!! I don't know if it's any help, but I've recently done my garage and the council said that working on the assumption the cavity was 2' I would need at least 50mm of insulation. My advice would be to ask your council what they would be happy with.

Hello all, some advice please. When I switch my heating on the hot water comes on, if I then switch the heating off the hot water stays on. This then seems to heat the radiators even though the heating is off. I also tried ot have the NEST system installed recently which couldn't happen...

Hi John I'm doing something similar myself, please see my project thread http://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/garage-conversion.432130/ Happy to answer any questions you have Rory

I've just gone through something similar but for a garage conversion and those joists aren't big enough for the span. You need at least 120x45mm for a span of 2.4m, and they need to be spaced 400mm apart. You can have a larger spacing for the joists but they'd need to be thicker. The link...

We moved into a new house in November and after doing the kitchen decided to convert the garage, here's where we've go to. The garage is single semi integral garage which is 12.5sqm. All in I think the cost will be around £7k by the time i'm finished, and I estimate i'll save around £2k of...

Hello Josh. I'm doing something similar at the moment. I have an integral single garage which is 2.5x5m. I had to apply for Building Control notice but no planning permission was needed. The cost for the notice was £378. I paid a builder to take out the garage door, remove the entire...

Thanks, the extra course of bricks was because I wanted the window a bit higher, but the lintel was his decision. (I understand some things come up that no one could have foretold) Everything else has been in scope.

Hi guys. I'd like some advice please on what the right thing to do is. I am having some work done which was to take off the front wall of my garage to install a new window and replace the old bricks. The work also includes an inner block wall and a new warm roof on a 2.5x1.5m area. He...

I need to raise the level of the floor so it meets the door threshold and need some kind of air gap underneath to keep the council happy.

Great, thanks for the advice. I'll be putting 18mm board, 5mm insulation and 6mm laminate on top, which should dampen some of the impact

OK. My plan was to cut the boards so they are a snug fit and then secure them with screws or nails.

Hi guys I'm about to do the same thing and was going to screw/nail the Celotex boards through the joists to keep them in place. Will this not be sufficient? How much should you undercut the boards by to use the foam method? And is it a simple case of squirting the expanding foam between...

Hi guys I'm a relative newbie and am after some advice on the correct process for insulating the garage conversion I am doing. The walls are all insulated cavity walls with a 2' gap and brick faced. I have been told by the council that I need at least 50mm insulation. Is this the...

Are these any good to you? I've got around 30 you can have if you want to make the trip, i'm in Maidenhead.