Recent content by sophiejazz

The room over my garage is being extended with breeze blocks (later to be rendered). The existing room has 50mm foil backed block insulation, and I think a couple of inches of rock wool. With the new building regs we have to increase the insulation. This will mean losing a couple of inches off...

I’m having plans drawn up to extend above the garage. I’d like it to be brick, rather than render, but know I can’t get the original’purple curtain wire’. How well does brick stain work? I’m concerned the bricks will still look a different colour. To add to the dilemma this will most likely be...

I'm considering putting an ensuite on the bedroom. It would mean installing new foul drainage (the existing foul waste for bathroom and kitchen is at the other side of the house). I'm assuming the 'pipes' would need connecting to the public sewage pipes running under the front pavement (they may...

When the house was bought in 2012, the Property Information Pack did not require a Building Control Completion Certificate as such. We were provided with Building Control pass certificates for the work carried out, the seller said there were no outstanding issues, which our solicitor accepted...

Sadly Flameport not to the buyers. In fairness it's so Building Control will issue a completion certificate for work done by the previous owner. I don't know whether the buyers solicitor is being paid by the hour but he's being extremely pedantic on all matters.

I'm needing to roughly guage whether a half day seems reasonable for drilling the hole in the wall and fitting a 150mm extractor fan. There is an electrical supply to the external light at the point it's to be installed and below is a socket should it need to be spurred. Electricians in the...

Many thanks 'Flameport' for the info, it was very helpful.

Building Control have said I must install a 60 litre fan in the open plan living room of my down stairs flat. The cooker has a hood but can’t be vented to an outside wall in the kitchen area. Any suggestions on types of fan as the only ones I see saying 60 litres appear to be commercial ones.

I’d like to tidy up the outside wall above the front door.I’ve no idea how to go about it and how to make sure it’s waterproof. Any advice please.

Not happy but accepting of the necessity, would have to have them trimmed if I put carpet down.

No, providing we are not altering load bearing walls or the external appearance.

It's uncarpeted and the down stairs neighbours are happy that it's being soundproofed.

None, but I don't want to start lifting floorboards.

I own the upstairs flat.

No ceilings haven't and aren't being replaced.