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I’m looking to install a log burner stove in a 70’s house which doesn’t have a chimney so will be having the flue routed through the house out the roof with twin walled flue etc.. I understand the regulations about installing a hearth where a chimney already exists and the need for a structural...

I've recently moved house and all the internal doors have had their hinges painted over in years and years worth of white gloss. The house obviously had new carpets fitted before going on the market too, and all the doors drag on the new carpet and need to be trimmed. I've tried unscrewing...

I wish to fit a shower pump on a standard gravity fed vented system. There isn't much room in the airing cupboard for the pump. Currently he shower is fed by a cold feed which comes off the cold water tank, down into the airing cupboard, then tee's off back up up to the loft, over the loft...

I am redoing my bathroom in a house built in 1911. The bathroom is at the back of the house on the groud floor and has a sloped, slate tiled roof above it. As the room gets very cold, I was going to rip down the old sloping ceiling to the joists, fit insulation between the joists, plus a new...

Many thanks for the help and advice. The house was built in 1911, so there is a large void below the floor boards. All existing wires are laid on large gaps on the dwarf walls supporting the floor, or on the dirt sub floor. They then are routed through the plaster (standard plaster on brick...

Apologies, I wasn't clear in my post, and I realise there is two per socket and have laid the cable like that. Regarding the electrician, I am not sure why he thought this was a problem. When I questioned him about it, he just seems to say it would need the skirting cutting and the wall...

Quick bit of advice: My current property has an old 4 fuse pull out fuse board. I am looking to get this replaced with a modern CU. A few months ago, I had the floorboards up in the whole of the downstairs and noticed the existing ring main had been cut in two and wired with lots of round...