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Thanks for all your views, experiences, suggestions and useful links - much appreciated. Indeed, that's why I will choose a profile fitted with an opaque/frosted cover. Even then, I'm wondering if the intensity of the narrow strip source necessary to adequately illuminate an entire room might...

Would appreciate views or experiences on using flexible LED strip lighting as a room's main ceiling light. I thought it would be interesting to use LED strip lighting, usually marketed as under-cabinet kitchen lighting, to illuminate a kitchen. I intend to use two long strips encased in narrow...

Agree. Probably well intentioned, although the cynic in me wonders if the legal 'experts' exerted some influence on the HSE for their own benefit. Wasn't long ago... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/08/investigation-alleged-abuses-british-troops-iraq-could-end-lawyer/

I should have been more precise. Yes, I was told it's the F10 form that is sent to HSE. I haven't looked into this as yet so I'm unaware of the details and I (wrongly, by the look of it) assumed form F10 was the H&S plan. I didn't want to investigate this issue any further unless I or the...

Would like to know if any builders, or their clients, have prepared a Health & Safety Plan (for domestic work) under the Construction (Design & Management) Regs. 2015 then submitted it to the HSE?

Would somebody kindly explain... ATAG boilers website (atagheating.co.uk) states: "...we are stamping out illegal and unsafe gas works in the UK by only supplying our products to carefully selected Gas Safe Registered installers, our own ATAG Selected Partners." Does this mean UK sellers of...

Proximity of foundations. About a foot further away and I wouldn't have needed any Party Wall agreements. Unfortunately, there is no flexibility on my side.

My current boiler is a simple thing (like me) and just heats water. It's an open vent condensing boiler (Keston 50). An external 3 port valve, a hot water tank with thermostat, electronic CH/HW controller, electrical junction box and a circulating pump complete the picture. It's a system I...

Would appreciate advice on the following matter... Following professional guidance, I drafted then handed a Party Wall Agreement letter to my neighbour early last summer and it's never been returned. Chased it up three times since but to no avail. It seems that they don't disagree with any...

Seems so. Just a little way to go before the South East is completely concreted over then I expect a lull. I didn't know that. I guess the cost of all the associated steels (and the extra work involved in treating them) add up. I looked into this after a couple of builders (who declined the...

I'm beginning to see that now. We already have all drawings/approvals etc in place ready to go based on strip foundations. Any changes could delay start and cost more money for new drawings/re-approvals etc (which may not be recouped if I change from strip to pad foundations). Catch 22 situation...

Would appreciate views/advice on the pro's and con's of these two foundation types... I've looked on the Internet at several articles about building foundations and, whilst there is much of interest, most articles shy away from making definite recommendations so I'd like a builders perspective...

Indeed, but I can't find out where my nearest OpenReach cabinet is therefore can't estimate the connection speed (one website gave cabinet number as 26 on my local exchange, wherever that is). There's a table here but it's useless unless I know the distance to my nearest OpenReach cabinet...

Can anyone please tell me what to expect... I've only had Virgin Media cable internet + phone service for the past 15 years or so, however the old BT copper cables still enter my property and run to a connection point inside. The Moneysavingexpert.com Sky Fibre Broadband deal looks too good to...

Thanks for your replies. Interesting to note that rebuilding costs of the entire bungalow is given as £194,000 (for 103 sq meter footprint property and average quality fixtures & fittings in my S.E. England postcode) on the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Building Cost Information...

Would appreciate opinions on the cost of a planned single storey extension. I've seen a rule-of-thumb figure, based on external area of build, of £2,000 per sq meter for S.E. England in 2016 which excluded sanitary ware, kitchen units/sinks/appliances and decoration (not sure about...

Indeed, I also understand that to be the case and I live in a very hard water area. On the one hand, it's good to know you haven't been consuming too much lead but on the other hand it will cost more to replace all the lead piping. I've arranged our lead levels test for next week. I'm hoping...

Don't know what part of the country you're in, jammy, but worth asking your water supplier about the lead levels testing I mentioned in post#16. Could save you £1100 if they're willing to replace their 'communications pipe' free of charge.

Just spoken to my water supplier, Thames Water. They said that T.W. would test my supply for lead levels (for free) and if the result came back as 'unacceptable', they would replace the lead pipe that runs between the road main and the first stopcock - the communications pipe - in the pavement...

£1600 for the entire lead pipe replacement and re-connection?