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Hi Guys, I am thinking about building a side extension to my living room, something like a Dormer or a Garden Office. Screed flooring with insulation, insulated stud wall with wooden panels on the outside and a flat roof, big patio door. Then break a door in the wall of my living room to create...

They do not mentioned insulation, I believe it is already there. They mentioned poly sheets, with waterproof membrane, so I gues something very simple.

Thank you, The area is about 650-700sqm

Hi Guys, I live in a block of flats, 30 flats in a two storey building. My freeholder wants to overlay the roof and wants to charge us 124k for the roof and 56K for the scaffolding. The flat roof is covering 10 flats, that makes it 18K per flat. Is this a reasonable price? Seems very high, I...

Thank you guys, Tried hydrochloric acid at about 5-6 parts to 1. Will try less diluted. A bit scared that it is going to damage the pipe.

Thanks, doubt jetting will help, there is a massive stone like buildup

Hi guys, I have a drain outside of the house which is blocked by calcium buildup, have already tried standard unblockers with no luck. Is there anything stronger I can try to unblock it? Thanks,

Thank you guys, this gives me some idea. I needed a bulk sum, so I think £10k should be enough.

Hi Guys, Can somebody help please. Want to buy a three bed house 78sqm in a poor condition. Need to know an approximate price for redecorating. Excluding bathroom and kitchen, need to strip old wallpaper, skim the walls, paint the walls, ceilings, door, cills, etc. How mus would it...

Hi guys, I have a Bristan Kitchen Tap which says - minimum 1 bar. I have a gravity fed water system, so the pressure is about 0.5bar Will the Bristan tap work ok? I do not need anything special, as long as water flows slowly.

Thanks, running internally or inside is not an option.

The outdoors part is about 3.5-4 meters, feeding a kitchen tap in the attached garage extension.

Hi guys, Need to run a bit of mains water outside of the house. This will be above ground and will be very insulated. What type of plastic pipe is the best to use? What would you recommend for above ground outdoors mains water, MDPE, HPPE, HDPE, etc? Thanks,

Hi Guys, Doing an integral garage conversion, knocking down a wall and joining it to a small room with an existing radiator. (Small Room 5sqm, Garage 10sqm; new kitchen area 15sqm) Are there any specific Building Regs about the number of radiators per room? I want to leave one radiator, but...

Thank you guys, appreciate your help!

QUOTE="^woody^, post: 5165570, member: 37821"]DPC goes between the timber frame and the brick. As does the DPM. Thank you, So the bricks go directly on to the concrete garage floor, then DPC on top of the bricks and then the stud wall, correct? Do I need to put a bed of mortar on DPC before...

Hi guys, Doing an integral garage conversion. Separating the garage in the middle using a stud wall. Building Control asked for two courses of bricks first and then put the stud wall on top. Can you help to clarify please. - Do I lay DPC on the garage floor directly or build the first course...

Thank you, do you know if there are any specific requirements for the vent outlet? Can it go out anywhere I want (next to my neighbour's window for example) or does it have some requirements?

So if I built something like a stud wall on the floor, not sure what is the proper name for it (deck maybe) and insulate inside with 100 celotex, do I still need to ventilate it somehow? Even though I will have a DPM? Thanks,

Thank you for the detailed answer Do you mind me asking what did you do for the floors? I am thinking DPC to garage floor (concrete) Timber battens 100mm Celotex 100mm between timbers Chipboard panels on top And for the Vent, I will have a French door into the garden, do I still need a vent...