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I have a 180mm step from my drive to the front entrance door threshold. This is not big enough to split into a 2nd step but I want to have a defined area for the door as if a step were there. This will be done using 3 stone slabs. Currently there is a type 1 sub base down so I plan to dig this...

I want to install a stone hearth on top of the original concrete base. I have a load of cementitious tile adhesive left over. Can i use this to bed the slabs or is a sand/cement better. A wood burner will be sat on top.

I plan to give that a go tomorrow. There are just a few noticeablr ones left now.

I have my engineered oak flooring laid which needs oiling to seal and finish it. The dog despite being told not to has managed to slobber water on areas of it that have left water marks. I am considering going over the entire floor with a steam cleaner before oiling in the hope that it will lift...

Tiled originally

Would the BCO class it as a superimposed hearth if it is sat onto the original concrete base?

25mm thick. I was worried a bit about tolerances and being left with a small gap hence the minor overhang.

I have looked into the regs and the hearth must sit 300mm in front of the burner and 150mm to each side. This is what i have allowed for. Just waiting fro the stone to be cut which wont be until weeks after the timber is planned to go down.

This is what i am thinking. So basically the hearth would overhang the timber by 20-30mm something like that.

I have not yet installed a hearth to the fireplace but am about to lay the engineered timber flooring to the room. The fireplace is due to have a wood burner in it. How should i finish the timber. Someone suggested laying the timber everywhere and then installing a hearth on top to the fire...

Cheers. Thought that may be the case. Will leave them on the ground and hope for the best

Hi what is the normal practice for electrical cables to the ground floor of a house. Is it OK for cables to lay on the floor/oversite or should they be clipped to the underside of joists. I am thinking more in regards to potential mice nibbling on them. I hope we don't ever get mice under...

Not yet unfortunately.

I am constructing some steps that will go from my deck down to the garden. The drop is about 400mm and I plan to have this in 2 steps (possibly 3 if the drop is slightly greater). Rather than mess about with some form of timber structure I am thinking if forming them in blockwork and then mass...

I have a single roof tile exhaust point with 2 bathrooms located next to each other. I plan to link the 2 via a Y connector so that both exhaust through the roof tile. In reality both bathrooms will rarely be used at the same time but it is possible. The extract units will be located in the...

I had planned on doubling them bolting 2nr 4x2 together. Will that be sufficient or should I bolt a 3rd? Is there any benefit in increasing timbers to 5x2 or 6x2 if the existing is all imperial 4x2 Also are the additional timbers shown in green required or a waste of time

Thanks Flameport. So just loop the stat in between the 2 port valve and control centre via terminal 1 and 2. I got a 16A circuit for the immersion linked water heater switch on the landing then to a fused spur which i had planned to connect the immersion to. So does this need changing to a 20A...

Traditional roof as below

The plumber has temporarily wired up my central heating system to give me hot water and heating. He has wired an S-Plan system as requested but i have noticed he hasn't ran the hot water via the cylinder thermostat so at the moment the boiler heats the water I the cylinder when the programmer...

Hi I want to install a new loft hatch over the next few days. Its bigger than the existing and I want to move it slightly. Is the below the correct way to go about it and is sistering a new timber to the existing as shown required?