I'm going to rebuild my 5.2m wide by 4.7m deep garage in blocks. Planning to support the rafters of the new shallowish pitch roof with a purlin at...
Used scaffold boards would look rubbish, and new scaffold boards would shrink hugely after you had put them up. I made a garden table top from...
If Labour had won the election, we'd now have a government that believed its role was to intervene, rather than to dither about and leave it to...
And don't be misled by the word "self" in "self-levelling compound"
I've just watched a new estate of near-identical boxes going up (detached houses rammed in a foot apart). Every tiny area that would be covered by...
No, if you don't want your timber frame to rot, it should be clear of the ground
Yes. The timber frame needs to be at least 6 inches above ground level
Short answer is yes. Build the frame in blocks and add a DPC on top
Sounds like the works are complete. If they are finished they are complete. Which is when any clock for building control or planning enforcement...
Study Part J. The distance is reduced if you can put a heat shield with air gap between the flue and the combustibles. Maybe you could move the...
Enforcement is only possible for 12 months after the completion of the works. BC might refuse to sign it off, but what action could they take...
This is well outside the period when enforcement action is possible. If it can be shown when the work was done, then Building Control don't have...
Twin wall would do it; alternatively move the beam further up. A lot of the beams you see in pictures of installations are actually made from...
The cupboard is small and at floor level; it houses the above and incoming gas. So it's always cold in there because the doors are shut and there...
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My father has moved into a 1930s bungalow with cavity walls. Indoors, there is considerable damp low down on some walls. Outside, a concrete path...
My father's new house has an internal cupboard containing the rising main, stop cock and water meter. There is loads of condensation on the pipes,...
There's onyl one solution to a uPVC conservatory, especially a botch job. When I cut down the one I bought with my house, the frame was full of water.
Don't even think about it, it will look horrible
Knock down the outbuilding when she's away and deny all knowledge
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