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Hi All, I had a blocked drain which was rainwater from the roof which was an old clay pipe I pulled out a hand full of roots from it but soon realised it was blocked further. To which I then dug down and removed the first clay section of pipe which was full of Roots (Ive attached some tree root...

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Afternoon All We are currently are having plans drawn up to replace our single storey garage extension with a double height extension. The current garage will need to come down as its only single skin. The new extension will sit on the same size plot as the current but obviously will need new...

Hi All This has probably been asked before but I've tried searching and have had no joy. After having some building work done earlier in the year my garden was dug up and hardcore laid and type 1 over the top this was compacted with a wacker plate. This was a few months or so ago now and my...

So today ive had a heating engineer out to find out why now ive put the heating on some of the radiators are cold. After spending a while trying to balance the rads etc he has said that the system needs a bigger heating pump in the airing cuboard. So the heating system has had a lot of strain...

The old toilet was pushed into this with no connector

The soil pipe is grey plastic and the toilet was pushed into a branch t piece. the soil pipe runs alongside the inside wall in boxing so there is no space to move it back as its already flush to the wall.

Hi All I have just pulled out the toilet in my bathroom upstairs and the toilet was just pushed straight into the soil stack with no pan connector. I am replacing the toilet with a new one and am thinking although the old toilet never leaked will the new one leak if I just push it straight into...

Hi All, So I've purchased a Drayton Wiser 2 Channel system to work with my boiler and Cylinder system. Ive taken out my old thermostat cables in the airing cupboard and linked them across as the guy in the plumb shop told me as its got a smart stat. Now I've put on the new Drayton hub to where...

Can anyone advise what kind of wall bracket or fixing this radiator will require as I got given them but they have no brackets or mounts? Thanks

I have had a quote for EPS injection into my floor at £25 per sqm at thickness of 350mm is this a good price?

OK thanks I just need to know if the blocks in the floor are some sort of insulated block type lol they measure 21inches across by 24Inches they appear to be quite soft as in I can dig a screwdriver into them.

My block and beam floor is now the Bain of my life lol. So we found no insulation in the construction and only 40mm screed over of the block and beams. So now I'm looking at a couple of exposed blocks and they are bigger than the normal block in block and beam. The blocks appear to measure...

I have 350mm gap underneath the block and beam floor the ground is hard and feels like compacted type 1/concrete. I can get underneath the whole floor If I were to insulate the floor from underneath with 150mm Celtoex boards and seal up all the joints so it would provide a complete sealed area...

Can anyone advise my house was built in 2000 and I'm in the process of having a rear extension built today the builders have started to construct a pad stone for a Steel Column to sit on. Down so they have broken through the old block and beam floor and to my Surprise and my builder the Floor...

So my extension has a part vaulted ceiling which requires insulating. Going from the drawings the ceiling was to have 100mm insulation boards between the rafters which are 147mm x 47mm C24, then another layer of 60mm insulation over that to get the U value. Now I have been able to source some...

Please see the link below for screw fix. Im trying to buy just the head for my French doors. I can't seem to find this online anywhere other than screwfix any help of where to buy or links would be great full...

All we are having an extension done taking the rear of the house from an L Shape to a box. The builder is laying a block and beam floor as the rest of the house has this too. Do the beams of the block and beam floor sit on the existing walls that are to be removed or does this also need a new...

I recently has a SE come out that my builder recommended he charged me £375 which included one calculation(beam) also a size visit. He then was £75 each one after that