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Its crazy how easy it is to think like a domesticated citizen of the UK that my our existence is the status quo of the world, but that thought just gets topled every time i hear stories like this!! My brother in law works at the high end of security at keeping the oil fields and workers in...

Not sure about how your fire surround is fixed but i think drilling a 50mm core bit hole in the chimmey would be fine, leave the plaster in place this will help the core remain a core.... and just take it very steady as you exit inside to avoid to much brick burst! hope that may help Russ

I have just had validated my planning application for a detached garage, I live along a main trunk road, the house is set back some 18 Metres, the garage which is to the right hand side of the house will have the drive access leading between them, the building line of the garge is road side of...

hi Not sure how you are progressing but thought i would offer my two penneth worth!, you say it is an existing room that as floor ceilings powerpoints and fenestration, it seems the access loft ladder and the loft hatch is the only thing that is affecting your thinking in that you have a 2...

Hi Have a query and are looking for guidance? I have a wooden floor which is sound in level but a bit ugly, I plan to overlay this with a tongue and groove timber flooring, planning to remove skirtings, to not worry about raising the height as overlaying will result in, but my big question is do...

I have enlisted a plasterer to Krend my gable end.. its blockwork and he is talking about a scratch coat and then a top coat. my local builders merchant will only allow me to purchase larger than required quantaties of K rend, but offer Weberend as an alternative, this seems like an ok but as...

Not sure if this should be here or in the plastering section, but i am doing up the external to my house and the paintwork on the render is relatively solid, however i can scrape it of were ther are cracks in the paint, this is quite random, if i know apply paint over the walls i will have a...

just a thought!! is this maybe covered by your buildings insurance??

Just about finished my dormer!! said i would post when done, quite happy with result..in paticular the way i dealt with the corners... I wanted to have an equal dimension so resorted to what i can only call floating vertical timbers..its a good detail that i would use again, happy to explain to...

Hi Have just realised that the first picture you posted was the CCTV inside the pipe showing the chamber, thought it was looking down from above.. apologies... I tend to agree and think first thing i would do is dig up floor and see whats going on, you say everything is working ok with the...

Time for my Twopenneth worth!! You mentioned you had a rubber bung!! this is part of a drain testing kit, by another bung a few tubes and a u tube and you could undertake an air test, from the Manhole internal manhole to the downside existing manhole.. obviously you need to have a period of...

Hi Andy Heres my advice if you want it. You will probably need 100 mm of good quality concrete for the hardstanding, equally important with concrete slabs is the ground beneath that is bearing the slab.. a specified job for a driveway could easily be 1.Excavate 250mm below finished surface...

ok, looks like its a 40 Amp MCB, will get the work certified, this is a requirement by the housing association.

well this is why I post! do i need to fit a 40A MCB?? other historical posts have differing advice.

Thank you Taylor answer to your queries, MCB, and yes circuit protected by RCD

I have searched and read many threads relating to this topic but thought its worth a new post. currently overseeing and helping a freind fit an 8KW triton shower, have 6mm twin and earth cable approx 6m from fuseboard clipped to surface generally and lyin flat accross joists (insulation...

Hopefully may have some opininions that will assist me. Am currently installing a shower for a freind, its in a housing association premises. I am installing an electric shower, I need a cold supply!, convienietly the bathroom wall that i am fitting shower to backs onto the airing...

Thanks Woody, the dormer itself was an afterthought when i got to 1st floor level of my 2 storey extension that is on side of house, (plannners approved) the dormer itself is to create a en-suite in the new bedroom, the bay window idea is for two reasons, 1. the view from the window is fantastic...

Yep, agreed!! silly me!!

cheers woody behind the scenes i am paying a lot of attention to waterproofing, the vertical corner junctions have been formed with a 2 x 2 oak floating on brackets with a hi build vertical DPC with a welted edge to channel any ingress back and down to the double lead upstand at the pitched...