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Hi all Plumbers are hard to get hold of at the moment and they don't see to want to commit to a job so forced into doing this myself I have three new radiators to hang 2 are in new positions to free up wall space and one is almost the same position Its just a query around pipe sizing - at the...

Thanks dude - we havnt even picked tiles yet to be honest and need to get space in house - we really cant move now the cabinets are here so they have to go in now - Theres only water going to the kiitchen island so may put a water sensor on the floor in there just in case (you got me thinking) -...

Hi all About to start installing new kitchen and just planning things out. I see the height from the floor to the top of the cabinet should be about 890mm We are planning on tiling after the kitchen has gone in too... Ive read the pros and cons of both and as the house is in a complete mess I...

Hi all Ive take up really old vinyl floor tiles that were here when we moved in (in the kitchen) - god knows how longs theyve been there. The tile came up ok but left a glue type substance on the the original tile underneath from when the house was built im guessing I need to level the floor...

Hi all I need to buy a new backdoor - im going with rockdoor again - the same as I did the front door about 2 years ago I have a 6.5mm drill bit but couldnt remember what size frame fixers are needed - I have a feeling they were slightly bigger say 7mm and 120mm long?? Can anyone advise...

Hi all / looking for any tips really Im about to have delivery of a Howdens kitchen and to save some cash plan on fitting myself with the help of my old man The units come pre-assembled anyway so cant see what the difficulty would be in fitting YET that is If we do have problems ill get...

Hi all Ive just had underfloor heating installed in new extension - the floor is now dry. Now the new supply pipes to the new underfloor heating are going through a trench in the older part of the kitchen to the manifold Im just wondering if these should be wrapped in some sort of foil wrap to...

Hi guys Ive relalised that my builder hasnt yet sorted out plumbing for the kitchen island in the extension we are having built at the moment Hes on holiday now for a week but hes been trying to manage things from holiday however Ive just thought and yeh the plumbing for the island hasnt been...

Timber floors with around 6inches maybe until the concrete raft

Yeh it's definitely 750mm on the outside for freezing but on the drawings they have it going into the property at 750mm too....then comming up once it's inside.....even then it has to be insulated by the looks of it When reading the Welsh water charges it appears but I'm not sure that Welsh...

Hi all We have some severe damp and wet rot we have discovered under the floorboards while decorating......we thought the cause was blocked air vents tbh but today we have found out that the floor is soaking wet near the lead pipe water mains ........we cant see any obvious leaks but surely the...

Hi all Does anybody know the rough cost of removing cavity wall insulation We found a damp problem that been caused by it - its basically stopped sub floor ventilation - and thinking its probably best to get the damn stuff out - but no idea on cost - looks a straight forward suck out :) Its a...

Hi again - right so been looking at other properties in the street and they all have air vents above internal floor level - 3 to the front of property and two at the side I think the way it works is that in the sub floor .... the inner brick is removed to allow the air in the cavity to vent...

Just had a look today - there are a few cavity vents in the front of house - 4 in total - all above the floor level - as with all the other properties in the street too So it looks like they are the vents for the underfloor as theres a brick removed below these vents in the sub floor too allow...

Yeh the cavity insulation could be the cause - where theres a gap for air to come in the underfloor brickwork - that was full of insulation - it was dry but still Yes Ive been looking at those telescopics - was going to possibly put two of them in the front room if there are no air bricks in...

Hi all Presently have a builder doing an extension on the back of house - the roof timbers have just started going in Anyway - today decided to take the laminate up in the existing property we have had in for ~8 years - we have a damp / condensation issue in the timber floor! There are a few...

Thanks guys - yeh I dont think the builder is fitting them afaik - hes gone to a local window installer who I have had windows off in the past so I think those boys will be installing just to give him less grief if anything goes wrong

We are in Swansea - yeh I think its a bit pricey too - I have another quote off a guy down here months ago which I kept and that was ~£3.3K with fitting up to 3.6m width and that was with3 doors - so Id expect that to be a bit more for an extra door as well so possibly around 4K maybe??? Thats...

Hi all Our builder has literally today just added the footings of the single storey extension we are having. Hes going at a hell of a pace to be fair and he said it wont be long before ordering bifolds He has down a price of I think it was £4.6k for spanning a width of ~3.6m possibly a bit...

Thanks for the responses all - yeh I know its not really for me to worry about all this but when you have one structural guy saying the lintel above the current door needs to be replaced and the you have another structural guy saying it doesn't ........it doesn't fill you with confidence! Im...