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The electric ones have the wands that do extend downwards, although not all go in to the bowl. The expensive ones are WRAS approved but a lot of the more reasonably priced ones need a valve attached because they are imported from elsewhere and aren't specifically for the UK.

We are having a dormer extension built with the builders starting on site in the next couple of weeks. One of the rooms in the dormer will be a new bathroom to replace the tiny one we have currently and my wife is trying to plan where everything can go. We want an electric bidet toilet and I'm...

I've got it set up with 8 zones, all wired devices.

We currently have a texecom premier elite alarm that I installed myself about 5 years ago. After setting it up I've not really had to touch it, I think I've still got the cd somewhere and I definitely have all the codes written down. Currently the control panel is in the loft but we are going...

Father in law has a really small fireplace that's been removed leaving bare brick. I was going to stick some board over it and put in a small vent for airflow. He's got a plasterer coming next month to skim the ceiling and he's agreed to skim the plasterboard over the fire at the same time...

I've got plans in with the local authority and should have a decision in the next couple of weeks but I'm really struggling to find anyone to build the thing. I asked for recommendations from neighbours who had similar things built, contacted several local companies I found on the FMB website...

Apparently it's permitted development (loft dormer) so maybe that is why? It says building regs on it and details dimensions, joists, lintel, wall construction, steel sizes etc.

We commissioned an architect for some extension plans in mid July and the agreement was half of the payment up front and half on signing off the plans. He sent me the drawings and building regs plan about 3 weeks ago and we had a discussion by email about a few minor things. He didn't have the...

Theirs is being done by the builder the architect recommended, I'd want more than one quote for it given the price

A house that backs on to our garden started building a full length dormer extension about 5 weeks ago. This gave us some ideas and we've got an architect drawing up plans for us now, I had a few questions that I was hoping to find answers to. Finding a builder - The architect has estimated the...

The outside is a thick decorative wooden beam, the lintel is the other side of this. It's single story and the roof overhangs both.

There's nothing obvious, I'm assuming it is bedded on something though. Because of the design of the door there's no water that gets to the lintel so I don't think rainwater would get to it?

My front door is a standard UPVC job, fitted well before we moved in. The opening it sits in is about 2.2m wide with two sidelights either side of the main door. Currently when you open and close the door the whole thing shakes, I assume because it's fixed at either end into the wall but has no...

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The lamp is on a socket ring rather than a lighting ring. I've not noticed anything wrong with anything else.

About a week ago I noticed the lamp in our living room randomly dimming (plugged in to a standard wall socket). It's got a halogen bulb and was quite cheap so I assumed it was on the way out and made a note to get a new bulb. Last night I noticed the led bulbs in the ceiling lights flickering...

I managed to find a detail drawing of how this junction should look online. They are supposed to have taken out the existing arrangement as filled the gap with a thinner insulation board and then installed flashing over the top. What annoys me is that the council inspected it several times and...

I've got some more detailed photos. I originally described this as an extension because it looks like one but actually the houses were all built like this so I can see several neighbours for reference. The guttering seems too close to the bottom of the tile which is distorting it and the end...

The work was done in early 2016 but we only recently noticed the problem because we redecorated that room (it wasn't showing through the many layers of gloss paint on top of wallpaper). The firm that installed the insulation went out of business about 6 months later. The insurance company...

Would love to but they went bust quite shortly after it was done and the company providing the guarantee didn't last much longer than that.