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Hi all, very simple question. I am about to start landscaping the surrounds of my house, with a view to lay about 50m2 of patio surrounding the house to help drain water away from the footings, which, due to the age and original use of the property, has no damp proof course. At present, I have...

Got our TT earth down from, well, probably infinity seeing as the last clown living at the property disabled the earth to 7 ohms, this was after I had installed around 50m of earthed trunking through the property and had installed another earth spike for our attached granny annexe (which is...

point taken, we now store the wood in an alcove to the left of the hearth. to be fair, the wood was sopping and were trying to get to a level of dryness. We soon learned it wasnt a good idea to stack next to the stove and we no longer do this :mrgreen:

Ahh the union is back! I have already said its a compliant install, including required ventilation and CO detector. And if its regularly swept, what is the chance of a chimney fire? want to tell me how a well swept stainless flue can spontaneously combust?

I did. Alas I refused to get ripped off. The 700 quote above is fairly reasonable bearing in mind the cost of materials

Thank you all! Just need to find a decent router, table and pellet cutter and hopefully I can get the 20 sills installed in a week! Unfortunately, due to the age of the prop, I am going to have to cut each one to shape individually, no straight walls, some are deeper at one side than the other...

Hi all, very quick question, I am about to order a load of window boards in 22mm planed all round 1st quality Oak. ALL of the sawmills and timber places I have spoke to have reassured me I wont have to rip them up and biccy joint to prevent warpage. Some of the boards are 260mm wide, I am...

We got one of these bad boys, http://www.mitsubishi-dehumidifiers.co.uk/contents/en-uk/d39_mitsubishi-mje16vx-dehumidifier.html installed tile vents and a bathroom extractor and problem pretty much disappeared. No matter how annoying, you do have to open your windows and doors to...

I had this problem. Like others said, I filled with bonding then raked out about 5mm once the bonding was going off. I then skimmed on top of the bonding once it was nearly dry, using dilute PVA on the old plaster to try and give a better join. Use a bit of water spray on the dry wall if you...

Surprised no-one has insisted it needs wiring in 4 mil yet.

HETAS registered Sweep actually. And I could do it, but for 25 notes a chimney its not worth it, certainly not worth the cost of a decent set of brushes and a hoover attachment. Plus, cleaning seems to take far more skill than installing the thing! 25 quid, now I that I consider to be fair...

Hi all, managed my first winter without plagues, locusts any death of the firstborn son. Just had chimney inspected and swept, with no comments about the standard of workmanship on install.

Hi all, searched for this unfortunately couldnt find a quick answer. I am lookingto tile my conservatory floor in either Honed or riven slate floor tiles (topps have some good deals on at the mo). I am unsure as this is my first floor tiling project whether 30X30 tiles are going to look odd in...

400 max, bearing in mind I have decent sparks and plumbers locally who work for 200 a day despite the costs mentioned above. This is assuming its a full days work (it wasnt) and you need 2 people to do the install. I didnt, and I wouldnt expect to have to pay someone qualified persons wages to...

Its a simple question. I undertook this work fully understAnding the requirements. Im not easily scared by idle threats. so tell me, what exactly would the bco inspect if i paid my 150 quid and what other than a piece of paperwork would I have in return?

and what exactly can the bco check bearing in mind the flue is sealed and filled with lica?

How will the bco be able to certify the quality of liner and of the joints since it is sealed and no bco I know will go up on the roof? Or, is this just another means of extracting 150 quid out of my pocket to fund some outreach facilitators wage down the council? As for paperwork, we wont...

more nonsense from trade triying to do their best to slur decent diy work. if it was noncomliant, why not tell me which reg it breaches? or are you just trying to put the frighteners on DIYers who may figure out how easy this work is? So, there have been prosecutions have there? you would...

Of the work I originally wanted, replacement of a register plate in a brick flue which had been checked for leaks by a registered sweep, the 4 installers contacted, one said they would get back, the other three claimed "it was against the regs" (it isnt), and would only replace the register...

Ok, show me the links to prosecutions where installations were compliant please.