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thanks for that. it would just be for background lighting, would make sure that there is enough task light in the kitchen area.

We are planning an extension to our small kitchen to make a dining kitchen/family room and rather than have the bog standard pendant and spot light fittings, was thinking of usng LED lighting in some places. I have googled it and whilst there are lots of sources of info, still not sure if it...

We are planning to build an extension later this year, which has a "wall" of glass. The drawings show 2 sets of double doors with a fixed glazed panel between in an opening which is 3.8M long by 2.1M high. Its not very inspiring so have been trying to think of other door formats? Have...

We have a downstairs WC which is a very small room with limited room apart from the circulation space required when visiting. Its cold and currently unheated - the floor is tiled over a suspended timber floor and is on an outside wall of the house so does get cold. I have access to under the...

We are planning an extension to our kitchen to create a family type room and were thinking of a wood burning stove in a corner of the new room. It will have a flat roof (possible zinc) and due to the height of the garden, will effecting have the lawn just under window level (at least in the...

I didn't - laziness! I am in the Zone 3 and the 1.2m height is slighhtly higher than it will be and it will be built will piers and is also semi sheltered so 1 brick thick should be okay - the reason the previous wall came down was through lack of maintenance by the previous owner, you could...

I'm replacing a brick wall that was blown down a few weeks ago in the high winds, although it was fairly knackered (mortar beds were completely gone and would crumble) so should be okay on the planning front as it is exactly the same height

not sure I follow - what do you mean by a 4" wall not being enough? One of the brick calculator websites did come up with c. 2,400 bricks required!

Need to have a garden wall rebuilt and have been online looking at brick calculators but had varied results. The wall will be 15 metres long by 1.4 metres high, single skin with piers. the results from various calculators vary from 1,250 upto 2,400 although the c. 1,250 is the more common...

I need to paint a pine door, which will be the external pedestrian door to my garage. It will be sheltered from direct weather but will obviously be outside in the elements. I want to finish it in gloss paint but should I (can I?) be putting a perservative/cresote on as a base coat?

Seem to have little creatures crawling about a bare plaster wall! They are very small, less than a mm and pale white and leave a little wet streak when I squash them! I noticed them a while ago and always squash them but they keep reappearing? We did have some damp on this wall but...

Doesn't really fit on the software forum but thought someone might be able to help! Trying to set up a tiscali email address on a samsung galaxy s phone but cannot get past the page to set up the incoming server settings. Have looked at couple of online forums and have tried the various...

holmslaw thanks, hadn't considered insulating the external wall - I assume you mean on the internal side :? given space is at a premium as the wc is already small, what would be the "slimmest" way of insulating the wall? Also, would I need to include a vapour barrier or something to...

thing is it has never been heated and have no problems for the past 6/7 years with moldy smells. we had a damp patch on the inside fot eh external wall due to guttering coming off the roof, but this is all fixed and the damp patch completely dried out - the damp surveyor couldnt get any real...

cheers for that. it was actually a damp company that advised this. we have an issue with a moldy smell, although no sign of damp and no cause and as there is currently no ventilation in the wc and its not heated, the assumption was that warm air is being drawn to the wc from the rest of...

Need to have a bathroom extraction fan installed and have been advised that it should be a humidistat controlled one. It is actually for a wc rather than a full bathroom. I will have an electrician fit it but jut want to understand what will be required? Does the fan need an isolation...

Excellent :D Will need to get your company details although I know your ot meant to advertise :wink:

thanks hardmetalking - need to calculate the area but it sounds as though, from your previous post, that zinc isnt overly expensive - i am sure my total roof area is less than 18 sq m. any chance you do work in central scotland?!!

We are planning a kitchen extension early next year, which will have a flat roof but we will retain a small pitched roof over the existing, small kitchen. Our plans show a couple of velux windows installed into the existing pitched roof but I was wondering if anyone had alternatives? I am...

Dont mean to hi jack post in anyway, but have been considering using Colorcoat Urban for a similar extension - this is a prefinished steel roofing system. Hardmetalking - have you ever used this? I am just at the stage of getting the job priced and had previously thought of using a single...