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Can't see any reason why this would not be allowed under planning rules unless it was converted to flats recently. If it was then the permission granted is likely to be based on the approved plans so you could not then add extra bedrooms without getting it approved again. Best to get a lawful...

Hello I have an engineered oak oiled floor. Its a distressed cognac look. Its about 9 months old. I cleaned it with Pledge wood floor cleaner but it was obviously the wrong product as it really dried out the wood. I want to re oil but which is the best oil to use? I have heard...

Hello, Just started laying some oiled distressed engineered oak. Some of the edges have quite a few splinters in them. Is this normal for distressed oak? They look great but not sure if I'm going to be forever getting splinters in my feet. The wood is quite dark so not sure if I rub...

Hello I am about to lay my new floor. Engineered oak flooring. 20mm thick with ply backing. 170mm x 2100mm planks. I've got a concrete floor. Had it professionally levelled and treated with Sika rapid DPM. Am I best to glue the floor down or float it. I have fitted a few floating floors...

I want to float some 15mm engineered oak on a solid concrete floor. I would like to lay an underlay to reduce the chill on the floor. I assume most will use Timbermate excel or similar but surely a 3mm thick underlay will not make much difference ? I am considering using 10mm Alveolit or...

I design lofts and extensions for a living. There are two correct ways to do this. 1. The tiles and felt will need to be stripped off. Replace the felt with Tyvek or similar breathable membrane and then refit the tiles. Any moisture will escape through the membrane. 2. You need to...

Planning to lay a Kahrs Linnea floor to my lounge/kitchen. It will only be down for about 3 years as I plan to extend the house then so don't want to pay too much for a decent floor now. Does anyone have any experience with Kahrs Linnea? Does it damage easily? Does it look fairly convincing...

Planning to lay a Kahrs Linnea floor to my lounge/kitchen. It will only be down for about 3 years as I plan to extend the house then so don't want to pay too much for a decent floor now. Does anyone have any experience with Kahrs Linnea? Does it damage easily? Does it look fairly convincing...

Hello. Went for a Gledhill Condencyl 166litre in the end. Was by far the cheapest brand and have had no problems. Only issue was that it had a 22mm compression fitting on the top so couldnt fit a surrey flange. I installed it with the 45 degree tree as the thread showed. Never had a problem with...

Hello, Planning to lay an oak floor in the lounge but the house has solid uninsulated concrete floors. The existing laminate is quite cold under foot so want to try and avoid this problem. I dont want to chance underfloor heating and I cannot lay conventional insulation as the raised levels...

Hello, Carrying out some alterations to my heating installation and would like some advice on pipe sizes. Currently have 28mm for the first 2m from the boiler, then everything else is in 22mm apart from the 15mm tails. Boiler is about 5m pipe run away from the HWC/pump etc. How far should...

The man in the plumbers merchant said that a 3/4 inch BSP fitting will not go onto the 19mm compression fitting on the top of the tank so I dont think a york flange will work either.

System - Vented indirect HWC. 2bar twin shower pump. One bathroom. In the middle of moving a HWC and installing a shower pump but have a problem with the surrey flange. The cylinder only has a compression fitting at the hot water outlet - a threaded stem welded to the tank with a nut and...

Hello. About to order an indirect vented hot water cylinder and decided to go for a high recovery type. Not sure which size to get. Only one bathroom but I have a large 1800x800 bath. The CentreCyl looks good but the largest they do is 120 litre which is surely not enough. Range Ultracal are...

Fitted a crosswater exafill to my last bathroom and even with a 2bar pump it took for ever to fill a bath. I reckon one of the reasons is that it only had a 15 mm connection. Can anyone recommend a fast filling exafill. I expect the hansgrohe one is good but would rather not have to fork out...

Hello. About to choose a pump for my new bathroom. It will be feeding one shower through a 150mm Raindance Air shower head. No body jets. Will be getting Stuart Turner Monsoon or Salamander RSP pump. I can't decide whether to get the 2 bar or 3 bar. Its got to be a good powerful shower so...

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Thanks for your quick reply. I did read the guidelines but foolishly decided to ignore them to avoid taking the floors up in my newly decorated house. My new house is in pieces anyway so I will make sure its done properly this time. I plan to use a sussex flange on the HWC with a dedicated...

Hello. I installed a salamander rsp75 2.2bar shower pump to my last house. It is a conventional gravity feed system. HWC & bathroom on first floor. Cold tank in the loft. Pump only feeding the shower/bath. Rather than take the house to pieces I just put the pump under the bath on the original...