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I went into the loft at the weekend to check out whether I could find where my roof is leaking. When I opened the hatch lots of flies came out. I'm wondering whether there is a dead bird/animal in there or whether flies sometimes make a nest. Presumably they need something to feed on. Are there...

Thanks. I do realise I need building regs approval, I'm trying to ascertain whether building the extension over an area where I know the drains run is going to lead to expensive complications. I don't understand the comment about footings needing to be 1000mm and the concrete 250mm thick and...

Is that over the odds? I don't know what the going rate is!

Can anybody advise how deep the footings need to be on a single storey extension, which will be the size of a cloakroom. The footings will be over an area where my drains are already laid and I want to check how much soil is needed above to prevent them collapsing. Is there a building regs...

He came back with a quote of £280 + VAT and said it will take a day. It's not the valley he said needs replacing but zinc under the edges of the tiles next to the chimney. Do this sound right? the quote sounds reasonable to me and I'm presuming he won't put up scaffolding for this price.

I have an existing staircase from the 1st to the 2nd floor which I want to alter. In order to create more space on the 1st floor for an en suite I want to install a winder staircase like this one - http://www.staircases.org/Assets/staircase_layouts/SW3W36N3D.pdf What I am struggling with...

We have a roof leak in the top floor bedroom of our house. The room is in the eaves and the top of the chimney breast is damp on the inside walls. We had a builder come round to investigate, he is apparently going to send us a quote. He said it was the flashing around the chimney stack and a...

I need to relocate my boiler and hot water cylinder which are currently located in a utility room adjacent to the kitchen. We intend to knock through to create a larger kitchen. The options we are considering are as follows - 1. keep the current potterton kingfisher boiler in its current...

I would like to reposition a wall light that is already wired in and working. The cable coming out of the wall is in the wrong position. Unfortunately there is not enought cable to connect to where I want to reposition the light. I don't want to have to dig out the cable as I have just had the...

Thanks, does that mean 2m from the whole of each step? how does that work for a winding staircase?

I didn't try again folks, Woodulike came to the rescue and did a great job! I now have a parquet floor that looks as if it's always been there, which is what I wanted. It's not perfect, but it looks right for the house. Not sure if I could go through this hassle again in another room, a new...

I'm looking to change the staircase in my house. The staircase in question is from the first to top floor in a three storey house. It's currently a normal staircase spanning the width of the house, I'd like to double the staircase back on itself to improve the layout. I'll be getting a caprenter...

Thanks woodulike. I shall try again!

So here's my update. I started with my first line at the weekend. I made my v shaped batten to secure the first two blocks and laid a few blocks. So far so good. Then the next day, I carried on with this first row but by the time I got to the other wall, tapping in new blocks was causing the...

Thanks guys. I mimagine it must be easier with slabs which are very heavy, my problem is that the blocks come out of place when the blocks behind are added. Now I'm intending to fix perpendicular battens to end of my first row and then tap in a single row (two blocks) of the herringbone...

Thanks Woodyou like. Is this your business? Had I been able to find new parquet blocks I might have bought these instead of reclaimed, although I hope to get a more interesting floor this way. The cleaning has been a nightmare (I wanted to retain the tongue and grooves). I am generally...

I'd be grateful for some advice on laying parquet flooring in a herringbone pattern please from someone who has done this before. I've bought and cleaned 20m2 of oak T&G blocks, which are 2.75" by 10". The floor is concrete and dead level. I've bought my adhesive, Lecol 5500. After having...

Try Lassco, a reclamation yard that sells many different types of old parquet flooring. www.lassco.co.uk