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I want to build a patio that comes level with the door ledge of my bi-folding doors so that we can step in and out of the house without much of a step up or down. Is there a way of doing this without interferring with the DPC? I've attached a picture of the back door and hardcore already laid...

I understand for Sky multiroom you have to have each box connected to a phone line, even if this is on the other side of the house. Do you have to have a phone line connected to each box with the Virgin multiroom system?

Until recently when I moved my main TV from one room to another I had my Sky HD box feeding a second TV in the master bedroom. Everything was working well. Then I moved the main TV and satelite box to another room and now we can't get a signal let alone picture on the Tv in the bedroom whixh is...

Hello I have recently noticed a foul smell in the bathroom. The loo flushes the bath and shower drain and there don't appear to be any blockages so I checked the manhole outside the bathroom and some faeces were still in the chamber. When I flushed the loo and watched what happened, water...

We have recently had work done on our house which included a full re-render of the property as required by planning. The render was completed in January and since then we have been in dispute with the builder over the cracks that have appeared in several sections of render. These cracks aren't...

What is the best (easiest for a layman) to remove old and cracked render. I have recently bought a house with areas of old cracked render and I want to remove it and get it re-rendered. I assume it is just a hammer and bolster and hack away at it. But has anyone any good tips for doing the job...

Building work finished on my bungalow in January 2012 and around that time the builder completed smooth render on the whole bungalow. Since then areas of render have cracked like mosaics or flaked and peeled off. The builder said this was caused because we hadn't painted it quickly enough. I'm...

I'm not sure if I'm in the right place but it is a sort of gardening question. We have recently bought a property with a large hedge in the back garden which forms part of the boundary between us and the neighbour. At each end of the hedge is a wooden fence. The hedge is at least a metre proud...

I have a problem with wet areas jn my garden and have been told that i could reduce the problem by rotavating a ton of pea grave into the ground. the garden area is about 12m by 8m. has anyone done this and does it work?[/u][/list]

I have a room which is about 10' by 18' that has a chimney (class A) that we want to put a gas fire in. Can anyone tell me if we have to put one or more air bricks in the room and what size they have to be? What do building regs require? Would we need an air brick if we put in a log burner...

Hello I have a new build and my builder tells me that the windows they have installed aren't covered by FENSA. Instead they will be signed off and approval held by the local council. My query is what comeback do I have if I'm not happy with the quality of the finished and installed windows...

I am considering installing wet under floor heating in a bungalow I'm modernising. I have spoken to different people about the type of boiler that is most efficient in terms of heat production (central heating and hit water) and get differing views. Some advocate a combi boiler others a...

Does anyone have any experience of odour eating paint? I saw it on Grand Designs and thought it would be good to put on the walls of a new kitchen/diner extension we're building. Just wondered if it worked in reducing cooking smells.

Hello I have applied for planning permission to put a small extension on the front of my house. As is normal the parish council are consulted by the district council planners. My neighbour has challenged the accuracy of the site plan (which is the ordnance survey map). The parish council has...

Hello I am about to move out of my house while builders move in and modernise the whole house. Part of that work is installing a new central heating system. To save money I want to remove the old system - radiators, copper piping and tank - and sell the metal for scrap. I am thinking that I...

Hello We are finally about to start building work on a extension under permitted development. The builder asked me whether our rainwater drains into the public drains or if we have a soakaway. I told him I thought it went into the drains. Later that day I was speaking to my neighbour, who...

Following on from my earlier post about PD. We submitted plans and a PD checklist which we believed our plans conformed to a planner who had previously said he was happy to look at as many drawings as we cared to submit for opinion. After having our PD request for two weeks he has now said he...

Hello We have submitted plans to the LA to extend the rear of our bungalow including roof which will make a habitable space. The plans are borderline PD but on advice of our builder we submitted a planning application. Early indications were that the plans would be approved but then at the...