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Underpinning is a separate bill....not part of the £8000 underpinning is costing £1800 which i think is fair it just looks ****e!!!

Thanks for the helpful advice, i spoke to the foreman tonight as he has been doing all the work at my house today which is odd, i'm guessing they must have another big job or several jobs on at the moment as none of the usual group were here, he looked ****ed off to say the least but then i...

I dont believe there was a payment structure, The only contact was just a note referring back to the works to be carried out and a area for me to sign and date to agree for them to carry out the works stated. one copy for me one for them. But even so should there not be at least 50% of the...

Looking for assistance please I nipped home for my lunch and just received a letter from my builder asking for 50% of the money for works done so far, now i'm no idiot and know that there has no way been 50%of the works carried out and other than some concrete and re-bar for underpinning...

Will get some tonight and post as i'm at work at the moment.

Hi, Was wondering if anyone can help me i have just had a 10 meter long wall underpinned, obviously done in sections but now all the boarding is removed the underpinning looks really uneven where the section joins are, stepping in and out and some of them are bowed in a like arc where the...

Hi Was hoping some one in the building trade could give me rough idea of how much i can expect to pay for some rendering to a new area block wall that is 2.5m x 2.5m And how much it would cost to build a new block wall + foundations that is 5m long x 2m high x 200mm wide Thanks for...

Hi was wondering if this is complicated job or if i need professionals. i'm pretty competent but i have never really done any electrical work apart from moving the odd socket and wiring up a light I had my house rewired 4 years ago and at the time all my appliances where in the kitchen. we...

Hi all I was hoping someone could help me, i want to remove an outside toilet as its never been used and it takes up valuable space. Now i know i can remove the toilet and cap of the water supply that fills the cystern but what do i do where to waste outlet connects to the pipe for the sewer...

Hi all. I recently had a Macerator installed in my under stair cupboard. Now my daughter decided it would be a good idea to put a flushable wipe down the loo which jambed the macerator up....i called out the local saniflo engineer straight away, but it took ages for him to come out, but when...

Hi all. Just viewed a house today with the intention of putting an offer in. its down as a 2 bedroom house but the attic has been converted into a room with stair case ample head height velux windows in the roof. I'm just unclear why this is not classed a s a bedroom when its clearly been...

Hi Was hoping someone could tell me what i'm doing wrong. Out side the front of my property round the boundry at the front there is a small height wall with sandstone coping stones on top. These used to have the wrought iron railing fixed to them at one time pre war. Every year i go out i...

Hi, Finished grouting my porcelain tiles down stairs loo, on Friday just gone and cleaned them up just before i left for the weekend, They looked spot on whilst a bit damp came back yesterday and in the pits of the face of the tiles where the surface is uneven there's little lines of gout...

Hi, Was hoping for some kind advise of you pro's I've just bought some 225mm high Regency style skirting board and architrave to match in with the existing in my house which happens to be Victorian so skirting is massive My questions are these 1) non of my walls are square or...

So is it possible to take the tap apart and see what's failed....will it be obvious the part that needs replacing? Thanks