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I have no plans to sleep in it, although i may have no choice if i come home late drunk and the misses locks me out :(

I suggest you phone your local building control officer and have a chat with him/her. I am not a qualified electrician but I recently had an extension added to my home. I wired it all up myself, building control came round to inspect the cable runs before they were covered up, and then i had a...

I phoned planning today and i am ok as long as the max height of the shed is less than 2.5m. If its more than 2.5m then the shed has to be as least 2m from the boundary. Also the total area of any extensions and all out buildings must be less than half of the land around the original house

I live in an ex council house on a council estate so it look like i will be ok. Will check with planning to be sure Thanks

I have a 3 bed terraced home and have recently had a 4m extension added to the back. This has been finished and i have the final building regs approval. I currently have a 10ft by 8ft shed at the far end of the garden that has reached the end of its life and am looking at buying a bigger...

I have been in communication with your company today and am seriously considering buying the flooring from your company. Re butchers block, Anything that is free is nice but seriously, do you really think that a free butchers block (in other words a fancy chopping board) is going persuade...

i have had an extension adding to my terraced home. The sub floor has now dried and I am ready to buy some wood floor. We are going to put wood flooring in the extension and also in the existing living room/dining room. The dimensions of these room are 6.4m wide (widest part) and 7.5m (longest...

It has been discussed in another thread regard to the environment, cost etc. A single pendant with an energy saver bulb is very cheap to run, but they dont produce enough light. With my downlighters and wall uplighters i find my room is lit lovely So as long as you are prepared to pay the...

I disagree. Spotlights with some nice uplighters will light a room superbly. And if you get the spotlights that tilt you can highlight certain things in the room. I have 8 50w low voltage downlights in my 6mx4m extension with 5 uplighters on the wall. The room is well lit and is also adjustable...

Not being a gas fitter i can only guess that the black stuff (soot) in the pics shouldnt be there Any chance of a pic of what it should look like or a pic after it has been serviced properly!!!

I too find white gloss paints yellows far too quickly now. I have just had an extension added to my home and i am not going to paint the new woodwork (going to stain it) because white just doesnt stay white anymore. Cant see the point in painting it white only for it to turns a horrible yellow...

I think its an irrelevance whether i am self employed or not, but for the record i have been self employed all my working life since the age of 21. The point i was trying to make is that it is not neccessary to be abusive to the OP. If you think she is not going to find someone to fit the...

I feel some of you are being unneccesary abusive to the OP, there is no need to be abusive! She has the opinion that £350 to fit the kitchen is too expensive and she did ask what she could expect to pay. If you think £100 a day is not enough then just tell her that. You could of politely told...

This discussion could go on for ages and i doubt anyone would change their minds. Its been interesting but as far as i am concerned, i am going to have to agree to disagree with those of you who believe in man made climate change

The case for global warming is not proved, it is anecdotal, and i dont buy it. There is a lack of debate in the amongst scientist, politicians and the popular press for the case against global warming. Any person or organisation who dares to suggest global warming is questionable gets attacked...

Your 'proof' uses words like 'very likely', 'strong evidence' and 'probability' Hardly proof!!! And there has been a consensus like this before, it was when Darwin first announced his theory of evolution. He had to put a disclaimer on the first page because he was going against consensus...

I knew this would come up. Then it looks like i am as loony as people who believe the earth is flat then. The difference is the earth has been proved to be round (a slight elipse actually but near enough round) whereas the environmental case is not proved, it is anecdotal. In fact some...

I have a small stockpile of normal incandescants bulbs, i was just thinking ahead to when i cant get them anymore Halgoen incandescants is it when i run out. Bloody energy savers :evil:

The building control officer (and he is the head officer) said i didnt need part P electrics as long as he can see the cable runs and i get the electrics tested to a british standard. He is the man who knows and was the one who says whether the electrics are ok to get the extension signed off...

I have just had an extension put on my home and i had a builder do the same as you, shell only and water tight. You can install the electrics yourself, but the building control officer must see the cable runs before you cover them up and you must have the electrics tested by a qualified...