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Hi guys, As a result of an independent survey of my fathers ground floor and cellar the council has improved grant funding to carry out the substantial specification in the report. I have obtained one quote from the company suggested by the surveyor but need one other competitive quote. Can...

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In the case of the damp/timber survey I had to really push them to look into it as they were really reluctant because the council officer disregarded the condition of the cellar because they don't fund any work to uninhabited rooms (my argument was that the condition of the cellar joists and...

The way it works is that they project manage the whole grants application, necessary surveys, quotes, and the works, adding the 10% project management fee to the grant funding request (they were recommended by the council grant officer). More I think about it I'm inclined to get another...

Thats the written explanation we are waiting for! Changing the lead main pipe and damp / timber treatment in the celler. The spark was from a company from a vetted list of contractors of the Non=profit org project managing the grant application / project (for a % fee of the grant).

My parents don't have much option of having the rewiring done or not as the funding for some other major technically unrelated work (which really has to be carried out) is tied to agreeing to the electrical works. I'm just waiting for a written response from them for the reasons behind this...

The guy who came around was just a kid, Essentially he went to the fusebox in the cellar removed each fuse and went back upstairs and plugged in the socket tester to check the ring. He never opened up anything or look at the lighting circuit, done in 20 minutes! The wiring done in 1983 was...

They live in North London (large Victorian house), the £4500 figure was actually for rewiring the existing number of sockets which is more then 2 per room on average, I expect they will provide another lower quote pricing at the 2 sockets per rm average. Something on the lines of £75 per socket...

An electrical survey was done which recommends that the house is rewired with new consumer unit, no earth bonding on lighting, spurs of spurs, and a fusebox is being used, the new kitchen is not on its own separate ring, a new Combi boiler installed last year but I don't think on a separate...

Hi, We are getting rewiring of the house done shortly which is mainly being funded by our local authority, work being done by appointed company. They are only allowing two points per room (fair enough), what we would like to know is can the electrician insist that he be allowed to removed the...

Hi all, I'm getting my new extension externally insulated. My builder has bought the adhesive, render, mesh, insulation anchors already from Poland and it's up to me to find the polystyrene insulation here. I've found jablite external insulation board by Vencel, but all stockists I have...

But are they the same kind of product? because the best price I've got is for the Kingspan board at £12 per board (ex VAT / free delivery) Pars

Hi, Is there any real difference between Celotex Tuff-R GA3000 rigid boards and those by Kingspan such as T10 / TW55? My local merchants sell the Kingspan range which is much cheaper then any Celotex GA3000 I've seen online. We intend to mechanically fix them to a solid brick wall...

How much overal space would be taken up by having the studwork away from the wall? would it be pinned to the ceiling and floor joists?

Morning all, I'm considering options for internal insulation to two outside facing walls in my bedroom (external option ruled out). The walls are solid 9inch bricks with external cement render. One wall has had its plaster removed to the brick face, while the other has had cement render /...

"Personally ive never heard of PVA based adhesive unless you mean ready mixed." Any ready mixed suggestions? M

Hi all, Can anyone suggest where I can buy or name any wallpaper adhesives (URL links appreciated) that are PVA based, trying to avoid using normal starch based ones to minimise food source for mould. Thanks in advance. Parsman

Hi all, Does anyone know or have experience of changing the direction of thermostatic mixing valve so that the outflow is pointing downwards rather then the usual upwards direction? Thanks Mo.

The felted roof was probably added later on. The idea was to remove the existing wooden / windows walls and replace it with new walls that were better insulated and strong enough for fixtures with minimal effect on space taken up internally. The amount of windows would be minimised and we...

Hi all, We are in the process of rebuilding the outer shell of our conservatory / extension which is currently split (partition) as a bathroom and small storage area. At present, the structure of the building consists of thin wooden Victorian walls and a lean-to felt rood. It is in a very bad...