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I am planning to put a single door through an internal loadbearing wall in my house and need to calculate the size of lintel required to satisfy the Building Inspector. I was referred to BS 5977 to do this but when I Googled this document the web site wanted £90 for a copy! Is this the...

I am wishing to convert my garage into a store room which will store my paper documents, electronic and photographic equipment. Consequently it needs to be heated and most importantly insulated to reduce heat loss (and electric bills) The garage walls are constructed of single thickness...

Thanks for all the replys - I am a lot wiser about how to go ahead now. I hope to talk to the Building Inspectors tomorrow.

Some useful replies here - thank you, but isn't the situation in mess? A non-practical householder just has to rely on someone else if he wants a job done when he doesnt know the why's and wherefores. Some of you are exonerating the builder from responsibility, but surely anyone employed...

My instructions to the builders were: Cut a hole through 9 inch solid load bearing wall, Support opening with suitable lintel, Fit a standard FD30 door Make good. I am reasonably good at DIY and have researched the project whereby I feel like tackling it myself, but getting specifics...

I have had a couple of quotes from builders to put a door through a wall from my hall into the back of my garage. On both occasions the builder wrote on the quotation - "Building Inspection to be arranged by customer" Is this usual? surely you pay for the job and the builder deals with...

I have a semi-integral garage, the walls within the house being two thicknesses of standard house bricks. I would like to make a door of standard width through this wall from the hallway to the garage. This brick wall stops at ceiling height and there are wooden joists for the first floor...

Thank you Andy, Brian

I have just aquired a stand-alone external PIR sensor which came with no instructions and I find the internal wiring colours confusing: There is a is a three way terminal block inside the unit with red, blue and brown wires going in one side of the block. Could anyone tell me which is...

Thanks to you all - I guess I will try some of your suggestions and will return to the Forum if I get stuck!

Thanks to you all - I guess I will try some of your suggestions and will return to the Forum if I get stuck!

So many suggestions! thank you. The idea off pulling a new cable through from he light fitting sounds the most regulation friendly - it just depends on whether the existing cable is trapped and wont pull through. I like the idea of crimping - if the cable where crimped was housed in a...

The switch is for a single light in the hall ceiling. not two way. Examining the interior of the light switch a moment ago shows a metal box with a grey sheathed pvc cable from which extend a red and a black wire.

The existing light switch is on the entrance hall side wall about a metre from the floor and a metre from the front door. I don't think there is enough slack to reach the new switch position without extending the cable. I would prefer not to have a blanked off junction box higher up the...

I need to move a recessed wall mounted light switch about 250mm sideways to make way for a new doorway I am having cut in the downstairs wall. I have had the floorboards up in the room above and find the existing switch wires run down an oval metal pipe to the lighting switch. I plan to...

Thank you, I understand about the drip groove, but what I was concerned about was water splashed upwards from washing activity, hitting the top edge of the sink and running down the outside of the sink into the cupboard space. Would expanding foam (aerosol) work? [/u]

Thank you for your reply - havent visited the site for a while and appreciate your advice.

Looks like I've stumped everybody...........

I am planning to fit those expensive blocky wooden worktops in my kitchen along with an underslung Butler sink. (well thats what the lady wants) I understand that I have to coat the wood with at least 6 coats of oil, which leads me on to the question(s) 1 When joining 2 pieces of worktop...

Thank you, My concern about disturbing the existing conduit was that, if in the future the house was rewired, the existing cable could be drawn easily out of the conduit from above. However, what you say makes sense. Regarding an earlier comment about the 600mm width fire door, the garage...