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Thanks for that. On a simular subject I may decide to use reclaimed bricks, impirial size in order to get a closer match to the original brickwork. Is it possible/a good idea to use impirial sized bricks with metric size breeze blocks? Maybe use wall ties with one end bent to 90 degrees from...

I recently built a garage of 42m^2. It did not need planning permission as it was classified as PD (it was under 2.5m high and covered less than half the garden) but as it was over 30m^2 in size did need building control. You first need to find out the details of your local building control...

Brick up the window and put a new one in on the wall at 90 degrees to it?

Just wondering. If I was to dry-line each room of my house as it's re-decorated over a period of about 5-8 years, would I have to pay any cash to BC? I notice that in the list of charges for BC the following: Renovation of a thermal element to a single dwelling £662.40 But I seem to...

My back door is starting to go a bit rotten thus I am thinking about replacing it. However I don't like the idea of having to pay building control £108 just to replace a door costing about the same price. It seems an extortinate amount to pay to me. I know that I could pay someone FENSA...

An A/C unit?

I have a PIR sensor here with 8 terminals. +12v, -12v, 2 for tamper, 2 for relay and 2 marked 'EOL'. Anyone have any clue as to what the 'EOL' terminals are for? All my other sensors only have 6 terminals.

Thinking about building an extension and I'd like to have a wood burner in it. However I have read that to have a wood burner you basically need a hole in your wall to allow fresh air into the room for the fire. I was wondering if there was such a thing as a 'room sealed' wood burner which...

You will be able to see the loft insulation through the polycarb and will look hidious from an upstairs window. You maybe able to apply fablon or simular to the inside of the polycarb before applying the insulation to make it look better.

Make a 'box' from a timber frame covered with plasterboard with a 'shelf' just above cistern level?

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How about adding a gable above the single story projection at the front (would need PP) Rough quick sketch:

Why is there an earth cable going into a terminal block with a phase cable? Or is that a single phase installation wired with 3 phase wire with one phase used as earth?

My workshop has a radial socket circuit fed from a hager 16a b type MCB. I heat the space with a 3kw fan heater. I normally turn the heater off before using any power tools to avoid overloading the circuit. However today I was cutting some wood with a circular saw with a vacuum cleaner and...

Or if gable faces a highway, such as a corner plot. I seem to remember reading about someone who got caught out by that one, they had to remove the gable. If doing something so expensive, maybe worth getting a LDC (lawful development cert).

Don't think it's a good idea to put something as heavy as books on a shelf fixed to plasterboard as you may find the books, shelves and a load of plasterboard all over the floor. If it's a stud wall then use a stud detector to locate the studs and fix to those.

Something else which looks worriying is that gap around the doorframe. As it's a garage I belive that should be a FD30 fire door (is it?) and thus that gap should be filled with fire rated expanding foam or simular.