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Heya folks, I this weekend I cleared a space at the bottom of my garden (dug down about an inch) in prep for a shed. As the soil is disturbed its basically mud the ground I believe is clay. What would I put on top of this to help create a firm base Im getting conflicting advice. I can put...

Heya I fitted a Hive thermostat and things look too work ok... However I find that when the thermostat turns off for heat the boiler and the pump both stop at the same time. This is because the pump is going through a terminal block with the boiler... The pump live then goes through a normal...

Hey All, I bought a house its a fairly old one but the attic has tons of potential. One thing the ceiling in the upstairs landing is sagging and its because when I went to the loft it was holding 3 x 8foot doors on 3 beams over an unsupported 15 foot span on 2x4 timbers. Thanks to the...

Hey folks I bought a house that has some crazy concrete skirting in the kitchen. I am getting the kitchen replastered but I am wondering should I have the plasterer cover these concrete skirting or would just extra sized timber just be ok here. You can see some bits are missing so I'm...

Hey Folks, I have a closed loop heating system after my recent boiler upgrade I am on an Oil Fired Central Heating System. I have a fireplace with a back boiler that is connected to the DHW but not the rads anymore because the new boiler changed the system to a Closed Loop from Open Vented...

Hey Folks, I had a surveyor out to view a property I am planning to buy and they mentioned bowing Cross Members not on the Purlins indicating excessive weight and to get a structural survey. Are my right in thinking that they are likely just covering their arse and someone just just rested...

Hey, I am thinking about building a small 1 bedroom (Tiny House) style for Airbnb on some land I am in the process of acquiring. No if hypothetically I have planning permission etc my question is If I build a stud wall following (Timber Frame - Shell) Specifications and I want to have a...

Hi Folks, I am from NI and I have found property I would love to build on. The Land itself already has foundations (to keep PP alive) but the plans are too big for my budget. While I would keep a majority of foundations in place there is one wall I would like shortened. The house is an L...

Hi Folks I'm currently doing work in my house and In my shed... The entire ceiling had plasterboard but when I screwed back a patch I found some wired brown stuff looking like mulched wood. Attached to the ceiling or a fabric. I haven't touched it I took a photo and rescrewed that...

Hi Folks, I wrote before about this however I have done some further investigation. I have had a damp problem in the bathroom since the day and hour I bought my current house. It was not noted on the survey because 1) The room was tanked 2) The walls had wallpaper on them So any surveyor...

Hi Folks, I wrote before about my floor with the DPM with a hole in it. How come most people say just lay DPM / Lap it up the walls and then Insulate and Concrete it? I thought it needed to be 'toothed' into the mortar to join with the DPC on the actual bricks? I spoke to several builders who...

Hi Folks, My bathroom floor has had problems with damp and thinking that it was just condensation I pulled the Lino back to reveal pipes in the floor had been leaking. What is worse is whoever installed these pipes had also cut a hole in the DPC for the waste for the bath and never sealed...

Hi Folks, To cut a long story short me and my other half had the wetroom pulled out and a bath fitted with the floor leveled. When we put Vynl down on straight onto the concrete it has massive bubbles everywhere and when we push them down more form - I think the concrete might be damp. Not...

Hi Folks, I recently replaced my bathroom floor and I have found it was bubbling, We kept it like that for 6 months then done away with it and decided to get a new one (Perhaps a dodgy installer). We went with another well reputable company paid for a full stick down and again its starting to...

Hi Folks, I am in the process of renovating a house that looks like cowboys got too. I have reached the front door porch and I noticed that whoever put the PVC porch on left the void for where the old door would have stood completely open. And simply covered it with Plasterboard. I drilled a...

Hi Folks, I live in a house built in the 1960s it does from what I see have Cavity Wall Insulation but still outside walls are generally colder to touch than their inner counterparts. On the outside wall I get around 12 - 13 degrees where as on an inside wall I get around 18 - 19 degrees...

Hi Folks, I have a small ex-council house and I have been up into the Attic and Extension and what I have noticed the following Insulation: Attic Yellow Wool Between Joists folded ontop of itself - ~70mm Pink Wool Ontop of Yellow between joists - ~50mm Totals: ~190m But its thicker and...

Hi Folks, I have had several Oil to Gas Conversion Engineers out and I have finally chosen one. I have been suggested a combi because the man took a look at the main flow and return and said it should be ok. I have decided to double check and it appears after the first few meters my...

Hi Folks, I am planning to remove my old oil boiler and replace it with an alternative fuel. I am thinking Natural Gas? On the other hand I am thinking that since I am spending around £2k to get this installed I realised this is a large amount of money. So what I am asking for is...

Hi Folks, I am getting rid of my old Water Cylinder in afew weeks when moving to gas. Today I have fitted a light bulb in the attic to a standard switch. Then connected it to the Immersion wiring. Standard Switch : This then runs over a 1 meter cable to the old place where the...