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Ok I'll continue to dig dig dig pump pump pump till I get to the footings and give building inspector a call as to know for sure that footing are suitable for second story before putting my plans in. How much does it cost for for them to come out to look? Read somewhere it's free but doubt that

Hi thanks woody and all.. the house was built late 60s early 70s I guess.Dont know when the garage was converted. Did a quick check on line and couldn't find anything. So not a modern build. Everyone I've spoke to have said to dig a test hole past the footings and then give building inspector a...

Because my cousin who is a architect told me to do so, so to check the concrete footings are suitable for the second story...then to call building control to inspect. Is that wrong?

Hi I own a 3 bed semi with attached garage which has been converted into a bedroom and kitchen extension. The mrs wants a second story building onto the top of the garage creating a second story. Was told to dig a test hole on corner of the garage which is a cavity wall. Brick and block... in...

Will get the spade out at weekend.....dig a test hole. NOSEALL why do you say I probably have to set the front elevation back a bit? The converted garage is already a cavity wall build. Here's hoping whoever had the house before had the hindsight to put the extra foundations in for future...

Thanks Freddie I'm with you now. It's the concrete foundation depth I need to know and width. What specs am I looking for to have the go ahead

Even though you could probably see its deep enough from inside. Under stairs there's a hatch to crawl space.. still need to dig outside? Any paticularly point to dig? Thanks

I'd have to guess at around 1960s and has a cavity wall. Breeze block and brick.

Hi I currently own a semi detached house with attached garage. The garage is full length of the house and currently converted into a bedroom and half of the rear kitchen. The garage has a tiled roof. There is a crawl space under my house about 4 foot. Would you say the foundations are stable for...

It's a honeywell CM67NG. Never saw the point of it. If I'm not getting up till 7 oclock and snug in bed. The thing used to kick in at 5 ish or before to warm up to set temperature at say 6.45. Even used to set it for 9 o'clock just to try and get it to start roughly about 6.45. But then...

Ok mate. They seem like a decent firm. I'm thinking it's a fair price myself. Expensive but the going rate. It cost me 2300 in my last house a terrace for a worcester 24i junior with 2 new rads fitted. And that was about 6 years ago. One thing I'd like to know is whether the worcester comfort...

Hi all....the boilers packed in. Have a semi detached 4 bed house.the boiler is in the loft on the chimney breast. Just had a qoute of 2500 for a new worcester 25si, vertical flue to roof, a condensate pump routed to drain in stack and Worcester comfort 2 controller, And some kind of filter...

Ok so I'll just bury the cable and get a qualified electrician in to wire it all up and certificate it. What cable should I get and sockets and fcu and any1 recommend a light fitting

or should I increase the size of swa cable to 4mm. A lot of work for a treadmill.but needs must

Thanks for all your help guys, so I'm gonna leave the internal switched fcu feeding the single outdoor socket and take a spur from the outdoor socket to the shed using 3core 2.5mm2 Steel Wire Armoured Cable buried in a 18" trench. Connected in the shed to 1 X RCD SAFETY 13 AMP 2 GANG SWITCHED...

So can I just take a feed from the original outdoor socket to the shed into a mk-13a-2-gang-rcd-active-switched-plug-socket then 2.5mm cable to a switched fcu 3amp then 1.5mm to light fitting. Do you need to use external/weatherproof sockets and switches inside a shed? Or are normal indoor ones...

Hi can anyone advise me the easiest safest way to have a double socket and a light in my new build shed/summerhouse. I have a outdoor socket on back wall of house which is fed from a switched fused fuc in house. The shed is 6 metres from back wall. I know about armoured cable and depth of trench...

And as we speak my daughter goes bathroom turns on the lights and thing starts again lol.is that normal working practise? So whenever the lihhts on the fan is always on?

I'll do it now. Would that affect it even with lights off. As we speak the things gone off. Your a genius.

hi all I need some advice. Just installed the above extractor fan and it hasnt stopped yet. Its got a permanent live, neutral and switched live. The fan has a neon indicator which comes on when I turn bathroom light on and goes off when I turn it off. Ive turned the hudistat and timer down to...