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Hello, we're first time buyers having the boiler replaced in our new home. Not really knowing what a good quote is, can anyone cast their opinion over this for us, please. Old system is a back boiler with airing cupboard immersion tank. House is a single bathroom, 2-bed terrace. So, quote...

No, no guide, just a pencil line. Just be slow and steady. It's trickiest when you get close the floor level as it's harder to hold the machine against the wall, and against its own weight, as if it falls too quickly it will snag on the brick and jump out of the chase. You've got to be quick to...

I did use a machine, I bought the cheapest one from B&Q Nextday, which made things very easy and much faster than doing it all with the bolster. Even with a vacuum attached the dust was incredible. I'll sell it on when the job's done and it'll still be cheaper than hiring one. What's the...

Some photos. As you can see, it's only a small run of diagonal, but it is by definition in a safe zone. You can just see the consumer unit it at the bottom of the stairs, bathroom is behind camera to the left. My first chase, quite neat if I do say so myself ;) Note the seemingly random...

The route doesn't go through the master bedroom, no. I'll get a couple of photos and put them up later.

You beat me to it ColJack! So is it a yes or a no, with regard to the regs?

Thanks for the quick reply. I'm not really doing anything other than lifting floor boards, cutting chases and sinking new back boxes where we require plugs. I scanned all the walls and marked anything detected beforehand. The kitchen is now out and the furniture out of the way. If the...

I'm doing the prep work prior to getting an electrician in to rewire our house. The previous owner had an electric shower put in to the bathroom at the top of the stairs. There were no modern electrics at this point, so the cable was surface mounted down the wall of the stairs (at the top corner...

I'd be very careful using power sanding tools, especially those with fine heads like the dremel. They can be a bit harsh and leave marks in the wood, making more work for you. I know it takes an age to do it by hand and it's tempting to look for a faster method but with a heat gun and scraper...

I hope this isn't deemed to be advertising, and therefore against the rules, and I apologise if it is, but... Can anyone recommend a design service for a loft conversion in Birmingham/West Midlands? I would need all structural engineering calculations and all required plans drawn up with...

Sounds good. Thanks Freddy.

Our house is of 1950s construction and has steel framed windows. An easy solution would be to cut the internal framing out of the outer box section frame, and screw the new frames into the box section and pop in the glazing. This would give quite a 'thick' looking frame. Preferably the old...

Hello again, We're contemplating converting our loft space to a third bedroom. As I understand it, in the course of such a conversion current regs require that all doors and partitions on the first and ground floors need 30 minutes of fire protection. It's a small house so the first floor...

I'm sure it was an accident, there's no need to scalp the kid :lol:

Soon as I can. We're not staying there as it's a building site just now having the floors replaced.

If I did it, there's room to put it perhaps 1.5m away from the house wall, but it needn't be any deeper than 500mm. If lined with plastic it could only drain downwards. The bed runs almost the full width of the bottom of the driveway, between it and the house, the soakaway would be underneath...

The bed is large enough to easily accommodate 2 cubic metres of soakaway, providing it will soak away and not just pond, which I plan to test. Installing drainage might well be expensive, as there's no downpipe on our land, as I said before. I suppose I could test it by covering the...

Thanks PrenticeBoy, I've read that before, which is why I am hoping the bed will be enough to drain away the water, as a naturally permeable area. If not, it means an expensive installation of drainage pipework.

It doesn't drain onto the street, but the other way. I've no idea how deep to drill, it was merely an idea at his stage. When I get a chance I'll dig a measured hole, fill it with water and time its escape. Hopefully this will give some idea of what the soil can cope with, based on average...

I thought about the plastic sheet idea, not on the walls of the house but on the wall of the trench so the water can only go down into the ground and not further downhill towards the house. Sounds like a bodge perhaps, but no sure what else to do. Could I bore a few holes in the bottom of the...