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That is so useful......thanks for your advice ...From your experience is it likely I’ll get away with a mist coat and one finish coat? ...when you say clean filters regularly do you mean after each session of spraying or during spraying . Cheers

hi Guys, have just invested £1000 on a Q-tech spray gun. I’m a builder and thought it might be a good investment for spray painting new builds with my own lads who are skilled but not in painting (they are also quick learners:(). A few questions I would appreciate some comment on are:- 1...it’s...

hi, I’m renovating four terraced houses and am looking at where I can locate the central heating boilers. Best place from a building perspective is upstairs on the street wall.....the houses front directly onto the pavement. My intention would be to vent horizontally at 300mm or so below the...

Hi P, firstly if you used a good paint you should be able to apply a patch coat to the effected area and it should blend in without being noticeable. As for the cracks, you will always likely get some on a new build as the wood inside the boards dries and shrinks. Best way to deal with them is...

What you guys are showing is that this is almost a figure in the air judgement. I find it astonishing that it comes down to an engineer's take.....I could ask three different ones and get three different answers. Is there a source of robust information on this subject that you know of. The best...

Jess, thanks for reply but I do not understand your drift. I think you at saying talke a line from the tree base to ground level above the footing but how would I then use the sloping line that would be created. Chapters, again thanks, the soil is very stable clay with low porosity. I just...

would appreciate a take on this problem where we are up to roof truss level. For the footing depth the calculator shows 1.7. I have taken that measurement from the origonal site level before we stripped of 900mm of solid, and I mean solid clay. There was always uncertainty as the deeper we took...

A fair point although, I have to say, it would have been a tad more useful for you to answer the question. If you have anything to add in that regard I would be most appreciative.

Hi Guys I am having front of house coated with a one coat monocouche product. The front upstairs and downstairs windows are bays that I have stripped the old render off, have insulated, and applied a breathable membrane and finished of with marine ply bent to the shape of the bay. Question is...

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Hi, well, I am still in limbo. Building control are perfectly happy with a 600 dig that gets us to sound low shrink clay. LABC have never come across this before (hard to believe) and don't have any advice but have asked for engineer designed footings. The engineers design tells me to go down 2m...

Hi Guys, on a new build with brick, 100m cavity, thermalite block and dab and plaster finish we need to get to a 'U' value of .20. I am wanting to find the cheapest option.....any ideas would be welome. Cheers

Its medium clay......but my hope is that because the base of the trees are so far below the level of the build they can be ignored. Perversley, any dig down will be taking the footings nearer to the tree roots which I would have thought should be avoided......as you say there aint a lot on the...

I could do with some advice on an issue I have with footing depths near trees. We are building a bungalow, 10 metres from the back of the bungalow are some Poplar trees but the bases of the trees are down a bank and are a good 2.5 metres below the ground level on which the bungalow is being...

All your comments are helpful, thanks, and give some comfort. It is apparent that there is no clear definition of what 'start' means so I guess, like a lot of these planning issues, it is down to who you are dealing with. I think I could argue that a substantial amount os site clearance covers...

I have a planning approval that states 'work must start' within three years of the approval.....nothing unusual about that. Question is what is defined as the development having been started. Is it for instance first shovel in the ground or maybe site clearance or a start on the footings. I...

Hi....anyone know of a good source of building plans. i am looking for some ideas for a bungalow of circa740sq ft but my local architect is a bit stuck with his past efforts so I could do with someone who is a bit more adventurous.

Hi Guys, thought it would be simple task to get hold of a 1700 x 760 (ish) non slip shoer tray at reasonable cost. Have been amazed at the paucity of choice given the number of elderly who are switching from baths to walk in showers. Simple question, has anyone out there used or knows of a non...

Thanks for that neo, very interesting

Hi Guys........last year I laid some Fossil Mint Indian Stone Paving......looked the dogs when it first was laid but it very quickly attracted algae and needed jet washing. After six months it needed another clean and now, six months later, it needs some more attention. It is laid in a...