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I've just payed £85.00 a cubic meter for ready mix, the lorry mixes what you need and comes with 2 x wheel barrows for you and a mate to barrow in. No waste this way and they can mix the right grade for your slab. If you are south london/surrey i can pass on their number i was impressed with...

Whats your budget?

You could drill a test hole somewhere out of sight or take a vent of an internal wall maybe. If your still in doubt get a free survey off a cavity wall insulation company.

Thanks chaps some good ideas there, sometimes i can't see the trees for the woods or whatever the saying is.

I've been there mate, after say 3 letters chasing payment and 2-3 broken promises over the phone i would start knocking on his door the first time at around 7am in the morning on the way to another job! Persistance pays, forget the legal stuff at the moment direct confrontation is normally...

We are going to be upgrading an existing out building which is sigle skin (brick rendered) the existing walls have to stay and be insulated internally i was thinking of using rigid insulation with plasterboard attached. The existing flat roof is to be replaced including joists and we are going...

No i avoid the blue bg vans at auction almost as much as the red ones for the same reason! How royal mail manage to trash there vans in such a short space of time amazes me. Think mine was a repo from up t'north.

I bought a 2007 combo 1.3 tdi at the auctions, it was 20 months old in good nick, 25k, 1 owner for £2700+vat. Really pleased with its performance & drive. Have 2 other vans (master & berlingo) and over the years have had everything from a rascal to a sprinter lol

Was wondering what the general opinion on selco is? are they flexible on price for bulk purchase? is the easiedge timber they sell good quality? starting an extension in jan really fedup with all the sales waffle from travis-jewsons-buildbase etc thinking of trying selco.

I have the 2nd fix brad nailer and have used it almost every working day for around 6 years i guess and never cleaned it!!! Worth every penny and never missed a beat.

Would new timber joists/roof rafters etc to a new extension have to be treated/tanalised or is this simply a matter of choice?

Thanks for the reply Chukka, as its an existing wall we would be hanging them off i guess we would need to grind a slot or hopefully have a level mortar joint behind the render.

Chukka is right you can keep the tension on but my memorys a little vague and its difficult for me to type explanations. What would make life easy is if you can get a mate to take the tension off the spring by inserting rod into the hole and twisting half a turn and holding (leave grub screws...

I have replaced cables on other brands of canopy doors and although there are short cuts i think for the likes of me and you it may be easier to release the spring tension. There will be grub screws of some sort at the end of the spring, before releasing you will se either holes for tensioning...

You need to make sure the company making your windows use compliant double glazed units which i would of thought they would as standard anyway, that you specify toughened safety glass where required and that the bedrooms have fire escape hinges and opening big enough to comply with the regs...

What is the best practice for supporting first floor joist work on a new extension, the size of the 1st floor extension is 7 metres length X 2 metres width which expands the existing rooms upstairs (bath & bed) rather than creating new ones meaning the joists have to be spot level! Joists will...

I think you may find that you are not allowed to build over the manhole even if its double sealed etc, i hope for your sake you dont find out you have a major public sewer close by as we just have!

The pipe is appx 2 meters deep and is a class 3 trunk sewer which can not be re-routed, the reason for re-routing was that the man hole is directly above the sewer and currently where our proposed extension will sit and i'm told since 1997 manholes cannot be within a building or built over...

Hi all, we are planning an extension for which we have already submitted plans but have just had a letter from thames water telling us we have a class 3 public sewer running under where the extension will sit. A class 3 public sewer is fairly heavy duty and 492mm diameter was mentioned by the...

Changing to upvc would be a real shame, you could ge a couple more estimates the prices you mentioned seem expensive to me. If you are in south or west london i can recommend a very good sash window company.