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Hi all - Hoping someone can help with a dispute I have going on. I have a builder and a small team of apprentices and labourers working on a kitchen extension project for my home. The project involved knocking out two external walls, and when the building inspector came to site to view...

thanks, you might be right. Does the price I mentioned suggest perhaps that’s the case?

Thanks Woody that's helpful. If this isn't too 'specialist' was even getting a fabricator and the quote above over the top or could it just be done with a drill and steels straight from a merchants? Just trying to work out if I'm down the garden path here

Thanks for that. I don't know much about the fabricator, the builder says he uses him. I've paid the fabricator £745 for 2 beams over a 3.2m opening and 3 over a 1.8m opening, plus the fabricating itself. He hasn't offered to come to site - does that seem fishy?

Argh okay thanks, not sure if budget stretches that far. Got any opinion on the 'Big Clunker' ?

Hi all - I'm currently having a kitchen extension built, and due to the pandemic and a variety of other issues it's fallen to me to kind of manage the thing. A long story short: I'm knocking through two walls and was recommended a structural engineer by my building inspector. They came to site...

Hi all- Got a couple of diy tiling projects to do and my small wet tile cutter has died and wanted to give a manual cutter a go. Screwfix has two Rubi cutters available that fit the bill and I just picked up the more expensive one which is at the top of my budget. However I’ve opened it up and...

I think it's a thicker coating of the same paint but I will ask, thanks

Hi all - I am currently trying to buy some aluminum bifold doors for a self-managed kitchen extension build; got a fair few quotes and went to purchase with one company who have now asked me if I live within 5 miles of the ocean (I technically) do so I said yes. They now are saying they have to...

Ah gotcha so it just sits in that bottom channel. Makes perfect sense, just something you never think about till it causes an issue. Many thanks!

Am planning on a 2390mm x 2090mm upvc sliding door (2 panels) but have second thoughts that maybe the panels will be really heavy to slide. My wife in particular is a little thing and I'm worried she'll struggle. Does anyone have thoughts on how wide before the doors get annoyingly heavy?

Thanks. Out of curiosity where is this water coming from?

Thanks for the reply I never even knew that was a thing; where is this water coming from?

Hi all - I'm trying to find a window in a hurry in the midst of a national shortage and can see this is in stock in my lock selco, however it has a sill which I'm not meant to have. Does anyone know if these sills are glued/moulded to the frames and hard to remove without damage or can they be...

Hi all - I've got a builder here doing a kitchen extension and I was hoping someone could help me understand an 'point of contention' that's occurred. Despite going over it with him several times, our builder denies it was in his remit to worry about draining from the kitchen (sink/dishwasher)...

Hi all - Having a extension built which is 3.5m x 4m off a kitchen or a similar size to create an open plan kitchen/diner. The new portion will have a vaulted ceiling with three roof lights. I’m currently choosing windows (both wall and roof) and trying to work out the importance of an option...

Thanks both - weirdly every company like that I've spoken to have just said they will delivery it but not lay it.

Hi all - I want to get some concrete poured for my patio but plan to hire a grinder and polish it myself. I'm struggling though to find who will pour it for me - if I call a concrete company they say they only deliver, and the only trades i can find relating to concrete all only do patterned...

Hi all - Planning a decked patio but have a manhole cover it would go over (just from my house); original idea was the decking could easily be screwed up if they needed to access to not a problem. However I might go down route of composite decking, which doesnt have screws but slots into spacers...

Thanks yeah they'd bent the connector into an s shape - im not sure at which point this technically becomes a trap if at all? I mean I could do the same thing again (although every one i see has a terrible review) but will it work the same? I don't need it to be accessible, just as long as it...