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thanks i will drop in and see planners thanks

hi i have a 7m long 3m wide flat roof concrete garage 3m from our boundary behind which is a public footpath. We want to either knock down or extend existing to boundary to make double garage. Behind is a wooden potting shed which we would like to knock down and extend the double garage to 14m...

sorry just noticed asphalt, does that mean not asbestos and shouldnt worry?

thanks everyone if im having walls knocked down is it best to get it removed first?

Cant find any sign of tiles might be big sheets? but havent pulled carpet back far enough. We need to knock down walls and put small extension on the two rooms with it, would it best to take hit and get proffesionally removed? would this have been laid on concrete or timber, i take it i could...

thanks here are some pictures i hope

We are doing a project and did want under floor heating but assumed concrete floor. Thought better check and lifted carpet to see brown hard finish wondered if just a sealant so drilled into it and found it appears to be brown plastic type composite? The house is 19th century but could have been...

Hello we bought a house with a downstairs bedroom with ensuite and a unvented tank for hot water, with a timed heater. I assume it was fitted because long run from tank. We have recently started sleeping there and have seen horrendous electricity bills? I dont think ive fully understood timer...

Sorry also should I leave project until spring when drier?

I am extending my parking area a bit to get away from pigeons in tpo tree. I have edges round the area with sleepers and dug down 250 mm, I have hit clay which in these conditions has turned into the somme. The area has a slope on it. The intention was to put membrane, 150mm type one compacted...

thank you I will ask again, but does anyone have any advice on my technical questions

it is an extension of an existing drive down a slight slope further into my property, with run off onto my garden, I understood this didn't require planning?

sorry missed mattys reply, already dug out lawn and put in edging so doing it one way or another. My questions really are do I need to put drainage under base level as clay layer, will most of the water run off tarmac whether base or final layer, and are railway scalpings ok for base or type one...

yes they were fine with me doing it

Hello, I have an area of parking under a huge pine and my car is covered in pigeon poo. I am extending the area to a piece of grass approx. 80 sq ms. The current parking area is flat with a slope down to house steps, it currently has a layer of base tarmac (quite old but looks sound) with thin...

thanks. it appears there are some small springs that drain into it, i can only find one on my side,it is the smallest dribble and even after substantial rain it never gets more than a couple of inches. It appears that the ditch does not drain as it seems blocked beyond my property. I would leave...

I have a ditch at bottom garden, (approx 20m long 1/2 metre wide and deep, there is a little water 2 or 3 inches in winter, it seems to be fed partly from the ditch extended up to next doors garden and some seeping along ditch. I wanted to fill ditch and grass over (easier to maintain) Can i...

so you would go 65mm square to 110 and then use adaptor to take it down to 32mm mdpe?

i currently have roof rainwater running down a 65mm square downpipe along the garden fence hidden by hedge and into a small feeder pond into main pond. I want to take out feeder and run the rainwater under ground to main pond. I take it i cant just extend and bury the square downpipe. If not how...

ive got an old chicken shed in garden 5m by 3m, it has a double brick front 0.6m no dpc, a 3m side wall of 1.6m single brick no dpc and a mess of tin, timber mesh rest and earth floor. Its at bottom of garden inaccessible to lorries. i want to turn it into a garden store/potting shed, extending...