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It was approved by a single person, it's just a garage conversion, considering they are building 5 million pound mansions around here, I am sure my garage falls well into the small fry category. I called again today this time the person who answered was slightly more helpful, he said he would...

Yes maybe , initially we want a vaulted ceiling, but in the future I might want to build a dormer window to make it into a maisonette. Lots of garages around us are built in exactly the same way with 2 dormer windows at the top. In my case I want to have the possibility of converting it in the...

Hello We have applied and got planning approval for extending the detached double garage and putting a pitched roof over it. However due to a miscommunication with the draftsman the roof height is slightly less than I would have liked and the roof ridge length is also shorter than I would have...

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Yes. Lots of space for cars in my driveway/front yard.

Actually one more question. We discussed the building regs. There is also planning approvals. There are two things I would like to do: 1) brick up the garage doors and make them into windows. The doors are not visible from outside the property because the garage is built with its...

Thank you very much for the replies. The builder who came and quoted suggested we do it without any approvals. I have looked at nearby houses/garage extentions and all of them had the flat roof replaced with a pitched roof, of varying heights. One looks pretty much like a bungalow. Another...

My garage has been built on the boundary such as its back wall is the actual boundfary. That was done in the 80s when the house was originally built. The garage is detached and the only visible sides of it is the back wall and the side wall. My wife was thinking of converting it to...

I would not complain because I do not want to insult the plumbers. I will look at the Ideal thanks!

I had two (expensive) quotes so far to replace my old boiler. Both Worcester and Vaillant cost £1,200 from Travis Perkins or Screwfix ( and the plumbers have quoted me a bigger price as it happens ) However I see that both Travis Perkins and Screwfix offer other boilers at half the price, and...

There is no switch on the gas line to the boiler, and no way to isolate it, only at the main at the gas meter. Is this correct/common? Should I ask the plumber who will install the new boiler to also install a gas switch somewhere near the boiler?

My 15 year old boiler has sprung a leak and it puts out the flames in the burner. Curiously that is exactly what happened 15 years ago to the previous boiler. Both are the same make and type. The leak is small, I presume, but when the burner starts the steam puts out the flames. On the rare...

Thanks for the suggestions. It seems the gas boiler is very old and very inefficient and the electric I have not determined yet.

Hello everyone, I am trying to analyse our energy consumption. We live in an average size bungalow, there is a glowworm boiler in the basement, 10 radiators, hot water cylinder (a megaflo if it matters) and gas hob. Electricity wise we have the usual kettle, electric oven, computers, lights...