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Unfortunately the boiler is not functional at the moment (lying on the living room floor) so I have no heat anywhere. The house is a little cold, but that's everywhere and as you'd expect with no heating. The house faces east and has a layout similar to the floorplan on this one -...

I live in a two bed mid terrace house and am currently undertaking quite substantial renovation works, and am thinking about scrapping the radiator in my hallway (sits on the party wall). The hallway is quite small - front door opens to doorway to living room and stairs only, and upstairs only...

Thanks Nick, Yeah, I've taken the plaster back to where it's solid and not flaking, and boarded in pretty much a straight line from top to bottom. I didn't use a mixed adhesive in the end, and opted for no more nails, lathering it on like no one's business and then screwed through the board...

I'm in the process of constructing a small stud wall / door way (around 250mm of stud either side of the doorway), which butts up to a brick wall so that the entire thing runs like one continuous wall. The brick wall has had the plaster stripped away approx 200mm back from the new stud wall...

Does anyone know of any planning permission / building regs issues surrounding excavating one’s garden which leads to a council pavement in order to level it? My grandfather is looking to buy a house which has a patch of grass / garden which is around 3-4m wide running the length of the house...

Looks good so far, Chris. Any more progress?

Fair enough, now what do you have against simple garden-based storage structures?

You're right. Such comments would be perfectly justified. But such comments also encourage DIYers to just crack on and have a go at things, and instead of double checking their understanding with those more knowledgeable and risk receiving arrogant, condescending responses which put them off...

Dad does know. However Dad is more of a do-er, not a tell-er, and I want to understand the principles myself, not just watch him do the entire job. Good point. I was getting the cable colours correct in my head with ref. to live / neutral and what goes where, so understand the principle that...

I've currently got 4 no. downlights in my bathroom which return to a single rocker type switch in the hallway, all of which is connected through a typical ceiling rose in the loft above, however it is currently a bit of a state - the incoming cable from the previous rose, and outgoing to the...

oldbutnotdead is pretty much there (although I can't stand Call of Duty). Upstairs on the monitor is fine for working, etc. but I play games on my PC and it's far more enjoyable on my 50" TV vs my 21" monitor

I have a PC which I mainly use for gaming. Currently my PC desk / monitor and main TV are in the same room and I have a long HDMI cable trailing between them, and a long USB repeater with a bluetooth dongle for the Xbox one controller that I use. To date this has not been flawless (I've had...

I know, but it seems that "fairness" is rarely a contractual obligation! I'll have a dig through my documents and see if i can find anything. Thanks for your help!

This may be pushing it, but would you happen to know if a standard indemnity policy covers one for reparatory works associated with the works should they not be carried out in line with the building regulations? I'm slightly worried because after doing a bit of reading online, some policies are...

I've no idea. It was there prior to me buying the house which was May 2015. The windows and doors were replaced in 2008 according to the building control records I've referenced above and I believe that this was done after the extension was completed or at the very least as part of these works...

I'm renovating my house, part of which involves knocking through what used to be an external wall, into an existing extension. I've got structural calcs for the works to re-support the wall and am aware that it will need to be inspected by a BCO, but this has led me to check whether the...

That's looking like my best option - either that or screw a baton down to the skirtings and fix to that but all run the risk of being pushed too far back into the void... I wanted to avoid physically fixing anything to the floorboards so i can take them up if needs be.

Thanks for replying John, I'm not entirely sure to be honest. The void looks like it is the gap between the felt on top of the bay and the ceiling construction below, so i would hazard a guess that it is external, and possibly that there is no insulation. I'm a bit lost by what you mean about...

Hi, I am replacing skirting boards in my bedroom and have come across a bit of a challenge. When i've removed the old boards, i have exposed a hole behind one which appears to be the ceiling void of the bay window on the ground floor (bay on ground floor, flat wall on first). My question is...

I have my chimney breast removed upstairs and supported in the loft but am now looking to remove the section downstairs as well, and am looking for clarity on what to do with the ground floor ceiling / first storey floor joists with regards to making sure they're properly supported. I don't...