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Hi, I have no idea what you would call this bit of metal (strike plate maybe)? It is the bit that the latch goes into. Anyway, it has been replaced twice by the window company. The part must be faulty and now they are refusing to come and replace again. So I guess I will need to buy and fit a...

Just had a wall plastered and he has put plaster board on. Done a great job but went to put the plug socket back into the wall and it won't fit. The plug socket is flush to the new wall but the pins/screws are not long enough to go back to screw into the metal back plate. Please tell me what...

Hi. I am after the cheapest way of making my garage floor usable for a pool table. Currently the garage is part of an old extension. The walls etc are double thick and insulated. However, the floor is the old driveway so has a drop of about the thickness of a brick from left to right. I...

Thanks. I am aiming to do the job myself and not sure I would fancy screeding. If I put sand first (to level the slope), then DPM, would heavy paving stones sit on that?

Hi I have decided to turn my garage into a pool/games room. The garage is part on an extension that was built 20 years ago. However, the garage was built over the old driveway and no floor was put in (it is still the tarmac driveway. I am not planning to make this habitable, so not concerned...

Ground level outside is the same as the garage floor to the front, back and one side. Other side is the external wall of the house, floor is just above the DPC. Think the reason the DPC is so high is that the garage is below the floor level of the house. I can see that ideally the 2 would be...

Following on from my previous post. How do I attach the DPM to the DPC? DPC is quite high (pic 1). The sketch is what I plan to do. DPM, insulation, then screed but unclear on how to attach the DPM to the wall Does it go to the DPC (if so how do you join them), does it go above the...

Hi, Yes the garage is lower than the house, so the DPC is high. I was going to put the damp proof membrane sheet up to just below this level, is that not correct? Got a decent amount of headroom, the backdoor is about 15cm above the current floor level, going any higher would compromise...

Hi, I have a garage attached to my house, It was built 10 years ago as part of a 2 floor extension (2 bedrooms above). A few months ago I posted on here to ask for advice on turning it into a part garage part pool room by adding a stud wall. The general view was that if I was leaving the...

Thanks for the advice. Thinking I will go down the suggested ideas. We have 4 beds and only 1 drive space (even though the car would struggle to fit in the garage).

At what point would it be deemed a room not a garage? Or not at all if the garage door remains? I guess it could be seen as a nicely decorated garage (that people choose to sit in now and then)? Clearly it would have to be marketed as a garage if put up for sale and any viewers could judge...

Will this cause problems when it comes to selling? I would imagine the extra room might add to the value and if it had to be removed it would be a shame. If a potential buyer wanted to keep it, then the lack of building regs would surely cause an issue with solicitors etc?

HI, The garage was built as part of a double storey extension in the late 90's. I am pretty sure it is insulated etc. The extension is built on to the side of the house. My plan is to keep the garage door and the front part as a garage using a stud wall to leave the back 2 thirds as...

Hi, Planning to convert my attached garage into a games room. The garage already has insulation etc. The main issue is with the floor. The garage was built over the old driveway and the drive is the floor. Clearly this won't be to the necessary spec. A new floor will be needed. If I...

Hi, Place we bought has had a 2 floor extension built over the old driveway. The bottom floor is the garage. Walls have double thick walls and is insulated. The floor however has been left as it was. I want to plaster the walls and put a false walll in to make a games room. However...

Hi Had the re-wire done and had to have a few of the walls chased. Started to fill the holes with Filler (ICE Polyfill). We had a decorator round to do some other work and he said it would all fall out. He then filled one of the chases with what he called ready mix fill. It set like a...