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Cheers woody, They have said it is fine so as long as i get it in writing for future issues then it will be easier to use it i suppose. Would my builder just tie into their wall then and bild my footings against theirs. Thanks Lee

Hi, We have an outbuilding that was the old outside toilet etc and this building was the same for the neighbour and it was one building with a dividing wall, giving us one half and the other half been the neighbours if this make sense. The neighbours knocked there side down and re built a new...

Hi, Just wondered if anyone had used a company to do a drain trace or CCTV to find were the drains run to. I want to check my outside toilet drains and wondered how much I would expect to pay?

Hi, If i want to rebuild the outhouse were out outside toilet is and get planning etc can i keep the original drains or do i have to replace them, they were fine for the old toilet and i am happy to leave the toilet were it is, so just wondered if i can just keep them and assume they would...

Hi, If i want to rebuild the outhouse were out outside toilet is and get planning etc can i keep the original drains or do i have to replace them, they were fine for the old toilet and i am happy to leave the toilet were it is, so just wondered if i can just keep them and assume they would only...

Hi, I have an outside toilet attached to our victorian house and we want to rebuild the outbuilding and i wondered i want to have the toilet were it was at present. I assume all the old drains etc are okay to use as there was no problem with them when the toilet was in before or does building...

We have an out building attached to our victorian property and it was the original outside toilet. Its about 3x4m and we are considering in the future having it knocked down and rebuilt so we can make a doorway to the kitchen giving us a utility and downstairs toilet. Can we use the original...

Not sure how the plasterboard was fixed as we bought it after renovation but i would be quite sure it was dot and dab to be honest and the kitchen floor is concrete. The spots on the wall are in a couple of places and the paint has peeled of as if its gone like rubber and peels off.

Hi, Thanks for the reply. Would this mean the only way to stop this is to remove the new plaster board and get it done again or is there anything else i can do with whats on all ready.

Thanks very much and yes realised my error after posting but could not be bothered to chnage as i new you guys would know what i meant,

Hi, We live in a victorian house and one of the kitchen walls which backs onto the old coal house has developed a sort of fluffy dry peeling of the pain on the kitchen side of the wall. This has happened above skirting level and i wondered what is this and is it something to do with the coal...

Hi, We are in a 2 storey victorian property and i have taken down the ceiling in the 1st floor bedroom, the old latt and plaster. I want to know whats best insulation as in the ceiling there are the plastic water pipes and soil pipe from the ensuite in the room above. If i use the normal loft...

That's great mate, sounds like I should save quite a bit removing the chimney myself

I am just after a rough idea for what people think for him to put steel in and thats it. The steel is around 150+ vat, just wondered what it would be for him to put it in and ready for me to go at smashing the chimney up.

Hi guys and girls, I have had the drawings done by the structural engineer re steel work for the chimney removal on the 1st floor. I am waiting for the builder to pop and give me a price but just wondered what people think it may be. The builder will be fitting in a 4m steel that will sit at...

Hi, I am having the ground floor chimney removed and the 1st floor chimney removed from out victorian property. The engineer has had a look and is looking at a steel beam in the ceiling of the 1st floor were the chimney is removed. I have asked him about gallow brackets as an alternative to the...

What i am thinking with the wardrobes is that the wife does not want doors sheis having each part sectioned off with material to match her curtains. what i want to know is that B&Q sell the chipboard that has the white finish on it it and what i am not sure of is that where i have a side panel...

Thanks for the reply mate, also is it okay to screw mdf or does it split.

Hi, In the spare room of our house we are looking at putting some built wardrobes on one of the walls. The wife wants to use the room as a dressing room and the front of the wardrobes would have curtains not doors. What i want to know is it something a moderate diy person could do. Is it a case...

Hi Guys, I have a structural Engineer coming to the house soon re working out rsj, but just thought i would ask if i getting this right in my head. I am removing chimney from ground floor and 1st floor and leaving it in the 3rd floor which is bedroom and ensuite, so dont want to remove it...