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Hi, I am after a bit of advice, we have a two storey victorian property, there are two fire places, one at the front of the house and one in the back room and this is the same above each room and then in the top floor the chimneys run and join together to the pots on the roof. We are...

Hi, My house is a victorian property and has the old out buildings that was outside toilet and storage. This building was the same for my neighbours and the deviding wall was single brick which seperated both buildings, so in effect a shared wall. They have recently knocked there's down and...

Hi We have a 100yrl old victorian property which was renovated by a builder 2yrs ago before we bought it. In the kitchen the exterior wall which backs onto the old coal shed and outside toilet has 3 small damp patches on the interior of the kitchen wall at just above skirting level. The paint...

Hi, We have been having a room changed around and things moved about and i am ready to put the radiator back on the wall. The pipes for the radiator have been turned off. One end with the normal + and - knob to turn it off. The other side has a thermostat and this has had a bronze like cap...

Its on the landing on the 2nd floor of the house.

Hi, I want to replace a light fitting for a recessed light, can you tell me is it possible to but a recessed ceiling light that can be wired up using the existing wiring from the previous light or is this not how they work. Is it something i could do, not a sparky or should i get my electician...

Hi, I am looking at putting ensuite on 2nd floor. Just after some advice re the soil pipe. The sink and toilet will be on a studd wall and i am thinking of putting a concealed cistern in the stud wall with a flush back to wall toilet. If i have a flush toilet to the wall can the soil pipe still...

Hi, Can anyone tell me whats the smallest size waste pipe available, is it 3" and is standard 4". Cheers Lee

Thanks again mate

Thanks for the info, Just to clarify who is it that you would normaly get to draw plans up for submission to the council for planning, is this the architectural technicioun or someone else. Lee

Hi, Can someone tell me if an architect would be able to work out steel work etc required for an extension. We want to knock rear walls down of the house and make a bigger kitchen etc. The walls are holding the rear of the house in place and wondered if they do this within the plans they draw...

Just had another look and was wondering the wall that the toilet will be against is a stud wall, would it be possible to have the waste running into the stud walll and then along and out the house wall. Is this something that people do on occassions. Lee

Hi, Will be putting ensuite on 2nd floor soon and measured the gap under floor boards and i have 6 inch joists. Would it be possible to put soil pipe under floor boards with this much space. The run would be no more than 2 metres to get outside but would i get enough fall, the floor boards do...

Hi, Has anyone used Kilma underfloor mat heating system for under floor tiles? If so how do you find it. Lee

Hi, We are turning a bathroom into a spare bedroom, can the electrian take a feed from a double socket on the hallway and run it under the floor boards into the new room and can i put 2 x double sockets from this feed. I know the sparky will tell me but just thought would ask. Lee

Hi, Can you tell me if its possible to buy some kind of cap to cap of an old waste pipe. Basically we have a bathroom that is getting removed which the soil pipe and waste pipe join the exterior of the house into a large soil pipe which also has feeds from the 2nd bathroom. When i remove the...

Is it a big job to upgrade the existing and also make it slightly wider.

Thanks.

Hi, We have a small dorma window on the top floor of the house, i think the type of dorma is called a chocolate box and is small with a little apex roof. What i want to know is can i remove this and put the roof back to how it was and put a couple of large velux windows in instead. My reason is...

Thanks I did think as much but its one of those situations that when someone says something you get the seed of doubt planted. lol