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Thanks for the reply - the area is about 30m2, so not keen to double board. We have arranged it so the truss hangers are on the join of almost full sheets. If we cut out the sheet will be secure.

Hi Need a quick piece of advice as to how best to prepare a ceiling for plastering. The square extension we have had built has a double truss across the room between its two side walls. From this double truss there are a further 5 trusses (another double and 4 singles) that have been...

Hi Had a skip delivered Friday and forgot to protect the inspection chamber cover....cracked lid but no drain damage I have a plastic Osma inspection cover which is screwed down. It is 500mm x 500mm, the top of the riser below is 480mm wide and the drain 450mm wide. It is on a tarmac...

Whoever plumbed our kitchen waste into the drain left the white 40mm pipe outside of the plastic osma grate that covers the drain. I thought it would be a simple job of adding a longer piece of pipe or adding an extension and fitting through the grate. Then i realized the pipes are cemented...

Agreed - £700.00 a m2 seems a bit steep. I've just built a 8m x 6m treble garage and am starting on a 6.5m x 4.8m extension combined with a double garage conversion. I admit I am doing a lot of the basic labouring and buying the materials myself. The tradesmen are on day rate. I expect to get...

Hi Our family have done a couple of self builds and used David Bullen in Great Yarmouth on both occasions. My brother is a builder and regularly uses him. He covered a build in Reydon so Bungay shouldn't be a problem. http://www.dbsurveyors.co.uk/

Building 8.4m x 6.2m treble garage. 1.6m high ridge. 6.2m span. Just been quoted £690.00 inc VAT.

I had 6m3 a few weeks ago for a garage base. Paid £91.25 / m3 + VAT Small loads due to tight access. The cheapest 6m3 quote was £76.00 / m3 + VAT from The Concrete Company or £83.83 / m3 + VAT LeFarge.

Unbelievable 12 years old......... I thought my 10 year old Barcelona was doing well. I have read much about the boiler on here today (had a few hours free. LOL) and am amazed mine is still going. I have had all the "usual" faults but only the occasional explosive ignition / multiple sparking...

I am also doing an extension and garage conversion plus building a new set of garages. I drew my own planning application plans. However i did have the advantage of have a set of my architect's original house drawings which i copied and drew the revised elevations and provided a new block...

Hi I have acquired the land at the end of my garden (from my father in law) with an understanding i build him a new garage for his property. I intend to build a new double garage for my property. There will be one oversite for these garages. The existing garage my father in law uses has a...

I building new garages and an extension to our home. The property is built with Ibstock Bradgate Claret bricks. I need around 6000 for the works but around 4500 are for the garages. The cheapest quotes for the Ibstock's I have are £450.00 per 1000 + VAT (Ridgeons) and £433.00 per 1000 + VAT...

FIL has just exchanged contracts. As far as I am the buyers solicitor wanted the FENSA paperwork / guarantee but has not questioned anything else. Thanks for the clarification on BRegs.

LOL - now to persuade the wife a garden room extension is far better than a conservatory. I could pitch its roof in line with the garage roof. There the 1 metre gap between the house and garage that needs filling, i take on board your glazing corridor. Alternatively it could have a hipped...

Hi Richard Thanks for your reply. I think the building regs issues are not a problem. What i was wondering was if only the east and south sides of the conservatory are glazed is there a conservatory roofing "material" that keeps most of the heat out in summer and warmth in in winter...

[/url] Hi Richard Thanks for the advice. My father in law built a conservatory last August and the building inspector didn't mention this. He has two radiators in the conservatory. Personally i don't think this is appropriate in my case. I have no permitted rights so when i make my...

Hi I have a Baxi Barcelona Boiler installed 2002. Not sure of the kw but the manual boiler says 33kw. I have no room on the manifolds 5 loops downstairs / 3 loops upstairs. If i use UFH in both rooms i was going to T off the upstairs feed (easiest access to new build) and install a 3rd...

I have underfloor heating throughout my property with thermostats in each room. I intend to build a 5x4 or 6x4 conservatory (maybe an extension if persuaded on my building forum posting) and convert my detached garage into a playroom. See my post in building regarding this. I find...

As a regular user of internet forums i know how helpful they can be solving problems so here is my dilemma. I live in a self built detached chalet bungalow with a south facing garden. The property has a detached garage with its eastern external wall gabled in line with the west facing gabled...