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Years ago you had to lay the fireback on a bed of sand and carefully work your way along the scoreline with a sharp bolster. Nowadays a diamond blade goes through it easily.

I'd say it's a clay fireback. For most open fires you should cut them in 2 pieces along the scoreline. This allows for the different expansion as the bottom is much hotter than the top. For certain fires, like decorative gas ones, you can leave them as one piece.

Norton clipper. You can hire them.

1000mm of topsoil. You must be growing some prize winning veg.

Think you pressed the wrong quote button Notch.

For a home gym it's more about picking the correct mats for the job. For garage floors when heavy equipment is going to be used a 6 inch slab is recommended. Steel is only really needed if the ground below the sub base is soft.

Why don't you use strip foundations?

You can't go back to previous customers and get the vat back off them. They advise people to get vat registered when starting the business, but it's a requirement if you expect to go over the limit within 30 days.

There isn't a legal requirement as there is in the USA to be a licenced contractor, just voluntary trade associations.

Are you in the USA, maybe California? If so noseall's got it wrong, it's 9ft 4in or 2.84 and a bit m.

It depends on how your payment structure is worked out. For example, are you paying for the materials, and then paying for his labour separately? If so, then you'd want the material reciepts. If he's priced for labour and materials, then he'll keep the receipts himself, and just invoice you...

I've done jobs for people in that way for years. Nowadays I only work on an hourly rate, but everyone I've worked for has been happy. If he's a good tradesman you have probably got a decent deal.

TBH I thought it was 25% of the roof until last year when I job I was doing involved Building Control on some drainage work and the customer asked me about some roof repairs. I said to the BCO, that it looked like around 25% to me. He said 25% causes too many issues working when doing repairs...

If all the windows are part of the extension, then the cost is included in it.

You'll need to ask your local Building Control, as they all have their own pricing lists, as well as there are private companies. Generally, they offer a 50% reduction when adding something on.

https://www.speedcrete.co.uk/brick.html?cat=160 I get of lot of my jointing tools and trowels from here. They are really good quality, especially the Rose ones. They might be a bit pricey for DIY, although they give a better finish. There is a method of pointing rough brickwork known as Tuck...

Most of the roofers I know are part of the Competent roofers scheme, so will self certify at the end of the job. It's right that it's unlikely that the council will ever take enforcement action, and unlikely a surveyor will pick it up on a house sale, as a roof soon alters from it's brand new...

The roof is still classed as the thermal element, whether the insulation is at joist or rafter level. If you want to add insulation at joist level, the easiest time is when the roof has been stripped.

Look it up woody. It's 25% of the building's envelope and 50% for the roof. It's on the Planning portal.

The 25% is the total building envelope. For a roof under 50% can be replaced without regs.