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Plan in the future is to level off wall and install wrought railings. Drive entrance is to the right of the pic - again plans are to have a electric gate which would slide off towards the area in question. Ideally need something which creates no miss and is virtually maintenance free. I have a...

I am thinking of removing the tree from the middle. Leveling ground with the drive and putting down some artificial grass. ANy one suggest any better ideas? My concern with levelling is i might expose raw brick work. What can i do to get around this? Pictures attached. Many thanks.

If I do wet what ratio mix do I use?

:-) Admins - could you move to correct section please?

Dormer Bungalow Dormer conversion has no insulation behind the sloped ceilings. Dormer is boiling hot in summer Ground floor floor of bungalow has empty cavity and a sub floor for ventilation. In winter ground floor is very cold In summer ground floor is cool/warm (not hot) I will be...

PLanning to do this in the next few days - once I have removed the current cracked pointing. would a mix of 3:1 sand:cement be suitable? Mixed dry, spread in and then slightly watered over?

Will I need to replace insulation as I guess it will be infected with waste.

Just picking up on this again. I am planning to keep the 6ft posts. Replacing the cant rails and then fixing 7ft feather edge panels - followed by the fence capping rail on top. Any suggestions/recommendations on where to purchase the items mentioned above?

so I’ve got 3 painting jobs on my DIY list. 1. Repaint garage door white. There is some flaking paint. What’s the best way to tackle the uneven surfaces due to where the paint has peeled off? 2. RePaint wooden frame around garage door. Black paint has peeled pretty bad. 3. First couple row...

Not much miss to be honest. I am cleaning up/refreshing the house so thought I’d start top to bottom. Like anything once it’s given a good clean it looks miles better. I was favouring the hot steam method?

Original question refers to roof tiles.

same reason most people clean their paving... freshen/clean it up.

What is the best method? I have heard conflicting suggestions. Hot steam clean Or Brick cleaner acid and then jet washed

Uunfortunately the only guide I can find from the LPA is dated 2013 -...

Is there any advantage of initially applying for permitted dev for 6.25m x 8m... and then once approved applying for full planning for the extra 3.5m? Or is it best to do it all on one.

The wider part of the extension should not be more than half the width of the original house. Fall short on the above. Original house width is approx. 12.5m so I am allowed to go 6.25m wide - my initial proposal width is approx. 9.5-10m. Will go down the full planning route.... thanks for...

Unfortunately my LPA do not have a specific guide which goes in to much detail - so yes it looks like following the national guidance.

Located in Birmingham...

But as it is a "rear" extension the width should not come into the equation. Width would matter if it genuinely is "side" extension Going by page 22 "A wall forming a side elevation of a house will be any wall that cannot be identified as being a front wall or a rear wall" On my property it is...

Just picking up on this again. Ref: The side step at the rear of my property. Having read over the permitted planning document i can see it notes: Where the original rear wall of a house is stepped, then each of these walls will form ‘the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse’. In such...