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Okay thanks all, not the news I was hoping for but it's good to know. I'll have to look into what the bare minimum is needed for sign off and see where that leaves us in terms of overall cost. I'm not expecting anyone to suggest this but I'm sure many people do go this route..... what if I just...

Sorry I came on here to reword my last post but you'd already replied! I meant to say no PD limitations, I don't expect any planning permission issues. In that case is there an outcome where I can get building control approval for the change WITHOUT it becoming a fully fledged room? Or is my...

So are you saying I can't brick it up without also converting it into a "habitable room" along with the revelant works and building regs that come with that? There's no possible outcome that just means there's now a window instead of a garage door but no further changes? The difference in work...

It's not so much about that as I still intend to get the door change done "properly", it's the fact we actively don't want it converted at this time (if that's possible). It's used almost daily by both of us as a gym, we don't want boarded walls up right now and I suspect that's one of the...

I'm just looking for some advice before I go out and find a builder for this so I know what to look out for... We have a townhouse with an integrated garage which forms part of the ground floor, the floorplan attached but is missing an internal door we had fitted a couple years back from the...

There's no neutrals to any wall switches in our 1996 home sadly, I wish there was. I think I could get a 35mm backbox in there, even if I need to make space for one. Although since posting this I've been told by the other half that we "don't need a screen there" so I suspect this won't progress...

I'd quite like to fit a Sonoff NSPanel Pro touch panel next to our front door but I have a query about getting power to it. I won't be undertaking the electrics myself but I just wanted to see if it's feasible before I buy the device and contact the electrician. The device needs live and neutral...

Good to know, I'll probably just cut them fully off in that case. Ah yes the classic PTFE tape on the threads, I've seen it in a few places around the house over the years. I was hoping to leave that section of the pipe untouched to avoid upsetting the compression fittings but if I do remove...

I've always known the pipework under our kitchen sink was a mess since we bought the place a few years back but it's never caused an issue so I've never got around to sorting it.... I now need to add a feed for a new plumbed in fridge so it seems like a good time to tidy it up a bit, just wanted...

I was just going to go with some SS M8 x 110mm coach screws and standard 10mm Nylon wall plugs in the end. I've secured other smaller bits to the exterior to the house and I've not faced much of a problem in terms of bricks crumbling (1996 property). Should be sturdy enough and at least the...

Perhaps back to resin it is! Certainly can't complain about the strength then...

Whilst I do agree with you on that, they are factually known as Juliet Balconies - I wish it was a proper one though! Good to know, I'll just grab some M8/M10 x 100 coach screws and relevant plugs from toolstation in that case. Hopefully that means I can drill the correct sized hole without...

As implied in the original post it is a Juliet balcony yes. The old bolt I believe is stuck within the brickwork so I'll probably secure into the second hole. Since it's not a load bearing balcony is a M10 expansion anchor sufficient then? Cost wise, it's the same as the resin approach.

I've been meaning to fix a dodgy Juliet balcony since we bought our house a couple of years ago. It's currently held in place with two bolts and the other two have presumably fallen out over the years before we bought. I'm not sure if it's best use standard wall plugs and coach screws or if I...

Great thanks Hugh, I'll try and expose a bit more if it ever stops raining here. Will pop out with a tape measure to confirm the size before buying too. I'll shove some washing up liquid around it before pulling and see how the current seal copes, I did shine a light down the pipe and couldn't...

I've got these two broken rodding eye points in our garden that I ought to get fixed. I was hoping to just buy new covers for both but it doesn't appear that you can just buy the covers and end up with the whole assembly... I broke the middle of this one above taking down a brick wall. I need...

I don't think it's filling the blue and overflowing as there's pretty good flow out of the drain holes if I pour a jug of water down there - much more than the amount of rain that would get past the seal. Perhaps it's leaking through the seal between the glass and the frame and dripping down to...

We bought our 1996 townhouse a few years back and occasionally have issues with the french doors on the 1st floor Juliet balcony. I suspect they're the original doors from when it was built and we do need to replace them as they're not the most airtight in winter but I was hoping to put that off...

Do you mean in the camera junction box or the conduit? Surely conduit would be water tight?

The top entry hole is for the actual camera entry. I think the connection block has been designed so that even if water enters through the top, it's not going to come into contact with any of the connections inside due to the direction. Either way I'll likely pop some silicone around the top and...