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Thanks Tony. I have been giving this some thought and noticed that you can buy fire retardant paints for use on wood. Apparently they allow the wood to meet British Standard Class 0. If I painted the shed with fire retardant would the shed then be classed as being made of a non-combustible...

Hi, We are looking at building a new shed/garden room in our garden. It will mainly be used as a typical shed to store things but we may sometimes use it as an office. The size and height will be within the limits allowed by permitted development. However we are considering a larger shed that...

Given the incline needed on the waste pipe I can't see it helping as I would have to chase out the floor anyway to get the required incline.

It would be a run of about 3m to the outside wall.

Hugh, I'm not sure but assume solid as the house was built in 1920. ivixor - Saniflo would seem to make sense however I have hear so many worrying stories about it.

Hi, We have bought a new house and my other half is very keen to have a WC under the stairs. However the floor is concrete, so would it be acceptable to chase out a trench for the required waste pipe and then concrete back over? Ta.

Hi, The wood-engineered floor in my front room has badly warped along three plank widths. I believe this is most likely because the original installers didn't leave enough expansion gap to the stone fireplace surround. My plan is to cut half an inch of board out (or as much as is required...

Hi, Thank you all for the helpful replies. Before the last post I was going to also stick up for the decorator as he has been great, but it definitely seems I need to now. Too late for me to get an intermediate switch now but will do so after Christmas (and before I go back to Libya as...

Hi, The decorator recently finished our downstairs rooms whilst I was away on tour, this included changing the light switches. The main living room light (normal ceiling rose variety) used to be controlled by any one of three switches. Unfortunately after he left, my wife found that the light...

Hi, I'm looking at buying a property as an investment. As a possible bonus there is a substantial, brick built outbuilding with a pitched tiled roof. My plan had originally been to use the outbuilding as parking (either knock it down or open one side). However having seen some of the tiny...

Thanks agile, - happy for a moderator to combine them if possible. I don't think it is a restriction as it even affects the kitchen tap and I have visualy inspected all the pipework from there to the boiler 3 feet away. This affect happens on all taps in the house, as soon as the cold is...

Hi, I posted s imilar question a while ago but have got more information - which I hope will lead to an answer. I have a Potterton Puma 80 combi. Water pressure is good - 3.5 bar. Cold water flow is 16 l/m. Hot alone is around 8 l/m. However when both the hot and cold are run together the...

Thank you all for the advice - I am now confused! I like the idea of doing it properly, but am worried about by skill level and time/cost. Would the plan be to take the level of the stack down below the roof line, then fill in the roof/tiles in the gap? Nige F - I thought Grangers was what...

Thanks Alastair, however there is no appliance using the chimney breast anymore. I presume it was left open to allow ventilation in the breast to prevent damp problems in what would otherwise be a closed cavity. Grateful if you or anybody else can see any problems with my proposed solution -...

Hi, I have noticed a small amount of damp coming through to a room I have just had skimmed (Great!). I have traced this back to the old capped chimney breast. After taking a look it is obviously in need of a bit of attention. 1. At the back of the chimney a lot of earth and moss has...