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No, unfortunately not. It's a simple rectangle with two small flowerbeds on either side of the driveway entrance. All we said (and agreed verbally) was an arch to 1.5m to the side walls from each pillar of the driveway entrance. The original quote simply says: "7. The step will be...

I've been getting a new driveway installed for the last two weeks. The job is nearly complete and needs another 1-2 days. However, the company installing the driveway keep trying to cut corners and claim not to recall discussions about the shape of flowerbeds, heights of walls, etc. They seem...

Oops. Double post.

Okay, my father will be 'flooding' the Aco-channels with a hosepipe this afternoon to see is the soakway takes a large amount of water. The paving bricks haven't been installed yet so we can get the installers to fix the soakaway if there are any issues.

No planning permission because of the use of a soakway (i.e. the water isn't running off onto the public footpath or road). Installer recommended it and said it'll be fine! I asked for a drainage solution to comply with all Building Control and Planning regulations. He's giving a written...

Oh no, i've just been informed that the installer used normal house bricks chopped in half to fill the soakway, topped with shingle. Is this a bad thing?

Well, kind of. There is a layer of soil and then there's clay.

What type of stone should be used on a soakaway for a driveway? My driveway installers have excavated a 1m wide by 1m deep hole, 5m from the front of my property. The overall size of the driveway is about 100 square metres. Two separate drain pipes from the Aco channels will send rainwater to...

Okay, so it looks like I don't need to replace the actual fan unit tiself - an inline shutter or shuttered external grille would be a much simpler solution. Is this the kind of thing a handyman could fit/replace? I'm not a handyman in any sense of the word! lol...

I've had a Vent-Axis bathroom extractor fan fitted a few months ago as part of my bathroom refit. There are no issues with the quality of the work. However, with the chillier nights now my bathroom is very cold in the mornings. The fan has no back-draught shutters so you can pretty much see...

My bathroom is above the part-integral garage.

It just looks like a normal single-skin plasterboard at the moment (judging from the lumps that have fallen off!). Regardless of what is there now, i'd like the 'correct' plasterboard attached to comply with the necessary building regulations. That's why i'm asking the question on here as...

I have a small, single part-integral garage and the plasterboard on the ceiling is crumbling away. I need the plasterboard pulled down and new plasterboard attached (or just overboarded if that's a possibility). Which type of tradesman do I need to do this. I'm not too bothered about having...

The issue is that all the painting and decorating is complete. The worktops are all secured. The decorators must have missed the gap so I need to fill it with something.

I've got a gap of around 6mm between a kitchen worktop edge and the wall. What's the best way to fill this gap? I'm looking for a simple method that leaves a nice finish.

Worcester Bosch came out to check for a leak on my newly-installed WB 30CDi boiler recently. The boiler was fine and the leak was eventually found to be in an elbow joint under the living room floor. However, the WB engineer did a thorough test of the WB 30CDi boiler and this included...

All sorted now. I bought a tube of Fernox F1 superconcentrate from Screwfix. It cost £29. Here is how I saved £150 by doing the dosing myself through the Magnaclean. 1. I loaded it into a mastic gun and cut off the sealed end and then screwed on of the adapters onto the end of the tube. I...

I've used Dulux Trade Flat Matt emulsion around my home and it's really good. The opacity is fantastic.

I need to add inhibitor to my CH system as there's been a leak in it for over three months. Is it okay to add inhibitor by unscrewing the Magnaclean, taking out the excess water and filling it with inhibitor? This approach would be far easier and less messy than adding it through a rad. Also...

8 radiators, sealed system, WB 30CDi gas-fired boiler. I'm just after the work and effort involved to compare against what i'm going to be charged.