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Yeah, it's a 1990 build house, and each house seems to have this configuration with inspection covers in similar places, so I figured it would be our responsibility. As there'll be loads of digging to do anyway on top of digging for the base (it's on a slight incline that would need levelling...

Hi folks, This is one for the future, but I thought I'd discuss it now so I'm clued up lol. We wish to add a rear convervatory to the house at some point in the future. This could be professionally installed, part installed/part DIY, or mostly DIY. Something I need to ask is relating to...

Well, funnilly enough I always thought it was a bit of a bodge also, until I saw a good 5-6 houses in the same street with exactly this configuration, and looking quite professionally installed (unlike our old house). The only real reason for doing it this way (from my point of view) is that we...

Hi folks, first of all, I hope this isn't too daft a sounding question.... Basically we could do with partitioning one long room with a single window in the middle (the window is around 2m wide) into two smaller rooms. The simplest way to do it, while retaining a window in each room, would...

....and no the laminate (installed by myself last year) isn't of the glued variety so will come up easily.

Nah, there's no joists or supporting pieces to cut through. From what I can see it's exactly the same as the attached diagram (just without the underfloor heating pipes that this picture is trying to demonstrate). The whole floor appears to be supported by the polystyrene blocks. As the...

Hi folks, quick question. Currently downstairs we have concrete floors with a damp proof membrane, polystyrene blocks on top of the DMP and chipboard on top of that. The house is approx 20 years old ex-housing association. The heating appears to have been the last thing to be installed as...

Hi folks, long time no post. I'm hoping somebody can offer some advice here. We could do with making better use of the loft space on our approx 20 year old house. Currently the supports for the roof are a W type arrangement, which offers a reasonable space down the middle of the loft but no...

Hi John, thanks for that (and sorry for the late reply). Right, the floor appears to consist of the following (haven't taken it all up yet - just a bit more in the rotten corner) 1) Concrete/Slabs on the base - some very bumpy bits 2) Polystyrene Blocks 3) Damp Proof Membrane plastic...

Hi folks, A couple of months ago when pulling up the horrid floor covering in our kitchen I noticed that the floor was somewhat "bouncy" around and under a unit. When the floor covering was pulled up and the unit removed, it appears that some bad plumbling has been leaking down the wall and...

Yeah I figured it might involve a little more than a free standing unit. I've allowed a little flexibility in the design, and at the moment it's just at the setting out stage, nothing is fastened down yet.

Hi folks, I'm busy sorting out our kitchen with new units/fronts/worktops , and have got to the point where I need to think seriously about replacing our tatty old cooker. I've got to the part of the kitchen where the cooker would go, and it's got me thinking whether to leave a space for a...

lol, sounds like I'm getting my FCU's and RCD's mixed up! :lol: The consumer unit is surprisingly simple, only having the following:- Ground Floor Lights 1st Floor Lights Ground Floor Ring 1st Floor Ring Cooker Shower So if I read you correctly, there's no safety concern from the...

Hi Adam, thanks for your reply! :D Unfortunately I have no access to a digital camera right now BUT I've dug up a picture of a similar thing which might give you an idea what I'm talking about. I might be confusing issues by referring to RCD's - maybe I'm using the wrong bit of lingo...

Hi folks, First of all I must apologise for not really having a clue, I'm trying to do as much research as possible, but due to being really busy with other stuff - I'm not taking a lot of it in. Our 20 year old house has always had an absolutely terrible layout, the kitchen being a prime...