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I fitted a gloss white Wickes Kitchen and preferred the chamfered edges compared to the slab wffect of the B&Q doors(which I fitted in the utility room) wickes seems better quality than the B&Q stuff. can't comment is comparison to MFI but I was led to believe they all use 22mm units instaed of...

Yes the fill valve and isolation taps for the washing machine are all located inside the cupboard below. I just cut out the back panel when I fitted it.

It did take me a while but half the battle was to learn as much as I could. think it took me 15months! Yes. she gave me a hand near the end. The kitchen was tight! I think the oven door did open 99% of the way but the 600 door under the sink wouldn't... I had to have the sink on that wall...

No post going in. attracts attention to hiding something inside! it will have its own independant alarm. connected to the house alarm and therefore dialler etc. solenoid drive bolts operated remotely on garage door and cctv too. already got the DVR setup in the house watching the cars. etc...

knock a quick sketch up of the layout on microsoft paint...you'll find it;'ll increase the feedback as the photos arent helping!

Thanks very much for the comments! Cheers! Theres lots more photos! I just selected most of the good ones! I think I've made best use of the space indoors, apart from not extending the kitchen into the garage...but hindsight suggests I shouldve pushed for getting that built...

after finishing the first and selling up I moved onto this one..mainly because ti included the land at the side that I knew I could build my wanted garage on! :)...

Thought I'd put some pictures up of the first house I did. swallowed many a night and weekend! Sold it and started again on a bigger house....

I thought that......build an open porch but carry an extended roof over the ground floor window and fit a 3 sided window( like a bay window but it extrudes from the flat wall) underneath the new roof. That should give it some shape and feature! Anopther more expensive option is to...

On the subject of paving... I roughly need 25m2 of paving( inc the path down the side of the garage). The indian stone we both like is about £16/m2 so £400 for the paving, I'm guessing 3 tons of MOT crusher and 2 tons of sharp sand.(£200ish) If I dug down and levelled the entire area...

Do you mean like this? never was good at art! :lol:

No kids. 2 mid twentys adults. sun is in extended end first thing in the morning then passes over to the outhouse end by the evening.. I did originally want paving. cant afford to pay a landscaper £5k+ and after shopping around, decking seems so much cheaper.its that or indian stone that...

Hi, Now that my garage is built I am going to tackle my 'yarden'! its an end terraced house with land at the side that now has been incorporated into a perimeter wall and a garage. I've included a few pictures and of what I currently have and a rough idea to what I'd like... brown bit...

couldnt you just link the 2 with a "conservatory" style walk way, as I thought conservatorys were exempt from planning permission?

Hi, mine wasnt the glass that failed it was the seal between the outer glass face and the upvc frame. it would then run inside the frame and track back on a poorly fitted sill into the wall. I ran silcone around the edges as a test to prove it and then replaced the seal and fixed the sill.

I once had similar problems and found it to be a failed seal on the glass unit in the frame. the water was running down the glass and through the upvc frame and into the wall causing localised damp around the corner of my window sill.

Fair point. I'll price up the T shape and the box lintel tomorrow and see which is cheaper. I dont mind how the internal wall looks so the box lintel is preferable. I'll also speak to my Inspector and see if he wants any calcs. hopefully he's accept a visual. especially if its a 215mm high...

Thanks again Noseall. I have found this site which give the required measurements, how ever it doesnt say what thickness the steel is. http://www.lintels.co.uk/_p66.htm I just miss out on the 160mm high as my opening is 2440 for the garage door or roughly 2550( including the frame)...

Is this what I need? http://www.ebuildingsupplies.co.uk/custom/shop/product?productId=1000201 typically how many courses of brick would be required to hide the steel?

Brilliant and very quick reply too noseall. Thanks... Any idea where I could find one? my builders merchants don't do them that long. and I've just priced up a 2850mm CN81B Catnic at £349.22! http://www.catnic.com/static/Lintel-Downloads/pricelist.pdf Are they really that expensive or is...