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I'm about to request some fixed price quotes from several local builders for a ~£100k two-storey house extension. But I've heard (over the last year or so) that some material costs have been increasing greatly. How can I FAIRLY protect both the builder (main contractor) and myself from future...

Can anyone advise on relative overall costs and pros/benefits of each solution? Basically, are the two hipped roofs (with an access hatch?) a much harder job, and is it generally worth it? Our architect has said either option is fine. The 2 hipped roof solution appears to be more work and uses...

For a patio-area single storey extension, my architect has suggested a choice of either: - Marley Mendip low-pitch interlocking concrete roof tiles OR - slates with the Permavent 'Easy-Slate' side strips. We also expect to use low-pitch 'Fakro' roof lights. Please can anyone advise of the...

Yep, I've kept the original plastic packers thanks.

Thanks to both of you. Johnny - I've taken the entire glazing unit out, and was intending to replace the whole thing, not just a single pane! But thanks for suggesting the alternative of replacing it with an appropriately sized plastic panel.

Hi, Can someone please help advise whether the replacement glazing unit I intend to buy will correctly fit in my existing uPVC door. I am primarily concerned that the thickness of my existing unit is about 27mm, whereas the replacement one I've found online is 24mm thick. Here's the full...

Yes, thanks Lucid. I very much wanted to go with your suggestion, but was trying to get a little more information: specifically how many cables should be put in/between each room. ['Run the cabling to all the key points' was a little too vague for me]. I'm really sorry, but I still don't get...

>>Why go to the expense of doing work that you aren't going to benefit from? i) Because it might well add some value to the house ii) Because my grandkids might have 'evolving' requirements iii) I'll get some satisfaction from knowing it's a decent, modern house

Hi, I'm re-wiring the house (3-bed, 2 living rooms) and although I use only a single TV in the living room, and WiFi throughout the house (from a single broadband supply in living room), I want to ensure the house has at least a minimum level of media wiring for when the house is sold in the...

Hi, I'm intending to install (or have my builder install) a wet UFH system in a 40m2 GF extension area. The key questions I have are: 1. Am I right in thinking that the 'controls' for such a system can become quite expensive, and that it would be quite sensible to have 'simple' controls...

Thanks, I was asking if that's a common/good thing to do. Apparently not. Thanks.

Again, thank you for the really helpful advice. :-)

I'm intending to have my old 3-bed house almost fully re-wired (together with some media cabling) by a professional. Is it normal to have detailed wiring diagrams (showing the routings of the cables etc.) drawn up as part of the job? Would they be done before the job starts (and modified if...

Thanks to everyone for their advice. I'm now reading up on the web specifically about 'low pitch roof tiles' and there's some good 'old' threads on here on the topic. Thanks again.

I recently bought and erected 2 cheap Chinese-import ones (copies of Yardmasters I think). I'm normally very speedy at unboxing, laying out to identify components, and assembling/erecting things but it took me absolutely ages(prob. 8++ hours) to do. Removing/ripping off the protective plastic...

Hi, My architect has drawn me up plans for a single-storey extension with a roof pitch of ~11 degrees, and plain roof tiles to match the main house. But, whilst browsing online at plain roof tiles (that seem to be a match for my own) I noticed that they are spec'd up to a 'minimum pitch' of 35...

Thanks Bobasd. If the whole chimney stack is removed, will it disturb the internal walls within the house, especially in the bathroom area? I.e. is the whole 18”x18” section of brickwork removed, or is it just the part of the stack that projects out from the house that’s removed? BTW, the...

Note, I’ll obviously have the old ‘black’ down pipe beside the chimney stack removed too.

Photos now included! I’m asking how easy / sensible is it to remove the whole height of the chimney stack in order to create flexibility when building/knocking through to a new, single floor extension to be built on the rear of the house. As you can see from the full height photo, the stack...