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We're currently having a porch built with a warm roof construction. I previously looked into warm roofs when I was considering converting my garage a few years back so was always under the impression you should almost create a 'bucket' with the VCL going up the sides of the upstands as well...

Thanks, I was looking at using https://www.wickes.co.uk/Osmo-UV-Protection-Satin-Oil-Extra---Clear---750ml/p/296995 which was recommended by the wood yard that supplied it. I'm not against the brackets if they were hidden, say by the natural level of the gravel on the driveway or through a...

Thanks. It would either be the brackets screwed into a concrete base, or the bricks being built on to the concrete base.

Hello We're having a porch built with a canopy that will be held up by 3 oak pillars. The builder has included within his price for metal brackets to lift the pillars off the ground. Something like the below. If we were to instead have the oak pillar sitting on a brick pillar, say 3 course...

UK Power Networks confirmed (via phone and email) that the Electric meter is fine to stay where it is. SGN have made a site visit and confirmed that the Gas meter will need moving. No quote received as yet. Thanks for your help guys.

It will be a WC in front of the round window, accessed through a door where the round window is now. The rest of the extension is a porch.

I'll call the Gas and Electric people today. At the moment, they're cemented over and the new wall is largely constructed. The blue box is roughly where the blue line is on the previous photo. I see there being several things that need to happen: *new meter boxes installed *supply altered...

Thanks, that is what I thought. However when I spoke to the first person they 'made out' it was for safety so they can switch it off during a Fire. Felt a bit like they're pushing for it to be moved external for easier meter reading under the guise of safety. Currently the pipe looks like its...

We're having an extension built at the front of our house. Our meters are currently external and would be made internal with the extension. The plan was to box in the meters in the new WC without moving them. Lots of house have internal meters. Building control have suggested that it's fine...

Ha! Perfect thank you! :D

Hello We're having an extension done on the front of our house, the existing hallway currently gets most of its light through the front door that will now be the porch. We're aware that unless the porch is bright than our hallway will get duller. Whilst we've got a fair few windows, we're...

Thanks for the help guys! Much appreciated!

Thanks for the response guys. I'll certainly ask about laminated glass. Is there a specific thickness I should go for? 6.4mm laminated (outer pane)- spacer - 4mm (toughened) or is it worth going thicker? Is it worth going triple glazed laminate, or that pointless overkill?

Hello We're having a porch built and it have front door with sidelights. There will be a floor to ceiling window on the side (in red). The options from the builder for the composite front door is DoorStop or Palladio. The porch is north facing and is under a canopy, so not in direct sunlight...

Yes, I think so. The latest type in HPS showroom.

The balance is 'prettier toilet that may or may not work' vs 'ugly toilet that definitely does'! Generally it seems that most people here prefer the older toilets!

Hello We have three toilets in our house, two are 25+ years old (with newer internals) and flush perfectly and will get rid of anything first time. The other is about 15 years old and requires about 3 flushes to do the job. As a part of an extension we're moving our downstairs WC. We...

I couldn't see a crack, but please see the photo below. Being black, it doesn't show much! I might do this in the front garden where I think it runs, it won't be to destructive there!

No, all looks in good order and it only collects from one side of a gable and perhaps 2m of main roof that 'feeds' into that gable.

Yes. The front of the house is permanently in the shade, so when wet the ground there will probably take a long time to dry out. The MouseMesh vent covers were installed a couple of years ago, not saying that don't make things worse but it was after the damp initially appeared. The visible...