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I'm having a new resin driveway installed. The brick borders are going up quite high to the plinth level of front of house. Should the brick borders be further below 150mm for dpc purposes? Does the plinth I have offer any protection for damp? Also the acro drain is there as I have a slope on...

I need to install 1 electric radiator into a room. I can buy it hardwired or with plug socket Now the plug socket is not near by where the rad is getting installed, but there is a plug socket directly behind the wall on otherside in the room behind. for aesthics of wiring I want to drill the...

My shower extractor fan comes on with the light switch. It's on a timer. I find this annoying especially when I want a shower during day. I want the extractor fan to come on manually when I press the fan isolator switch. How do I rewire it up so it doesn't come on with light switch?

I had full planning, but started the extensions dug footings etc. Now I want to cancel the build and reinstate the house as it was. Do I need to inform the council??

A cowboy builder ruined my house, made it uninhabitable. The house is fully gutted with no main external wall or services. How do I move forward. The building inspector is private and doesn't come out and was employed by the builder, a matey of his. The whole build is ruined. I will probably...

started a side extension, laid foundations with concrete. the main external wall knocked out and a supporting steel put in. if i cancel the extension i need to put the main external wall back up, the footings to this main wall is about 400mm or so. the foundations to build the brick work up...

I'm trying to continue a extension now after it turned into a shambles with a rogue builder. So behind the garage I'm doing a side extension, it had a manhole there only serving my house, not shared. So I believe it's a private drain. I have a manhole on my driveway also, is there any need for...

Can someone tell me what that round pipe hole is at the top right of this manhole. Is it something shared coming from neighbours drain? This manhole is on my driveway at the front. It goes into the garage to back of garage into a manhole. In that manhole it's a private drain as it connects...

if i build over a private drain with a extension in the back running 10m in length. is this ok? i will have a rodding access at the back of the garden. in the extension will be new connection for bathroom/kitchen. the groundwork builder doing it will design it, but it hasnt been designed by...

I had full planning for a side extension, we dug footings, put the steel and knocked main side wall out. Due to problems we now want to stop and put the original wall back to how it originally was in first place. Building control have signed footings and steel off already, can we just simply go...

Is the block and beam allowed to sit on a single engineering brick as below. Its only resting on 1 brick faced upside down, which is underneath a 800mm concrete footing. Would BC pass this?

I removed parquet flooring in a bungalow and the concrete is covered in bitumen. A little thick in some places. I want to lay ufh matts and install ufh. How do I tackle the bitumen. Is it acting as a dpc? I don't want the place smelling with the ufh

I've removed a old parquet flooring which was glued down with bitumen. I want to install ufh over the top, what's best way to do this over a floor that was previously glued with bitumen?

I'm mixing a new extension with the existing house. The old part of house is just a concrete slab no insulation. I need to build this height up by 25mm overlay boards for ufh to match the new extension. Can I just put 25mm ufh overlay boards straight over the concrete, then lay a floating...

Can you lay blockwork on top of block and beam floor to create a wall partition, they will not be load bearing just on single storey with flat roof aboce. I want to subdivided the floor area into 3 separate rooms.

What happens if you build a extension and have building regs but no planning permission? Here's the story: Doing a 10m side extension, got building inspector involved and all going good with foundation etc. Extension is about to go up and we been told it doesn't come under PD. Do I carry on...

My builder was doing a side extension, in my bungalow. We thought it come under PD. WE have now learnt I need planning permission, and we halted work. He's only laid thr block and beam floor no blocks have gone up. What are my options? Should I wait and put in planning. I been told the wait...

im having a house refurb, a new concrete block and beam floor will mix with a old concrete floor in the house can i do the following: 1. lay pir boards like cellotex floating 100m in the new extensions, and then 20mm in the old part of the house. this makes all the floor level one height...

I've renovated a bungalow, and built a side extension. The original floor had parquet floor which we removed and had concrete underneath. The extension is being built with block and slab then will be insulated with cellotex. Question is should I be installing a overlay system throughout...

building a side extension, concrete is in. brickie started laying the engineering bricks down today, and a few blocks. fduring works it was non stop heavy rain he had to stop. nothing was covered up, and the bricks and mortar covered in persistent rain. will this have caused issues. also...