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I’d like to add a small office within my double garage, which is detached (few metres away) from my house. I’ve read conflicting guidance around planning permission and building regulations. Does anyone have a similar scenario? Would I need to get planning permission or just get it built...

Hi all, Just before I embark on the project I have looked into the regulations, and just wanted to get views from people on this forum. My garden is 10.65 by 7.25 so 77.25 sq m I know you are not allowed to let decking exceed 50% of the general grass/garden area, and from what I'm...

Hi everyone I would like to change my garage to a utility room, leaving about 25% at the end as tool storage. My question is around the flooring - once I've installed the DPM, is there a minimum distance between that and the timber frame I'll need to install or can it go straight on top of...

Hi all, I took out an old radiator and am in the middle of replacing it. The existing piping is 10mm plastic, and the valve is installed and closed. Please can someone tell me what I need to buy to connect up the to valves to the radiator? The second picture shows the cap still...

I'm having a bedroom built above my garage (job is 70% completed), and to get access requires my second stairs landing will breakout into a new set of stairs into the new bedroom. We plan on making the conversion into 2 separate rooms, so I need to know what is the smallest width door I can...

Hi, My builder has quoted me an extra £385 for a 5.8 meter long steel that wasn't on an original quoted plan, and I just wanted to check if this was excessive or not?

Ive got a conservatory which is attached to the back of my garage, with access via the kitchen, and one side of the conservatory is actually the wall from the side of my house. I would like to rip it down and replace it with a room that I can use all year round, and my builder (who is doing a...

I've got a build for a garage loft conversion half way through and it'll be 2 rooms, one bigger than the other. The eaves are causing me a bit of a headache when it's coming to planning the precise position of the doors, so I wondered if I should look at a bi-fold on the smaller room? Any...

Hello all I recently got planning and building regs approval for a garage loft conversion, and the build is about half way completed. The access to the new room(s) will be from my stairs second landing (gallery type stair case in the house), but my question is exactly how much room do you...

Ive got planning approved for my garage to have a bedroom on its loft, and the architect plans uses a metal frame at the back middle and front for the new building to sit on, with 100mm square poles screwed to the garage floor (again, all approved). Builder started today and apparently the...