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Hi, I’ve just had some trench footings dug and poured at 600mm width, I’ve been told that due to the wall been 10m long there needs to a pier on the internal brickwork 450mm into the building, making the footing not wide enough. Does anybody know if I can extended the footings width to...

Hi. I’m half way putting a steel in to take 15 first floor joists. My first plan was to use jiffy hangers and wrap them around the wood that would be in web of the steel and install the steel. That can’t be done as the steel needs to go the side ways to bolt to another steel then up and...

Hi, Currently half way through an extension and looking to put Ufh throughout the back of the house. The extension is having to have a block and beam floor, due to clay and possible heave. The existing part of the house has a solid concrete floor, which is going to be removed, and redone with...

Hey I’m looking for some help on the best substrate to use to raise the level of my garden, I’m looking at raising 200/300mm to make the garden levels correct. What’s the best material to use to raise this up? The current subsoil is clay. We are going to be having some extension footings, the...

Hi, I’m about to submit a larger extension under permitted development to the council. In doing so does it then remove any permitted development rights to build an outbuilding at a later date? Or can I still build one if I keep within permitted development rights further down the line?

Hi, I’m looking at building an outbuilding at the bottom of the garden which can fall into permitted development if I keep the height under 2.5m. I was looking to build slightly higher to gain some extra headroom, 3m would be the ideal at the ridge. If i was to apply for planning first...

Hi, I’ve had this alarm installed now for a couple of years, I’ve gone to use Wintex today and all day it won’t connect to the panel, get a message saying connection with control panel could not be established, please check settings and try again. I haven’t changed any setting since last...

Hi all, Im looking and building a lean too on the side of the garage, sort of a car port. I’m after some timbers to span 5.3 meters? the structure will be 5.3 x 5.3 It’s only going to have black bitumen sheets on top. So not much weight material wise, going to be at a 5 degree pitch. Would...

hi, I’m planning on putting electric's into the garage, had 2 quotes, one is saying to use 6mm swa and the other 10mm swa The run is around 37 meters and will be using power tools, heaters and lighting in the garage. What would people advise to be used? As one says it’s nessaccary to have...

I have a single brick wall, 4 meters high, 5.6 meters long which I need to put a new strip footing alongside of. The footing is around 5 bricks deep, but my new footing needs to be 1m deep, can I dig out the the whole way in one go? Or will it have to be done in sections? The soil underneath...

We have a single garage at the bottom of the garden which is practically falling down. This garage is at the bottom of the garden attached to next doors garage, it has a pitched roof with the apex of the roof sitting on top of the party wall. Do I need to serve any notice to knock my half down...

Just about to put a pitched roof on the my extension, I am just a little unsure on the best way to fix the wall plate to these wooden supports? As fixing into the bricks is just not going to hold, Thanks in advance!

hi I have this evening moved my consumer from one wall to the next temporarily. But for some reason it won't work, don't suppose any one can see why it doesn't work anymore? Anyone have any ideas?

hi, I'm just after a little advice, on my main water pipe in I have 3 soldered joints before a stop cock, so if one of these leaked I would have no way of turning the water off? Should I replace the first soldered joint with a compression fitting tap or should I leave as is? Thanks in advance

Hi, I have a little problem and not sure what do, I have two mcb with sockets on. One of them does one double plug socket and the rest of the house is on the other, 8 double sockets. Can I move the live into the other mcb and safe to do so? Thanks in advance!

I have the main supply located in a corner I wish to move this through 90 degrees to the adjacent wall. Can my local sparky do this for me? Help appreicteed

I have a outside light which the previous owner wired up into a existing light fitting so it came on with the hall light. I wish to put the light on a sepearte switch. Inside the light switch the live is switched. How do I go about wiring this in so it can be on a independent switch? How...

Hi, sorry for a how do I for my first post but thanks in advance. I'm trying to change over a light switch but can't seem to wire the new one in. The old markings on the one don't match the new at all and I'm a bit lost. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks again