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Previously the chimney stack was removed from the roof during some roofing works and taken down to just underside of the roof rafters in the loft I am now starting to removed the brickwork and had a few a things I've been pondering over.. For background, I'm a chartered civil engineer with...

I've done a bit of reading and ideally I know the air brick should be 1 course above the ground (75mm) and the DPC 2 courses (150mm), however in my case I'm a little more constrained. There are currently no airbricks on this end on the house as the previous owner's extension and conservatory has...

I'm having an issue with the downstairs sockets circuit in the house tripping the old Crabtree ELCB which is fitted inline with the fuse box. This has suddenly started to do this. I've been trying to work out what is going on and it seems that higher powered items trip it (kettle, microwave...

I've just installed a new 22mm feed to where a 2 bar shower pump is to be installed from the hot tank. I bought a surrey flange expecting it to screw in, but this doesn't seem to be the case. I have a supercal 900x450 hot tank. Any suggestions?

I am going to get the single storey kitchen roof and guttering replaced, and was wondering about connection of the downpipe. The roof previously had the downpipe at the other end, but when the previous owners built a conservatory this was moved. Half the roof still drains onto the conservatory...

I am particularly cautious about the precence of any asbestos in the house and have had loft vermiculite insulation tested in the past. When cutting out a hole in the plasterboard partition in the under the stairs cupboard I came across a cement board with wood like chips in backing the...

I am planning on installing the Hive 2 programmer, and I'm trying to work out how to disconnect the British Gas wireless thermostat from the system. I understand the timer can be easily changed for the 2 channel Hive unit with L N 1 2 3 4 teminals. I believe it should clip directly onto the...