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Hi all, I have a square en-suite which has 3 walls made of stud work and then one wall is thermalite blocks. I am looking to use insulated tile backer boards with a shower tray. I just wanted to make sure I was doing it right! I am planning to board the walls with 12mm Jackoboard insulated...

Hi all, I have just had a shell extension completed on my house. The internal leaf of the cavity wall is aerated block which will be dot and dabbed. The boiler will need to be installed on one of these walls. I was planning to put a solid bed of adhesive where the boiler bracket will be and...

I am planning to build a detached outbuilding with partial filled cavity walls and blocks on the inner and outer skin. The external blocks will be rendered after. I have read a lot about weep holes but they only seems to be mentioned on cavity walls with brick on the outer skin, which are...

I have lived in my house for 9 years and when I moved in there was a very old but large garage at the end of the garden that was falling to bits so I took it down and planned to rebuild it in the future. I would now like to rebuild the garage but was wondering would I need planning permission...

Hi all, I am planning to build a garden room which will be 6.6 meters wide and 5 meters long/deep. I have managed to find joists that are 6 meters long which will give me the overhang on the front and back. The roof will then have firring strips on top, 18mm OSB board and then EPDM rubber on...

Hi there, I own a house in Bexley, Kent, DA5. It is a 1930's semi detached property. At the end of the garden there is a extremely tall fibreglass stink/stench pipe that comes out of the ground. I have looked at title plans and it appears they is a sewer running underneath. I would like to...