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Hi all, Hoping to get some advice please - We're finishing up an extension on our house and are about to tackle cleaning up the garden. Our neighbours have a large oak tree at the edge of our property, and a significant portion of it overhangs our garden. We're wondering about the best way to...

Hi everyone, I'm at my wit's end with builders and contractors. We recently had a window installed, but it's leaking badly during heavy rain. The window itself seems fine, but I believe the issue lies with the lintel installation. The builders created the opening and put in a lintel, but it...

Hi guys, I have had a window retrofitted for a bathroom. Whilst the window is great, I'm concerned about the debris in the cavity wall, it literally is from bottom to top of the exposed cavity... I'm assuming anyway. Do you have any suggestions as to how one can remove it?! See pics attached;

Hi everyone, I'm back again needing some advice on my extension roof. We've got a felt cold roof installed, but the firing strips are too short, leading to an inadequate slope and water pooling. Initially, I thought adding a channel at the edge would drain the water into the gutters, but one...

After sorting out our ventilation issue in our flat cold roof, we are now at the point of putting in the insulation. I am hearing contradicting things at the moment, that we need to use gapotape due to the recent changes in building regs. or can we simply ensure the celotex is cut correctly to...

Hi all, Our roofer completed our felt roof last night, however we are unsure whether the application is going to be problematic. We have gone for a triple layer system which all is fine. However the issue we have is with the direction the felt has been laid, it should have gone with the...

Hi guys, I've had trouble with builders as of late, and you guys have proved extremely helpful, and I would like some advice please. We want to build a parapet wall to complete the roof of this extension. The extension is around 4.5m x 4m. I have attached a drawing below, the blue line...

Hi guys, First time post although unfortunately, not a happy one. We are doing a rear one-storey extension. We've had continuous bad luck with builders who all just seem to be in it for the money. The first builder we had sort of absconded halfway through, got another builder in who rightly...