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I have a log burner boiler feeding a buffer tank via a ladermat type load unit and also UFH fed from the same tank using a small modulated pump to feed hot water into the UFH circuit. The cool water feed for the ladermat and the cool water displaced from the UFH are next to each other, can...

We are laying two concrete floors an a barn conversion. The original plan was to lay the concrete then power float to a polished finish. With 320 square meters to lay and polish we have found that getting the labor needed is almost impossible (the barn is in rural France). As an alternative...

Hi, I want to fit a vent into my slate roof as an outlet for a ventilation system. I have a vent which is essentially the same size as a single slate. Two questions: How do you refit the slates around the vent, as far as I can tell I wont be able to get at the nail holes as they will be...

Is there a minimum clearance from the ground to joist on a suspended floor. I am guessing in my case it would be an airflow issue as the ground is dry and there is no real risk of flooding.

I looked at converting my loft, but with the building regs as they are it proved to be impractical. I also looked at using it as a storage area, boarded out, insulated with cuborads etc with a ladder access, but having talked to building control it would seem that even this would be too close...

I have painted an external door and frame with linseed oil paint. (priming first will linseed oil.) The problem is that the door as dried nicely, but the frame refuses to dry, in fact just when i think is is starting to harden it seems to soften up again. (the paint as been on two weeks now in...

I am restoring an external door frame. Now I have stripped all the paint the frame is in good order, the only issue are some small gaps where some joints have pulled apart due to wood shrinkage. Mostly these are decorative so structurally it is not so much of an issue. Can anyone recommend...

I have added a summerhouse to the existing supply, which is a TT system. The earth loop impedance is too high at over 11.5 Ohms. The Earth rod impedance tests at 11 ohms. I think I can get Scottish power to prove a TNS connection but at a minimum of £200. Would it be worth trying to...

I have a garden room fitted with aluminium doors, do these count as a extraneous conductive part from the point of view of earth bonding ?

I am putting up some vertical timber cladding. according to the TRADA guide I should use treated batten with a chamfer to move any moisture ingress away from the cladding. Does anyone know if you can get treated battens already chamfered, I can do it myself but then I would be leaving...

Hi, I am putting a 4mm SWA cable from the house to an outbuilding. The outbuilding will have a small consumer unit. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to terminate the SWA wire armour neatly into a consumer unit. The only thing I can come up with is to gland the cable off using an angle...

Hi, I am looking for a flat roof system for a timber clad building, at the moment GRP is the most appealing. Can anyone recommend a supplier of the necessary roofing materials, paretically the aluminium trims and flashings needed to give a neat finish against the cladding timber.

I am building a garden room away from the main house, the plan is to build to a good standard (current building regulations). The local planner has told me I can go to 2.5 metres with the flat roof, however when you take out the depth of the floor and ceiling joists, the flat roof run off and...

I am interested in using some of the plastic footing forms for the foundation of a garden room. I have seen some pictures, and there is a USA version called 'bigfoot'. Does anyone know where these can be obtained in the UK, also any experience in there use?

My boiler as a switched live (turns the boiler on) and a live from the boiler to the pump. I am assuming that the live to the pump allows the pump to continue to run for a time after the boiler to stop firing when the return temperature is high. (this being controlled by the boiler). When...

I am trying to get to grips with the central heating in my new (old) house. The hot water cylinder as the standard heating indirect coil entering / exiting at the bottom of the tank, it as pipes connected but I am fairly sure they ultimatly do not connect to the central heating boiler. There...

Is it possible to run the firring strips accross the joists, this would allow me to run the joists across the shortest span of the roof. Many years ago I did some work at a manufacturer of cork slabs cut at an angle and various thicknesses used above the decking to provide a run off, dont...

I am in the process of designing a garden room and would like some advice as to the correct construction method that I should use. At the moment I am thinking of a wood frame with 70x50 studs on 500mm centres, this will be filled with rigid foam insulation boards. Outside will be sheeted with...

I am in the process of specifying a new central heating system for a Victorian 2 bedroom semi detached house. Initially the system will provide heating via conventional radiators and hot water. I am adding a loft bedroom; this will probably have under-floor heating, mainly due to lack of space...