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Hi all Not been back for a while, but if you can help I am looking for some divine inspiration please. Ok, so all the bathroom walls have been nicely tiled by my own fair hand and I am very happy with the result, but we were planning to put a vinyl floor covering down, however, being...

Hi all Firstly thanks for any replies. I am part way through extending my porch , all done via local B.C.O as part of a larger extension to our property. I am moving my porch forward by some two metres between two hip bay roofs on a bungalow, by constructing a flat roof between the...

Hi all I need to get my consumer moved into a utility room which will have, no sink but will have a washing machine and currently has my boiler. Are there any rules as to its location and distances from these items. The intention is to have it put it in a cupboard in the utility, but i...

Hi all I need to make good the floor between my new extension floor which has been screeded by myself, but i need to level off the floor where i have done the knock through to the origional part of the house. I worked out my levels before hand but i have to make good the old part floor to...

Hi all Firstly thanks for any help. I am in mid throw converting my existing kitchen into a bathroom, with all the fun of moving existing supplies. The electric Meter will be moved by local supplier at a price of about £450 but i have to do all the ground work. Great, i cant move a...

Hi all Firstly thanks for any replies. Ok, here goes...I have a newly laid concrete internal floor, recently laid which is drying nicely, with no cracks yet ! Now, wifey suffers with a skin condition which we know to be agitated by cobalt and chromium, which if i am correct may be in...

Hi all Can anyone suggest a way of removing hip and ridge half round tiles without breaking them. They are not loose and would like to try and save them for re use if possible. I need to take them off to form a valley close by. I thought about a brick saw through the motor between...

Hi all Looking for some devine inspiration about how to solve this issue please. I am doing my first cut roof on our extension to our bungalow, but can forsee a problem joining our new extension roof to the main roof on one side. Where the new extension meets the origional building...

Firstly hi to all and thanks for any replies. I am currently mid way through a 4.3 metre extension to our bungalow and in the throws of doing the hipped roof. Its going well with no major problems at present and building control happy with my work. Two questions guys please. I note...

Hi all Can anyone help me with any info on minimum clearances for brickwork between any openings and an external electric meter box. Extension underway and i just want to check if there are any regs covering the fitting of the box. The location of our electric meter box is planned to be...

Hi all. Been on here before, great site, and i am a bit of a lurker, tending to read everyones replies. However, i am just embarking on a 4.3 metre x 4.3 metre single storey extension to our bungalow ( greatly assisted in my drawings by Shytalkz....drawings all passed first time) The...

Hi all Looking for some guidance if you can. My background is electrical but in transportation. I am about to embark on an extension project which involves my current kitchen which will eventually be my bathroom. Now, it currently has both Gas and electric meters and consumer in it...

Firstly a hello to all, my first time here. I wish to have a go at producing my own drawings and the eventual build of an extension to our bungalow So i am looking for some divine inspiration as to how to go about working out the correct sizing for a universal beam with a span of 3metres...