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I'm hoping to install two radiators in the same room, with approx 2 metres between them. I'd like one of them to have a thermostatic radiator valve that controls both radiators, so that the two radiators act as a single unit. Is this possible? thanks

We had an extension to the house a few years ago and installed water central heating in the new concrete floor. This heats less that half of the floor space of the open plan kitchen / family room. The rest of the floor is the original house floor (un-insulated concrete slab). The builders broke...

My builder used steel reinforced concrete beams instead of the specified steel I-beams. The concrete beams themselves are strong enough, but only 10cm of the concrete sits on a padstone, and it needs to be at least 15cm. The upshot is they need to come out and be replaced with steel. The span...

I'm fitting some kitchen base cabinets but need to leave space for a semi integrated dishwasher (600mm wide). Will I need to set the cabinets forward to ensure the cupboard doors / dishwasher appliance fascia are in line? Any other gotchas you can think of before I get started? thanks

We currently have a Worcester Greenstar CDI 24 combi boiler. We recently had an extension and added an en-suite, so may have two showers running at the same time. The company that fitted the boiler are confident that the Worcester boiler will be able to heat enough water for both bathrooms. I...

I've recently had a two storey extension completed on my house. During the build process, my builder asked if I wanted the outer leaf of the old external wall removed (now an internal wall) to create extra space. I agreed. The floor joists for the new 1st floor and the old first floor sit on...

in our new extension, a downstairs loo is going to overlap (slightly) one corner of a downstairs reception room. What type of wall would provide the best kind of sound insulation? Breeze? Stud wall with specialty insulation? Thanks, Edward

Hello all I'm of the opinion that single story extensions out into the garden don't necessarily have to match the rest of the house. People put Georgian conservatories on modern houses, use different tiles to those on the main roof, build orangeries on new builds, attach modern cubes to...

Hi all, I papered a bedroom ceiling and in the process removed a very old looking ceiling light fixture. It had a tatty twisted pair of wires hanging out of it and I wanted something newer looking. After removing the fixture, I found 3 red and 3 black wires. All 3 reds are twisted...