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Hi all! So, the roof on my Mum's Edwardian semi is in need of repair. Around 40 years ago, in previous ownership, the middle section of the roof was replaced. This section has black felt underlay, and the clay tiles all look to be in excellent condition, with no signs of spalling that I can...

Hi all! One elevation of my bungalow abuts a terrence house. Where it abuts there is a box gutter between the eave of my roof and the solid wall of the terrace. The gutter is approximately 9 metres long. It falls to a hopper & downspout which discharges onto the pavement. It's been fine for...

Hi all! So I've been wondering for a while if Intergas would release a boiler with a secondary HX for flue gasses - and now it has! http://www.intergas-verwarming.nl/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Intergas-flyer-XTREME.pdf The Intergas Xtreme 36 is claiming an efficiency for DHW of 127.6% - how...

So my neighbour is selling up and moving on after many years :( In 2013 I obtained planning permission for an extension which will be built up to our diving boundary. The plans also invoked the Party Wall Act. My neighbours signed all parts of the Party Wall act in 2016 without any objections...

Hi all! I am wanting to take down a chimney in my bungalow. The roof is constructed from trusses which are at 600mm centres. Just before the chimney there is an additional truss which is 320mm from the previous truss. The next truss on the other side of the chimney is 740mm apart. In between...

Well - I guess this isn't the most opted for route... I am reorganising the layout of my property - and all things taken into account this would make for the easiest solution. However I wondered if there are any regulations that prohibit access to an integral garage / workshop from a bedroom?

Hi all Well my parents are having a bit of a 'mare with one of their interior doors. It's an original door in an Edwardian house. It was stripped and varnished sometime in the 1980s as so many were... Now they want to paint it white but are having a major problem with what appears to be resin...

Hi all I plan to extend my attached garage. One wall of the extended part of the garage will be formed from an existing 9" thick boundary wall. This wall already forms one wall of the existing garage - and it is the continuation of this wall that I planned to use. However BC have told me that...

Hi all So I had planning permission granted nigh on three years ago. I have been up to my ears in everything other than my house the last three years - and so now I am faced with letting the planning permission lapse or getting the minimum done to satisfy the council that works have started...

Hi all! Can anyone give me the lowdown on the new Intergas Rapid boilers? Is it me or do they look like an updated Atmos Intercombi? They come with an Erp compliant pump + internal EV. They are certainly cheap compared to the standard HRE models. I've seen the Rapid 25 (equivalent to the HRE...

Hi all I'm not sure now if I posted my original question in the correct forum (Tiling) as it is an issue to do with a tiled floor and the fitting of units on that floor. If I go ahead and fit the units it's more for this forum I guess - maybe the mod's could move it? The thread can be found...

OK - bit of a problem here! The old folks have just had a floor tiled - and the outcome is not good... The property is a Victorian pile with half suspended, half solid floors. The kitchen is solid (quarry originally IIRC) floor and next to this room is a utility room accessed by a door at one...

Hi all! I am looking to install swing gates to my driveway which is the only entrance to my premises. I would like to install electric gates and have been looking at the various options & actuators. However I would also like the ability to open them manually from the street for callers /...

Hi all Well after receiving planning approval - I shortly after received a letter from Severn Trent re: building over / close to a public sewer. I spoke to Severn Trent, and they said they had no records of a public sewer running along the rear entry behind my property, and in the vicinity of...

Hi all Well I am having some trouble here regarding the Party Wall Act - and whether or not the works I am proposing will require notices to be served under the act or not. I have spoken to a number of surveyors now recommended by RICS - some suggest the works would require notification -...

Hi all I had planning permission granted last year for a single storey extension to my property which reaches to the boundary fence with my neighbour. My current neighbours who I get on with very well were supportive of the application and it was all passed without any issues. I have as yet...

I am researching EPDM roofing products - and have been looking in particular at Rubberbond fleece backed EPDM. I understand this product is only available to registered installers (unless anyone knows otherwise?). Now I have just come across DuoPly fleece backed EPDM which is available to...

Hi all :D I'm about to start work extending / making changes to my bungalow. It was built in 1980 - and one elevation was built with new bricks at the time - the other elevations were formed from an existing building dating back to the '20's. The new brick elevation was painted before I...

Hi all! Well I finally got around to removing the masonry paint on my bungalow which was built in 1980 (I really dislike painted brickwork!). Anyway - it has indeed exposed the probable reason the bricks were painted in the first place. I thought it was due to the large 'spots' left by the...

Hi all Received a quote from a spark to change an old fused CU & VOELCB over to a new unit and upgrade the earthing. However I've found out he isn't Part P certified - but says he can Part P it for an extra £140 on top of the £490 for the job. He's changing it over to a board with all MCBs...