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Hello! I've tried searching for this but keep getting unhelpful answers. Is their a maximum number of spurs I can run off an actual ring main circuit cable, using a junction box? I know I can run one spur off each socket, but I'd like to run them direct from the ring main cable as its closer...

Hello hope you can advise here. I'm doing 2 jobs that may require Building Regs approval. I didn't think to check before I started. The first one is internal wall insulation. My house is mid terrace and cavity wall front and back. There is an alleyway on the ground floor between each house...

Hello there. I need to remove and replace two lintols above upstairs windows and was wondering if this could be done from inside, rather than using a scaffold. With access outside using ladders only to remove bricks and replace them afterwards. Presumably Ill need to prop the ceiling...

Hello! I have a bowing roof on a mid terrace. The 4 purlins at some point in the past have had supports removed along the length and have rotated slightly and bowed. Ive had an engineer round who has provided the spec for steels to replace them with, although it's suggested leaving the purlin in...

Hello I wonder if you can help me with this issue? I noticed a green slowly growing stain on the inside wall of my Dad's conservatory in one of the corners at the top. The conservatory is built where there was a wash-house so it sits inbetween the house and the remaining wash house on the...

Hello. My house needs re-rendering and I understand that now under building regs it need to be thermally improved. However the house was built in 1914 and has a narrow cavity wall. The cavity doesnt exist everywhere either. In some places the walls have virtually no cavity and the wall in the...

Hello there. I have a lot of questions but will do one at a time, (more or less). I'm considering a diy basement conversation. My first query is about boxing out items attached to the walls. There is an electric meter. Gas meter, soon to be water meter, electrical consumer unit and the gas...

Hello, hope some one may be able to help. We live in a small 2 bed ex-council house and have a problem with condensation forming on the wall at right angles to the front door at the bottom of the stairs. The hall area here is generally the coldest part of the house. The door is very old with...

Hello I hope someone can help with this question. I'm looking to build a porch and want to minimise the thickness of the wall. Is there a way of doing this that will optimise heat retention without building an insulated cavity wall? I want to build the porch onto the side of my house and there...

Hi hope someone can give me some advice. I'm wanting to build a single skin brick shed about 3m x 2m and a pitched roof going from 1.8m to 2.2m in the middle. I was wondering how deep and wide to make the foundations? Ta Jo

Hi guys, I hope someone can help I'm wanting to build a brick shed and wanted to check if I would need building control to inspect. I don't want them round as we have an non compliant garden room that was built a good few years ago before we moved in and i haven't decided what to do with this...

Hello, hope someone can help. First question is I've bought a BnQ sink and the sink doesn't sit well on the pedestal. Whats the best way to fill the gap between the two. My dad recommended window putty but it doesn't seem to want to set. Would plain old silicone be ok? Second I've got a...

Hi Hope someone can advise me. I'm wanting to cut a hole for a 110mm soil pipe through a tile but was wondering if its possible to score the tile, which is attached to the wall and then chisel the centre out. Ta Jo

Hello hope some one can help The problem- Our new loo is designed for the soil pipe to run straight out the back through the wall or straight down. I need it to come out sideways about 30 to 40 cm and then into the soil pipe but still keeping the toilet as the close to the wall as...

Hello hope someone can give me some tips. I'm renovating a house and the kitchen has been knocked through by previous owners into a pantry/ toilet area. This area was very damp and had a concrete floor, the rest is suspended timber. The damp wall was originally just painted brick. I've...

We have a ground floor extension, apparently built without Building Regs approval or Planning Permission by the previous owner some years ago. It's one room with a pitched slate roof which is sagging in the middle. It also blocks light entering the kitchen. I'd like to replace the roof with...

Hello hope someone can help. I'm renovating a house and after turning on the cold feed to the boiler to test for leaks in the pipe-work i've noticed a leak from behind the water pump in the boiler (Potterton Performa 24 Eco HE). It's coming from the seal where the pump is fastened to the...

Hello plumbers, hope someone can help me with this. I'm rewiring the house and disconnected the wires for the CH pump (2 speed Grundfos Super 4). Unfortunately the electrician doesn't know how to wire it back up. I don't think it was wired to the boiler but the electrician seems to...

Hello plasterers hope you can give me some advice. I'm wanting to replaster part of a kitchen brick wall with an area 3m long and 1.5m high. The loose plaster I removed has left sandy dusty brickwork. I'm wanting to use 1 coat plaster to repair but was wondering if i needed to brush the...

Hello hope someone could clarify this for me. I'm trying to decide where to put mounting boxes prior to having the house rewired. Am I right in thinking that I can't run wire's within 15cm of a pipe? This will cause real problems under the bedrooms upstairs due to the CH pipes cutting off the...