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Hi all I've recently bought a house a looking to upgrade the central heating from an old (but unbreakable) IdealMexico boiler. There is a decent, modern pressurised cylinder which currently heats overnight from immersion heaters. its 4 bed detached, I'm wanting to get a new system boiler to...

Many thanks, these both link to the same thread but i think i have found the other one and both contain really useful stuff So, judging from the info on the other 2 threads, i want to be doing something like the following... Look at getting some plans drawn up for planning dept by an...

Hi My knowledge of building is not all that extensive so looking for a bit of advice.. I have a dormer bungalow and wish to add an extension at the back (ideally around 6m wide by 4m deep), if possible, to have it the same height as the exisiting house to give some upstairs space as well...

Hi We did a lot of work in our dining room (about 5m wide by 3m long) in April and decided to put a solid oak floor down (83mm wide, 18mm think), its on a concrete floor which was level and we put it down using the self adhesive stuff which is itself on the damp proof sheet - is has a...

Thanks guys, after much reserach on the net and in shops, it looks as though my best and easiest option, as Andy says, is just to rip up the chipboard and stick 18mm ply down in its place. this means i dont have to start messing around with the 20 sq. meteres of concrete dining room floor...

Hi Thanks for the replies, i now have come acorss what appears to be an issues with the two floor i'm planning tile: The tiles will cover the current dining room (conrete floor) and kitchen which is in an extension (Chipboard wooden floor i found out today after ripping up some laminate)...

Hi They are 60cm by 30cm i believe and i think we're planning on a brick effect. What kind of area will a bag of adhesive cover and is it vastly different for porcelain tiles? Cheers

Hi We are re-doing our kitchen/dining room and looking at getting some rectangular porcelain tiles for the floor. I'm aware these are harder to work with but am wondering if anyone will be able to advise roughly how much i'd be looking at for getting a professional to lay them; The room is...

Right, i've had a builder round, who was reccomended to me. He advised that he'd need his Structural Engineer friend to come round and do some calcs for the steel which would cost me around £250 and the SE would sort out everything with my council building control - another £150. I asked him...

cool, pretty please Woody, please would you oblige?

Thanks for the info, i have another question... roughly what width of bricks would be needed at either side of the lintel to support it?

Hi Excuse my complete lack of building knowledge, i'm looking to make some changes to the downstairs layout of my 3 bed semi and found this forum so thought someone might be able to help... We have a single story extension on the back of the house, this currently has the kitchen in it and...