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I have just had my kitchen redone and the kitchen rewired with a new 6mm cable installed for an electric cooker. However I have changed my mind and now will be installing an all gas cooker instead of an electric cooker. The gas cooker comes with a plug for the hob lighter and oven light...

My front Aluminium door wont lock (ie the handle wont go up) when the door is closed. But it works perfectly fine when the door is open. I thought the locking mechanism might be catching the inserts in the door frame so I tried adjusting them by moving them up and down but still have the same...

Im having my property refurbished and as part of the works i'm upgrading all the windows. The windows currently have old wooden lintels (on the internal leaf of the 9inch wall) and I want to use this opportunity to replace all the wooden lintels with concrete lintels. Should I be using Precast...

I'm rebuilding a 9 inch wall (on the existing foundations) and I just wanted some advice on whether I've got the right set up in regards to the DPC and vertical DPM. The external floor level (concrete) is about 45cm higher than the internal floor level. Currently there is no dpc/dpm in the...

I'm hoping somebody can help me. Im converting a 4bedroom flat to 3 x 1bedroom flats. I am having a new 3 phase supply installed for 3 the flats. UK Power Networks have asked me how much kVA will I be needing in total. Each flat will have its own gas supply with the heating & hot water...

Hi all I'm having the exterior walls of my whole house rendered. The existing render has been removed down to the brickwork (which is in bad shape). The new loft gable wall has the thermalite blocks and the new ground floor extension has the dense concrete blocks. My builder will be doing a...

I am having an extension built, and my builder is constructing the flat warm deck roof in the following way: GRP Insulated decking board (Ecotherm insulation 120mm with 6mm ply attached) Firrings Joists Plasterboard I have read that I need a Vapour barrier. Where in the roof construction...

Ive got a tree in my neighbours garden which is about 5 meters away from the foundations of my single storey extension. How do i determine what kind of tree it is because the BCO wont be able to tell me how deep to go before i tell him the type of tree? Its bloody tall an' all!!