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Hi - I have got a floating wooden joist floor. The joist are 6inches by 2inches. Covered with 18mm ply. Then I have got polyplumb overlay panels for under floor heating. Then ceramic tiles for finishing. Its been just over a year and now the floor has dropped by about 1/4inch all round...

Hi - I have got a floating wooden joist floor. The joist are 6inches by 2inches. Covered with 18mm ply. Then I have got polyplumb overlay panels for under floor heating. Then ceramic tiles for finishing. Its been just over a year and now the floor has dropped by about 1/4inch all round...

Fitted a new mixer shower and flow/pressure is rubbish. Cannot have a shower. Water comes out ~ 1litre/min when hot+cold. See picture for setup. Negative or Positive? Salamander said Negative but Stewart Turner recently said Positive, initially did not know a solution..... Salamander or...

I have a open vented system comprising of hot water cyclinder + water storage tank + vailant ecotec bolier. water storage tank is approx 0.5m above hot water cylinder. I want to fit power shower. 1) Aqualisa or mira digital pumped showers good? 2) Digital or individual pump? 3) Is 0.5m...

I have got a public sewer 3m away in my back garden. So my extension is 2.9m. Building Control approved my foundations and a 50mm clay master sheet was inserted between the sewer and concrete. Just heard from the water board that they are rejecting the foundation proposal because I need to...

I want to sound proof a party wall. Anyone done this before? Reccomended companies/suppliers? I'm fairly competent so I will be doing this by myself.

Looking into undefloor heating for new kitchen extension. Floor will be concrete. What do you reccomend; 1) water - nuheat.co.uk. Can fit heat pump on this system. 2) electric - theres plenty of suppliers, not sure about running cost, sounds expensive.

Need a cheap 24 combi boiler for a rental flat which has 2 bedrooms. I'm getting the following boilers; 1) Main - £540, 1Yr guarantee 2) BRG - £460, 1Yr guarantee 3) sabre-vokera - £440, 2Yr guarantee Which one do guys reccomend?

I have made a pllaning application for a single storey rear/side extension - as shown below. The neighbours have written strong letters of objection. Does this affect granting of the planning application? One of the complaints I'm worried about is from Neighbour 'A' since they have a...

Need to get estimates for a rear extension - any numbers/names you suggest? Wheres the best place to look?

Myself and the neighbour have agreed on an agreed surveyor. By law, I need to pay for the surveyor. However, my neighbour wants to get a solicitor to review the surveyor's "Award". Do I need to pay for the solicitor as well??? I thought the surveyor report is good enough......... Also, my...

When the central heating is off and the system is cold, the pressure gauge reads 0.5Bars. When the central heating is on and all rad's are at full temp then the pressure gauge reads 2Bar. Why does the pressure gauge go up/down? Expansion vessel need replacing? Do I need to pump air into...

I want to do a full width, single storey rear extension. The architect came round and said I can only have 3metres max. But I have got a man-hole at approx 3metres so the architect said the council will either; 1) Give me more than 3 metres to escape the man-hole and have a full width...