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We're building a garage which will have one wall along the boundary with our neighbour. The neighbour is taking this opportunity to build a small shelter which uses the side of our garage to support a light plastic roof. I'd like to know the rules on drainage. The roofs on both structures...

I've seen dozens of foundation specifications for cavity walls, but none for a single skin non-cavity wall. To save cost we're looking to build a garage from single skin breeze blocks with piers. It will need to comply with building regs because of the size. The council has said that the...

The garage floor has three problems. It's not level (about 1/2" height difference from one side to the other), it generates a lot of dust, and it lets damp through. I know that the floor was badly laid (not by me) - but it's done, so just looking for a solution now, hopefully avoiding tearing...

I think I've ordered the wrong materials. The suggested mix for Granolitic screed is 6:1:2 (Granite, Sand, Cement). I've ordered Granolitic dust from Jewson, but after I paid the guy said that it's size is from "dust" to 6mm particles. I've found it online: I am wondering if this is suitable...

My garage floor is very rough, with stones and all sorts in it. On one side of the garage, where a wall was modified, the conctrete has been raised by 35mm for some reason. I was about to do formworks and rasie the floor with conrete by 50mm (would be 15mm where the concrete is already...