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Hey all, I'm in the process of removing and blocking up an old open fireplace in my 1960s timber framed bungalow. Single skin brick exterior, suspended timber floors. Having dug out the fireplace, back boiler, hearth and fireback, we removed what turned out to be a 'modern' combined throat...

I'm lucky enough to be getting an insulated steel 8x8.5x5 garage built, floorspace of 68m2 and volume of 261.6m3 (5m peak). I'm just working through the building warrant requests, and am stumbling at ventilation. Whilst it's for cars, it's also to be my workshop, so I'd like to keep the heat in...

Evening all, Renovating our bathroom from the timbers up, and it's electrical time. The house (a bungalow) consumer unit is about to be replaced with a modern unit and full suite of RCBOs. The bathroom wiring has the usual lighting circuit, but above the old mirror there used to be a 1 bar...

Afternoon all, A fair few bits of the roughcast on the house we're renovating have bossed and separated from the wall and are sounding hollow. Unfortunately a 1m corner piece has come off in the high winds today. It was at ground level, but it's revealed the DPC and torn off the bottom bead...

Evening all, Just in need of a little advice. We have a converted loft that loves to collect the warmth from the rooms below. I'd like to duct the ceiling level air down to the ground floor in order to recirculate the warmth. The ideal destination is the kitchen. There's a pipechase that...