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Bit of a tricky one here and looking for the best way to move forward. I'll get started with the scenario.... In-laws have a new rear extension kitchen/diner going in. Rear wall of house removed to create one big space. New extension is block and beam construction, currently approx 200mm below...

Looking at removing a ground floor solid load bearing wall (opening around 1.9m). From my initial investigations it looks like i need calcs and building regs. Whats the going rate for calcs this way? Do any come more recommended than others? I've had prices ranging from £300-£400+vat from...

Well this will be a while before it gets started as we haven't bought anything yet, were still looking at suppliers. But here's the design so far. It involves removing the wall (load bearing) between the current kitchen and dining room which will be the first task. Spec includes underfloor...

We have damp issues on one of our walls. Outside, is a French drain with gravel (fairly old though so could do with cleaning out and refreshing). It doesn't lead to a drain at either end from what i can see from the surface. Surely this is just a holding place for water to collect next to the...

Well one of the next projects im looking at is a summerhouse/bachelor pad at the back of the garden. Size is planned to be 4.7m x 3.1m and approx 2m high apex roof. The summerhouse will house a pool table and other manly objects. My question is footings, what would be suitable? There is no...

Basically, the plaster in the hallway is way past its best, many patch-ups, skims and crumbling has left a pretty shocking surface. I'm thinking the best approach really is to just rip it all off and start afresh on bare brick. A couple of the walls are external walls, and has had DPC...

Been taking snaps as i go along so thought i might as well put them up. When we moved in, patio was a concrete base, and floor level was excessively high, so one of my first projects was to lower the ground level and redesign the area. This is what i came up with for the design...

Moved into house in summer, since putting the heating on we've noticed a few problems... Boiler clicking (mostly when turning off) - possibly tracked this down to room thermostat - when disconnected the clicking stops, and read something on net about current leakage in thermostat causing...