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Hi Chaps. In the change of situations that this year has brought I've tried to dedicate myself to getting past the hard sections of my build. As time moves on I continue to find better ways to do things which has lead me to making no progress in case I might think of something better in the...

Hi All Been a while since I last posted but have thrown myself into getting the next stage of my house done. I did have a builder come and fit (with my help) some beams up the attic for a strong floor but alas he never finished the job or completed the two knock throughs to the extension I had...

So my house hasn't progressed much and I'm getting back into it, I've moved into the room that the lodger had which is the first room done. It (like the other rooms) has a hard wood threshold in the doorway. The carpet fitter put standard carpet gripper up to it which is not ideal to walk on in...

Hi All. I had a builder build my extension and though he got most of it right he did leave me with a few of his mistakes to fix. One is the edging to the inspection pit in the garage. The image above shows the problem. When fitting the pit edge the builder didn't put down a bed of...

Hi Chaps Could really use some advice as I'm unsure the best way to go about a problem and my engineer brain may be over thinking things. In trying to get a removed wall (by a previous owner) signed off it turns out that they didn't do a good enough job and I need to put in two new joists...

Hi Chaps hope you can help with this. I have started a two storey extension to my house, the ground floor of which is a garage. Unfortunately the builder didn't ask me whether I wanted the wall cavity insulated which I did. I'm now trying to find options for insulating this wall before...

Hi Chaps. My property has a chimney that is part removed on the ground floor. I need to fully remove the Chimney to make BC happy. The Chimney is in the part of that roof that is original house and does not have any felt. I have a plan for later in the year when the weather is better to felt...

HI chaps. OK I have now bought my first house and so I am starting a project thread here to make use of this excellent knowledge base and to hopefully be a help to others to learn from what I am doing and the countless mistakes I will probably make. I will attempt to keep this first post...

The house I'm looking at buying has a porch and conservatory of the same construction, brick then UPC windows and the a type of roof I've not come across before. The roof is constructed of 2" or 3" square plastic box beams that interlock to form the glazing of the roof and are also self...

Has anyone got any experience of the SIP Ultimate Saw? I really want a mitre saw that can cut metal and on paper it seams better than the Rage equivalent. I can't find any reviews though or anyone that has it on the shelf.

HI Chaps. I'm new hear but have been doing a lot of reading and I now need some help. I'm looking at buying my first house. I have got quite far in the process but am stalling on the fact that the house has been extended but these works do not have building certificates. I have copies of...