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Hi, We are building a timber frame party wall with a min 50mm cavity in between and have been asked to provide a 1 hour fire resistance. We have had conflicting advice about whether a double layer of plasterboard on both sides would provide the sufficient 1hour fire resistance, can anyone...

Hi, I am looking into getting a new gas supply going into a ground floor property. The property is based in South London and from what I can see SGN do the supply in my area but it also seems like the gas suppliers (British Gas, EON, etc) can also offer a service where they can provide the...

Hi, I am looking into building a 6 metre long, 2 metre high brick internal wall on a ground floor concrete floor, I have had several builders come in for quotes, but I have been getting varying accounts on how deep my existing concrete foundation needs to be to do this? Can anyone advise what...

Hi All, I was hoping to get some advise, I have an old consumer unit with a Type B Breaker that has popped 3-4 times over the last couple of months. I cant seem to isolate where it is coming from as it happens quite erratically and it would be unpractical to leave the sockets unused for weeks...

Hi guys, I have been doing some reading and I think I need to balance my radiators as the heat is uneven and the bottom of the radiator for our downstairs radiator tends to be cold. I have read I should be adjusting the lockshields but for both of the upstairs radiators I cant see where I am...

Hi, I have recently moved into a new home which has an existing Homebase kitchen installed. I have been advised it is the Hygena Sanvito Black Kitchen: http://www.homebase.co.uk/en/static/hygena-sanvito-black-kitchen I am currently missing 2 doors from the kitchen cabinets, I tried to...

Hi, I am looking at sourcing some carpet online and getting an independent fitter. Could someone help me and advise how much carpet I should be ordering? (I've attached the floor plan, there are 12 steps that need to be carpeted). The carpet I want buy is in 4m or 5m widths, do I need...

Hi, I have recently moved into a new place and have noticed my hob and oven are connected into a plug behind one of the kitchen units left to the oven about 1.5 foot from the floor. It looks like a very bad DIY job and I was wondering if I could just get an electrician to recess it...

Hi, I am in the process of putting down some laminate flooring and I wanted some advice on how to stagger the laminate flooring. The room takes 3 lengths of the laminate flooring (1.28m) and then needs an end piece of around 10cm, I have read it is not ideal to finish on a piece this...

Hi, I have recently bought a new place in Kent and the central heating pipes are visible, I would like these hidden, I guess most likely in the floorboards. I've attached some photos of what needs to be done, any idea of what I should expect to pay for something like this and how long it...

Hello My boiler has packed up, but before I get the tradesmen in I would like some advice. I currently have a very old gas boiler, photo attached which supplies 3 hot water taps What is the best option when replacing this? I have been looking at Combi boilers such as the Heatline...

Hi, I have tried to attach this: With these two plugs: But ended up with this: I have a 10 year old flat with very thin plaster walls, probably around 2cm thick then with a 4-5cm gap and then i believe insulation (well it feels like it went poking through with a screwdriver)...

Hi All, Happy New Year! I have recently moved into a new flat and have some questions about my boiler. It is the first time I have used an electric boiler so I am not sure if this is normal behavior and here goes: - The boiler only gives me enough hot water for 2 x 10minute showers -...