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I'm after recommendations for a humidistat-fan, for a rented property with current condensation issues. I'm looking to replace the kitchen and bathroom extractor fans with more beefy units with humidistat control. The bathroom should be an easy swap but I'm not so sure about the kitchen...

Can I ask for a confirmation, please? I have a kitchen in a property for rental where I am having the the cooking area replaced - so far so good. For my cooker area I have 1 x 6.5sqmm cooker connection from an appopriate MCB, and 2 x FCUs as part of the ring main, for an integrated...

I'm doing a suspended conservatory floor on mini-piles, and I'm looking for something to do the job of a joist hanger but which can be mounted on top of a mini-pile, and it will need some adjustability. I think I've seen some fittings which do the job, but I can't find them. Can anyone...

I have been given a hardly used John Lewis kitchen (from a relative), but I'm missing wall plates which are used for mounting the wall units. The mechanism is the plates are a z profile screwed to the wall, and the units hang over them by small built in hooks. John Lewis say - quel...

I'm looking for light fittings for a kitchen diner, and I wonder if anyone has a specific recommendation. 'Tis a 9ft ceiling in a 4x4m room. I'm looking to do 4 or 5 fittings at a cost of perhaps £10-£20 purchase price each. It is for a rental property. Important points I am after are: a -...

I'm making a raised area as part of a garden redesign. The raised area is - as per usual - to avoid taking rubble etc off site. It will be up to 2ft above the main garden in a sunny corner, size approx 4mx6m, made from rubble and earth from the new gravel car-standing dig-out, MOT gravel...

I think this one best fits in the building forum, and I'd be grateful for any advice. Apologies for the long post, but I've tried to be clear. I'm turning an ex-living room into a kitchen in a 1915 house, and opening up the chimney breast to put the cooker there. When I open it up the hole...

I may be about to be branded unhinged, but what do you think? Find a 6m container, fit a shutter or door one end, and use as a garage where it will not be needed permanently or if I am a cheapskate. 2.4m high, so no PD if more than 5m from the house and 1m from the boundary. Probably no...

I'm at a bit of a loss what to do next. We have a shop in the middle of a terrace of about 8 shops, built around 1900, and a leak coming from a rising main lead pipe where the outside wc used to be in the back garden. The old story - thought it was disconnected having had the wc out decades...

I'm just to buy a house, and the gas supply runs around the outside of the house for about 4m about 6 inches above ground level in (I think) a copper pipe. While it has been on the market (2 years) someone came along and stole the length of pipe to sell on. It was well repaired, but I'm...

Just a heads up. British Gas (and I assume others) are applying 20% VAT to new Gas supply connections to existing houses from January 1st, according to a quote received today. Given that they cost £700 or so it is an extra £150 ish. Clearly they need to pay for Eric Pickles' lunch. They...

I'm taking a canter around the feasibility of some work on a Grade II listed house, and I'm trying to get a handle on making Georgian sash windows liveable. What ways are available to do it? I'm aware of thin-void double glazed units, which would replace panes inside the old glazing bars...

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I have a question about what type of laminate/wood floor to use. I'm renting out a property for a few more years while working out how to develop the site - I'm expecting that the lifetime will be 3-5 years, with potential that it might get through more quickly or take longer. I need to...

I need to decide between a single storey extension and a conservatory, and I'd welcome any comments. It is a 2 bed old cottage which is rented out, which I plan to sell at some point in the future, but need to keep for some years. In the long term (10 years) I will build a big (25-30 sqm x...