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Hi all, hope you're all well, sorry to bother you. Currently building a small extension and there are two air bricks in the way....pretty much exactly at finished floor level, I'm guessing from my quick interweb research that these are the telescopic type and actually ventilate lower than...

Hi all, imminently going to pour some deep-ish concrete foundations, need to use some shuttering in a couple of areas that have caved in a little too much. I have an abundance of old fence wood, which would do the trick, some treated, some painted, is there any reason not to use this...

Hi everyone, I hope you’re all well. I have a quick question. I’ve started digging foundations for a part-brick conservatory around 4.7m x 3m. Because it’s solid clay all the way down, I’ve continued digging down to around 1m depth and appear to now be at solid rock, some of which is...

Hi all, a combination of my own incompetence and the original house wiring being installed at an angle a few inches outside of a safe zone has resulted in me catching a lighting wire with the drill. After drilling the wire , the fuse tripped, when we turned the fuse back on, the lights worked...

Hi folks, looking to use a Saniflo type macerator for a downstairs cloakroom. Have seen some on eBay made by a company called 'Uniflo' which seem to be a bit cheaper. I'm just wondering if any of you lot have any experience/tips of using such items, and whether you get what you pay for, or...

Hi folks, I'm in the process of building a reasonable sized posh shed in me garden. From my understanding, I need a breathable membrane and battens before I install any Shiplap cladding. I've seen some Tyvek stuff, but it seems mega mega pricey, I'm just wondering what you folks would...

Hi all, We're looking to level some of our sloping garden, and after measuring up, it appears that an inspection cover will end up protruding quite high once the surrounding soil is reduced. Has anyone any experience of how easy/difficult it is to reduce the height of these things...

Hi folks, Has anyone used one of these things before? http://www.durabase.co.uk/styles.html We're surrounded by loads of massive trees, clay soil, and a private sewer inspection chamber in the way of where I'd want a conservatory to go, I'm thinking that one of these things might be...

Hi folks, not sure if this is the best place for this, or 'in the garden', moderators feel free to move it if needs be. I've got a stack of 8ft long 4" thick posts from a friend. They're apparently used as some sort of packing material for large engines, and are usually left in a skip at his...

Evening everyone, Has anyone any tips for firming up the soil after a large tree stump (2.5-3ft wide) has been removed. The stump was quite old (tree sawn down some 15 years ago), and was cut and ground out maybe 2 years ago. Have added buckets and buckets more soil to the area and stamped...

Hi folks, Has anyone any experience of buying/borrowing/leasing land from Housing Associations, in particular Home Housing/Home Group? We own our house and freehold in a street owned by Home Housing. Most of the other houses in the street are rented.The back and side of our house...

Hi folks, reading the planning portal website thingy, I see sheds/outbuildings made of combustible materials (aka wood) shouldn't be within 1m of the boundary. I'm looking to build a largeish shed/workshop (somewhere between 10'x8' to 12'x10', but due to the size of the garden (ie not very...

Hi folks, Our staircase is in our living room (and there's no easy way of relocating it), and the living room itself isn't particularly massive. The current staircase is quite overpowering (as well as being ugly generally). I'm considering whether replacing it with something like this would...

Hi folks, we have a standard straight staircase and a block and beam/polystyrene/floating weyroc type chipboard floor in our living room. On removing the floor covering, the stairs seem to be attached to the weyroc floating floor (ie sitting on it). It this standard practice? I (probably...

Hi folks, Might be a silly/simple question, but best to be safe rather than sorry I guess. I'm altering out room layout slightly, and have left myself with two light fittings either side of a wall, but a double switch with two sets of wiring going to it. Obviously, having a double...

Hi folks, First of all, sorry if any of this is ignorant/daft sounding, also apologies if my attempts to search have failed, busy morning at work and I'm drawing blanks. Got a new stud partition upstairs, which I'm itching to skim over - but I need wiring for a couple of sockets in this...

Woke up this morning to no radiators. Looking at the thermostat, it's clicking when turned but no light is coming on. Not sure of the exact model, but it looks identical to this one:- Gas and Electric are on and we have hot water. Is it likely the thermostat is knackered (it's barely a...

Hi folks, see below a rough (very rough lol) diagram of the terrace of houses in the street we live. Our house is the end house which has the porch and door to the side, unlike the other houses which have the porch and door at the front. Our rear door (patio window) is in the same place as...

Hi folks, Quick question. Currently we have a door between the living room and the hall (A). If I removed this and replaced it with an arch (B), would this still comply with building regulations? Cheers

Morning folks, We've been in the slow process of building a downstairs cloakroom off the hall for some time now. The room itself is big enough to shoehorn a small shower cubicle with enough room to walk in, and while being compact, will not be ridiculously small. I'm just wondering what...