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Hello. I am considering building a garden office in the space currently occupied by my shed and some decking. It is surrounded on 3 sides by fences, so I was wondering the best way to build it. I initially looked at SIPs, but having spoken to a couple of companies, it seems that site is too...

Hello. I need my gutters and downpipes cleaned and I saw that the pros use specialist gutter vacs, which are pretty pricey. However, the specs for the actual vacs don't look any different to the wet/dry vacs that you can get for under £100. Am I missing something? Thanks, Carl

Hello I have a wardrobe that has 4 drawers that use 17mm groove drawer runners. Over the last few years I have had to replace the runners on numerous occasions. I was wondering if there was a better solution, because all the runners that fit all seem to be rather light-weight. Thanks...

Hello. I am in the process of moving my washing machine and tumble dryer into my garage. The tumble dryer is a condenser model, but generates a far amount of condensation, so I am intending to put a humidity-controlled extractor fan in the garage. The garage has a number of existing...

Hello. I am thinking about putting a laundry chute from an upstairs toilet into my garage/utility room. I was wondering if there were any relevant building regs I should be aware of. Because the upstairs toilet isn't really big enough to for the chute, I was thinking of having a...

Hi, I was recently talking to a plumber about replacing my bath and he mentioned that there was a relatively new requirement that hot and cold taps need to be linked to prevent the water coming out of the hot tap being too warm. However, I have been unable to find any more information...

Hi. I have a single storey extension that was built before I bought my house. It is probably 30 years old and there is no record of it at the council. I would like to build on top of it and I understand that I might need stronger foundations. However, before I set out digging...