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Hi all. I'm just in the process of building a garden office using SIPs. Soon I will need to batten out internally ready for dry-lining, but wondered if there are any specifications I need to be aware of in terms of minimum / maximum depth of wall / ceiling void for the cables to run in - and...

Hi. I'm about to start groundworks for building an office at the other end of the garden. We're digging a trench for water, and will install ducting for comms and electricity at the same time. We're also debating putting a gas duct in, as we may want to run gas as well at some point later, and...

Hi all. I'm soon going to be having my driveway re-done and electric gates installed. To keep costs down, I'm planning to do as much of the digging-out & sub base myself as I can. The cable for the gates will need to be run underground (about 10-12 metres in total), and I want to keep my...

Hi all. I'm not sure this is the right forum for this question, but figured you were my best bet.... We currently have an unmetered supply with Yorkshire Water. I'm thinking of having my mains water supply re-routed - for a variety of reasons that I won't digress onto right now...

Hi all. I've got a Gloworm 30hxi boiler on an open vented system. When going at 'full pelt' it used to make quite a lot of noise - sounding like a fan, and shoot a good powerful plume out of the flue. Last week I noticed an odd noise - I'm not sure whether to describe it as a buzzing or...

Hi all. I'm searching for a thermostatic mixing valve with a lower-than-normal output temperature - approx 20 degrees ideally (I might get away with 25 degrees). Can anyone point me in the right direction? I've been searching for ages and come up with nothing. I'm using it to pre-heat...

Hi all. I am soon to install a Specflue / DPS heatbank thermal store heated by both a solid fuel stove and a gas boiler. I'm not a pro, just a DIYer with ideas bigger than his budget....! One of the safety features pre-installed onto the thermal store is an overheat stat which fires the...

Hi all. I've just removed an internal brick wall adjacent to my mains fuse, meter, and earth connection. I've now noticed that the main earth cable clearly took a bash - despite being as careful as I could. There is a nick in it, which has gone through the insulation and has broken (at least)...

Hi all. I've tried to search on this but not got anything useful. I'll try to be brief and get to the point.... Basically, I'm going to be doing some re-jigging of some of my internal walls shortly, and my (very old) mains supply cable, main fuse, electricity meter, and (old again) consumer...

Hi all. The existing (sand & cement) render on my house is in terrible condition and needs re-doing. Ideally I'm wanting to get it done with some kind of coloured synthetic render, possibly complete with external insulation. The house is a small to medium 2 bed detached in West Yorkshire...

Hi all. I'm planning a heating overhaul this summer, and plan to replace my old inefficient Baxi backboiler with a solid fuel stove, thermal store, and replacement boiler. (I also have a vague idea to add solar thermal at some point in the future when I get around to making a DIY panel... but...

Hi all. I've been lurking for a while, but never posted until now. I'm about to undertake a fairly major DIY project, and I'm wanting to get some expert opinion on a few issues.... The underlying problem that I'm looking to address is a damp problem in an upstairs bedroom. The major damp...