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Hi all, I just got a new gas fire installed and they have pulled the gas line in from the side of the fire then cut a hole in my cast iron grate and threaded it through. I was hoping the hole would be behind the fire and no gas line would be visible to give a more realistic look. Gas line is...

Hi, I had a plumber come out yesterday to cost a job and charge me a call out fee. His colleague turned up today and he said he is missing a part or tool so driving to building merchants. This will take 45 mins so at £55 a half hour cost me. Do they charge for heading off for 45 mins and if...

Hi, I have builders building a house of mine which is turning my house into 2 semis. Roof is on a screeding any day now so I am aiming to sell my house soon. Obviously the new build site borders my house and I notice the builders every day or two are filling a skip on my site with other jobs...

Hi, I am currently building a 3 bed semi detached house and have bought a NHBC 10 yr warranty that I know most mortgage lenders look for when the house is being sold. In its terms it says the warranty can't be sold on for 12 months but do people actually stick to this or is there a workaround...

Hi, I am due to start a new build semi-detached house in May which will be attached to my current detached house. I am just in the progress of agreeing a builder and have 2 questions: • The builders quote has no mention of including costs hooking up to services but it says local authority...

Hi, I've been informed by Thames Water that for my new build I'm likely to need a sewer diversion as they only do build overs for extensions. Any ideas if this will add a huge overhead to a builder or is it relatively straightforward/common issue and just gets factored into the groundworks...

Hi all, Just have another tender question for you. I am building a 3 bed semi next year and I will be going out to tender shortly. I have friends who can do a good job with painting and of fitting a kitchen\wooden flooring. My question is should I get the builders to quote for these and to...

Hi all, I have permission to build a 3 bed semi in Hertfordshire which will be of a standard spec so nothing fancy. I have some time off soon and would like to begin putting together a tender document in my free time. So my question to the builders in here is, what are the most useful things...

Hi, Could anyone tell me if they think I would need to divert this sewer rather than build over it which is alongside my 70s built house? I will be knocking my double garage and putting a house about 1m to the right of this but it looks like it flows under my current garage. It doesn't smell...

Hi, Just this week I have received planning for a 3 bedroom semi-detached house onto my existing house. My plan is to save the money to build it which will be possible and go with a main contractor after I put my detailed drawings out for quotes. As I have never undergone this process before...

Hi all, Im getting some plastering work in a small room at the front of the house done and i have a wire coming from outside the house into this grey metal box pictured attached. Is this box important as it looks like it is doing nothing? Would be great to remove it. Thanks

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Hi, I am at the early stages at working out how much it will cost me to build a house and have been trying the various house building calculators online such as Jewson/Home&Renovation etc. I am likely to build a 3 bed, two storey semi with footprint no greater than 45m2 so 90m2 total area of...

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Hi, I recently got a bedroom plastered which looked really well done. We left it dry for a week and the painter has now put dulux supermatt straight on without diluting it at all. I trusted him on this as he said it was fine before he started but now after seeing the final finish and the...

Hi, I am looking to buy this house and was wondering from the picture can you see if it would be possible to convert the loft to a home cinema room potentially? https://www.dropbox.com/s/c5qhj0zb5wn7olf/24260_JHP03656_IMG_00_0000_max_620x414.JPG I guess I can arrange another viewing...

Hi, I am looking at buying a house currently and before I put in an offer I wanted to know if I could potentially extend the house without any major planning problems. I know I have to go through a whole process but maybe someone on here did something similar already. Anyone on here who...

Hi, I am having some trouble with my heating system which according to the manual is a Vaillant Turbo Max VUW 242/1e or 282/1e with instructions here: http://www.acwilgar.co.uk/Boiler-Manual-PDF/Vaillant/Turbomax%20VUW%20242E%20282E.pdf Trying to recollect the sequence of events I...