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A question for the joiners here. We are re-doing all of the doors in the house at the moment. We would like the living room door to be split opening top and bottom so we can do away with the stair gate. Does anyone know of a supplier of internal grade split opening doors? We would like the...

Afternoon all, i have a very boggy garden, it's always like that and has been since i moved in, it doesn't get an awful lot of sunlight so tends to stay wet and instead of grass we get moss. I am currently planning a redesign including new decking. I was going to install french drains to get...

Hi all, as above really, looking for an interior stable door, half glazed (small glazed panels) if anyone knows where I could find such a thing?! Looking for ideas so I don't have to have a baby gate/stair gate on the door. Thanks

Currently building an extension, Building control want a minimum of 100mm glass wool between the joists. I have under floor heating going in so I will use more than that to make sure the floor stays heated. I have some left over celotex 100mm sheets, I was going to put batons along the under...

good afternoon, we have the ground floor of our extension done now. But I was thinking. Building control want triple layer of plasterboard on the external wall to give one hour fire resistance. The outer leaf is rendered concrete blocks. Surely they give one hours fire resistance and I could use...

good afternoon, we have the ground floor of our extension done now. But I was thinking. Building control want triple layer of plasterboard on the external wall to give one hour fire resistance. The outer leaf is rendered concrete blocks. Surely they give one hours fire resistance and I could use...

Good afternoon all, in the process of building an extension, building control want a triple layer of plasterboard on the external wall as it goes on to the boundary with a neighbour. They also want the socket boxes to be fitted with intumescent gaskets to maintain the fire resistance of the...

Good afternoon guys, work is due to start next weekend on the foundations for my extension. The extension is the same width as the garage and the full length of the house. So basically behind the garage butting up and forming a new rear garage wall. At the moment my gas meter and boiler are in...

Hi all, just wondering how to play this one out. My architect is a family friend and has done me a favour by doing cheap plans for an extension. However he is now stating that due to updated cdm regs the onus is on him for all trades to work safely? Surely if I employ a trade it is their...

Looking to start our extension soon and as the site is behind our garage access is difficult. So before timber kit goes up, I need to get 20 pallets of blocks through the garage and stored in the back garden. Tha back wall of the garage is coming down anyway so the main issue is that the back...

Afternoon guys. I'm currently getting quotes for an extension build. The best quote - is for a timber kit. The extension is basically a rectangle. It runs the whole length of the side of my house. The front of the extension joins on to the rear of my garage. This only leaves two exposed...

Long shot I know as there are a lot of variables... Had an architect round to draw up plans for a small 2 storey extension. 2.5m x 7m. There will be 2 openings into the extension one upstairs standard door size and one downstairs that will be 2.5-3m wide. All plumbing, glazing, gas...

Hi all, I have an area of 27m2 that I want to have a drive on. I want to have 200mm of hardcore after being compacted by a plate vibrator. How much does hardcore compact? Should I order 27m2 by 300mm or even more? Thanks Darren

I am about to start digging for my slabbed drive. Currently my front garden runs beside my drive, the grass is raised about 20cms above the drive. I want to cut away the front half of the grass to put in slabs to park my van or car on, I don't want it to sink away due to the weight of maybe...