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Evening folks, I am looking at adding bifolds across the back of our lean to single storey extension. The opening I will have after removing the current French door and window will be 4150mm The bifolds I intend to purchase come in standard sizes upto 4000mm and then jump in price for bespoke...

Hello all, My boiler has developed a funny noise that can only be described as like when you finish a drink through a straw and suck up the last bit from the bottom.. that noise? The noise is coming from underneath the boiler and inky does this when the hit water is on and seems to make the...

I have been tiling the bathroom and using a electric tile cutter for several cuts, About an hour ago I was making a cut and noticed an electrical burning smell coming from the cutter and it started to make a funny noise and then it stopped and the lights went out along with the radio which was...

Maybe a quick and easy one here, which first? Lay the underlay and carpet and the the interal doors on or the other way round?

I have had the plasters sorting out holes in ceiling where the electrician has had to cut hatches out as couldn't locate wires (Long story!!). The plasterer has said no problem and will patch them I'm and will never know they were there, this is how they look now completed Do they look...

BCO visited today although a different officer who is normally looking after our build as the other was off work. He checked over our recent work and all ok until..... He then started asking questions about what had been checked so far by other BCO and said could he have a quick look around, as...

Maybe a simple one here, just had a pier rebuilt to carry a steel above. The pier is built half on the kitchen and half on the new extension floor as pictured uneven levels. Is this ok or should the pier have been built on even level after the screed has been laid. Hope this makes sense and...

Knockthrough, single storey extension opening up into the kitchen Online calcs supplied as follows: 254x254x73 UC at 4.75m 250mm bearing one end and 350mm bearing at the other end, engineers description says no padstones required and to be seated directly onto the masonry, does this...

Another one on joists here, ensuite bathroom will have a large freestanding bath in it, joist below are 8"x2" spaced at 350mm and run at at length of 3400mm. Bath will hold around 220litres and me at 12stoneish in weight. Are the joists ok are need to be doubled up? Please advise, cheers

Just ripped out bathroom suite and taken room abck to bones and come across 2 rotting floor joists as pictured. The rest are ok just these two from under the bath. What the cheapest quickest way to sort them out and how do I go about it?

5 bedroom house originally configured as 3. The original plan was to knock through the front bedroom existing into the new one. The existing had a window at the front which has been taken out and filled in now. We have decided not to knock through and just use the existing room as a general...

Just got a bathroom tv and maybe being really daft here but plugged in switched on and now looking at the wires hanging out the bottom. Hdmi/USB etc etc and a cable labeled rf in, yet the connector itself is an rf out? How the hell do I connect a tv Ariel to it if the connector on the tv is...

Can anyone tell me to save a trip up the ladder what roof tiles and colour I have on? I think they are marley double Romans but not sure on colour? Also I have a 17.5 degree pitch on a small extension roof and looking to match the tiles as on main roof but led to believe the marley double...

I am required to dig a pilot hole to show the foundation depth and what it sits on for the bco, picture to follow, I have reached what I think is the bottom as the concrete starts to curve back under the extension. Am I at the bottom and is this what he wants to see or do I need to keep digging?

Quick question and maybe a silly one but single storey rear extension Timber work complete for roof to go on so just currently have a large tarpaulin and 3 battens on to keep rain out . 2 weeks until roofer coming to roof it, I have my French doors and window ready to go in, would you fit them...

Single storey extension from wall plate coming back to two courses under the upstairs window I have a 20 degree pitch, I was wanting to fit Marley double Romans which I understand is a min of 22.5. My question is can I go one course under the upstairs window instead to increase the pitch a...

Quick question, I am looking to for a single large window and french doors to a rear extension and windows guy has suggested a brick colum between the doors and window die to the window being quiet large (2400mm wide) he said this would help reinforce it and reduce the window shaking etc should...

Hi chaps, Considering taking out the chimney breast on the ground floor only, it's on the party wall and my question is do i HAVE to get a party wall agreement? Also will I need planning or am I right in thinking just building regs? Will building regs want drawings or just a description of...

Currently have planning for double storey extension and conservatory is also on the planning application to. At first fix on extension and BCO checked everything and happy up to pre plaster which is where we are now,conservatory has had same depth foundations as the extension sits on and BCO...

Hi, may be a quick one here, have a number of walls ready for dot and dab to blockwork. What's the min we can get away with in terms of loss of size in each room as some rooms we are really worried about losing valuable cm/inches.