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Hi Guys, If I find a Natural Gas (mains) outdoors BBq, what are the regs regarding fitting them? Can any Gas Safety engineer do this? Any specific requirements, like outside pipe lengths, etc? Thanks

Hi Guys, Building an extension and want to remove one radiator in the living room and use the pipework for underfloor heating in the extension. Is this ok to do? Can I just replace one radiator with underfloor heating without any other adjustments? I will install two valves on the pipes, so I...

Hi Guys, Planning to build a side extension. It falls under Permitted Development apart from one thing, the extension will be a timber frame with modern wooden cladding on the outside, but the house finish is yellow brick. Will this affect the Permitted Development status? If it will, I can...

Hi Guys Going to build a timber frame side extension on London Clay, see attached plan. Do I need any foundation, if I do, how deep? I currently have some patio slabs on a thin bed of concrete there. Was thinking just to do two courses of brick on top of the patio slabs and then DPC and the...

Hi Guys, I am thinking about building a side extension to my living room, something like a Dormer or a Garden Office. Screed flooring with insulation, insulated stud wall with wooden panels on the outside and a flat roof, big patio door. Then break a door in the wall of my living room to create...

Hi Guys, I live in a block of flats, 30 flats in a two storey building. My freeholder wants to overlay the roof and wants to charge us 124k for the roof and 56K for the scaffolding. The flat roof is covering 10 flats, that makes it 18K per flat. Is this a reasonable price? Seems very high, I...

Hi guys, I have a drain outside of the house which is blocked by calcium buildup, have already tried standard unblockers with no luck. Is there anything stronger I can try to unblock it? Thanks,

Hi Guys, Can somebody help please. Want to buy a three bed house 78sqm in a poor condition. Need to know an approximate price for redecorating. Excluding bathroom and kitchen, need to strip old wallpaper, skim the walls, paint the walls, ceilings, door, cills, etc. How mus would it...

Hi guys, I have a Bristan Kitchen Tap which says - minimum 1 bar. I have a gravity fed water system, so the pressure is about 0.5bar Will the Bristan tap work ok? I do not need anything special, as long as water flows slowly.

Hi guys, Need to run a bit of mains water outside of the house. This will be above ground and will be very insulated. What type of plastic pipe is the best to use? What would you recommend for above ground outdoors mains water, MDPE, HPPE, HDPE, etc? Thanks,

Hi Guys, Doing an integral garage conversion, knocking down a wall and joining it to a small room with an existing radiator. (Small Room 5sqm, Garage 10sqm; new kitchen area 15sqm) Are there any specific Building Regs about the number of radiators per room? I want to leave one radiator, but...

Hi guys, Doing an integral garage conversion. Separating the garage in the middle using a stud wall. Building Control asked for two courses of bricks first and then put the stud wall on top. Can you help to clarify please. - Do I lay DPC on the garage floor directly or build the first course...

Hi guys, Doing an integral garage conversion, half of the garage will remain as a garage and another half will be a kitchen. The wall to split the garage in two, what type of wall should it be to meet the Building Regs? Can it be a stud wall with fireboard on both sides? How thick the...

Hi guys, I am planning a garage conversion into a kitchen and want to submit the Building Control Application. All gas and electrical work for the kitchen will be done by Registered professionals who will submit all required paperwork to the council. Do I need to say in the application that it...

Hi guys, Merry Christmas!!! A couple of days ago I turned water heating (water tank) and House heating at the same time. Ever since then, hot water in the tank heats up when the home heating is on. I recon some automatic valve has stuck? What can I do? Your help is much appreciated. Thank you,

Hi guys, I have a small 480mm radiator which needs to be replaced. Can I replace it with a 500mm radiator? Will it fit? See photo for measurements. Thank you,

Hi guys, Converting half of a double semi-detached garage into a kitchen. Not sure what to do with the floor in order for it to be warm and to comply with the Building Regulation. Can you help please? What type of floor should I lay and how high the new floor should be above the DPC? Photo...

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Hi guys, I need to remove a non-load bearing wall (you can see that the brick on top was cut and no joists are sitting on the wall). My builder asked me to contact the council to confirm that the wall is non-loadbearing. But the council says they do not have this information. What is the...

Hi guys, Would it be Ok to insulate internal bedroom walls with non-breathable boards, something like Marmox or similar. The main concern, as it is non-breathable, will it not damage the walls/plaster in some way, damp, mold, etc. The walls are with cavity (insulated). Thanks,