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Hi, We live in an old house which has a damp-ish stone floor in the utility room/hallway. What is the best way to restore this? I considered getting a chemical to remove the effloresence and a rotary wire drill bit to bring up the surface but I'm concerned this might be too harsh and leave a...

Pleased to hear it! I’ll get a few quotes for the work and take it from there. Thank you.

Hello, I wish to move an internal non load bearing stud wall about to increase the size of a bedroom by about 2m. Do I need building regs for this? The guidance talks a lot about rules for load bearing walls which is understandable but this is bog standard stud. Thanks in advance guys,

I finally got around to this yesterday and your instructions worked perfectly. You are correct about the yellow and red wires, they are presumably from an old stat and are joined together just out of shot. My only remaining issue (non wiring related) is that the receiver's signal does not...

Hello, I'm hoping someone can help with this. I live in a house with two boilers (two houses knocked into one) so I'm setting up Hive multizone. The installation in the main house was straight forward but I'm confused about the wiring on the other boiler (Danfoss 103e7 connected to a Baxi -...

Will do, I'm not really decided on the design yet. Does it sound like a case of 'crack on' or am I likely to need planning?

Sorry, should have mentioned. No, none of the above.

Hello, Quite a straight forward one.. I hope! I have a garage (separate building to the house) and wish to remove the garage door, brick up the opening and install a regular upvc door + window. The garage is no longer accessible for cars due to a wall (it was this way when we bought the...

Thanks everyone, what a helpful forum! It looks like I'm going to have to do a bit of schmoozing with the neighbours! Thanks again, I really appreciate it.

Hello, I'm really hoping someone can help. We are planning on building a two storey extension in our back yard. We appear to meet all of the criteria set out in the 'permitted developments' guide, with the possible exception of this; "If extension is within two metres of a boundary...

Hello, Hope someone can help! I bought a paint stripper from B&Q which I hoped would remove years worth off gloss from plaster coving in the hallway...