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Hi, A neighbour some doors up from me has started to construct a large (6m x 2.5m) raised decking area with surrounding wall at the rear of their garage. This is on council land as the end of their garage is where their property ends. They are essentially building it in the rear access driveway...

Hi, i hope someone can suggest what might be wrong with my combi boiler. It has started to make a loud booming noise along with vibrations when the hot water is used. It doesn't happen when the central heating is on, just when a hot tap or the shower is turned on. It sounds like some boy racer...

Hi, I am soon to be putting the pitched roof on my garage but I have no idea what fixings I should be using to hold the timber structure together. Should I use nails or screws or does it not really matter as long as they are of a decent size? Main reason I ask is that the garage requires...

Hi, I am just sorting out the pitched roof for my new garage but I am unsure of how the ridge beam should interface with the blockwork of the gable ends. Does the ridge beam simply sit on the blockwork at each end or should I use a bracket to firmly secure it to the brickwork? The gable ends...

Hi, I am finished with most of the brickwork for my garage and am starting the roof. I have built pillars in the 2 side walls specifically for the RSJ to sit on. Thing is I'm not sure how to secure the RSJ to the pillars. Should I just sit it on a bed of mortar and brick round and above it? Or...

Hello all, I am looking for a roller shutter door for my garage but am unsure of what type to get. There are the heavy industrial type that are usually galvanised or the more domestic type made from aluminium. I need one 4m wide and 2.5m high. How secure are the aluminium ones? There will...

Hi, I am building a garage in the back garden and there is a bit of a level difference between the neighbour to my lefts garden and the neighbour to my right. The one garden is level with mine but the other is alot higher. I am just building up to damp course/floor level. The height which is...

Hi everyone, I am building a garage in the garden out of concrete blocks (single skin, 2.5m eaves height). Have done some ringing round for materials etc and the 7N blocks that I was going to use up to damp course are cheaper than the normal blocks that I was going to build the rest of the...

Hi, I have laid the footings for a garage and am going to start laying blocks to come up to the floor level/damp course. Only thing is I am not sure which are the right type of blocks to be using? As they are going to support the rest of the garage walls, should I use high strength...

Hello all, I am building a double garage in my back garden and have dug out the trench footings ready for building regs to come and have a look at. I was hoping they would give me a bit of advice over the phone before I arranged a visit but they said they wont give advice without seeing the...

Hello all, I am waiting for planning permission to come through for a large garage I want to build at the end of my garden. I understand that the council planning dept may come and visit the site before they approve and give me planning permission which is fine. But will they also then...

Hi everyone, I am building a garage at the bottom of my garden out of concrete blocks. It is going to be single skin with pillars for added strength. I want the wall facing into the garden to look good but don't want to paint or render it so I am going to build a brick fascia skin onto the...