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Hello all, We have been in our house for eight years, originally built in the 40's we put a single story extension onto the side seven years ago. The side in question is east facing and gets a lot of weather on it straight off the north York moors. The house is on a slope so consequently the...

I'm fitting a 1200 Lt oil tank up against the wall of my single story garage. Due to the height of the building I've been told I will need a fire protection barrier at the top of the wall to stop flames going into the eves of the building. Can anyone tell me how to construct the barrier and what...

I've just replaced the pitched roof on my house with medium format concrete tiles. The north facing old roof was covered in heavy moss which I dont want on the new roof as this was one of the causes of problems in the first place. Is there anything I can put on the roof to stop the moss from...

Thanks fellers, Looks as if most of what I need is on the sites you have directed me to.

I have recently uncovered an inglenook fireplace in my home and would like to install a multifuel/woodburner stove. The chimney is not 100% sound with leaks in the loft and between floor spaces, therefore I will have to use a liner 5 or 6" depending on stove. My question is what is the procedure...

Cheers Tony, That makes sense about seperate hot water supply for the annexe via the cylinder when Rads not in use and at lease I know now that I can still get a combi boiler for the main house. The pressure on the hot water domestic to the annexe is poor as the head comes from the cold tank...

Hi, hope there's someone who can point me in the right direction. Installing an Oil fired central heating system in a two bedroomed cottage with upstairs bathroom. At the rear of the house is a granny annex which is being joined onto the house with an extension. There is no hot water system or...

Thanks for that info. The bath is being raised onto a stepped platform. Will check out Bes website.

Many thanks for that info. Looking at the situation again I may not have the drop needed so have had to rethink. If I move the toilet to the oposite wall this would shorten the soil branch length which could fit into the original soil pipe. This would sort the drop problem, but I also...

In the process of moving the downstairs toilet which is at present about 3 mts from the outer plastic soil stack. The 110 mm pipe runs along the side of the wall and I would like to continue this pipe another 1 metre along the same wall then turn 90 degrees right and run for another 1 metre...