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Hello I cleaned up my garage floor and wanted to lay down 100mm PIR insulation, TG chipboard... It is a concrete base floor at the moment with dips. See picture attached. I have read to put KILN dried sand on the areas.... Any suggestions?

Hello I am currently converting my garage to a games room. The external wall side, i will be putting in a timber frame then sliding in PIR insulation... However, as for the floor, it is a concrete slab. I will be laying the DPM then insulation.... I am confused to which step to take...

Hello new regs states 150mm insulation on walls which are external...... normally when it used to be 50mm pir, I would use a 50mm timbers and cut off pir insulation in between... Now it is 150mm, how do we put this on the wall? Can't exactly stick them on... Thanks

Hello, I am currently replacing my garage door. I would like a door and a window There is a part which divides the window and the door, there is a column and I’m wondering how I can make a column from 4 inch concrete block. The width of the column is the width of the concrete block, and I’m not...

Hello I am currently converting my garage and replacing the garage door with a window and a the door. I have finish the foundation. I called up merchants to make an order for blocks and bricks etc…. He asked me which block, thermo lite or concrete block? I am not sure. I am going to...

Hello I am currently replacing my garage door with a door and window …. Just dug out a 1m foundation…. However, there’s an existing footing for the existing side wall… Do I have to dig out underneath it and fill with concrete?

Hello i am replacing my garage door with a door and a window. Under the window, there will be a brick wall. I am digging a trench. 600mm wide and 1m down... According to the below image, how deep should (c) be? I would have thought 1m foundation means from ground level to bottom.... Is this...

Hello i understand a 1m or so foundation is needed under a wall... but what about under the door... do i need to dig out a trench for the whole width even there is not much load under the door? see pic.

Hello currently, I am building a wall to replace my garage door. I want to know the block name to use when ordering my materials... I will use engineer bricks on my foundation for my garage, around 3 courses high. It will be a double brick wall with no gaps in between as i will be insulating...

Hello i am replacing my garage door with a door and window. Going to do the foundation first... As for the bricking, how do i attach the brick work to the top of the main garage opening. it is a 9-inch wood lintel. i don't want to replace this lintel just yet. From experience, I am aware of...

Hello I want to replace my garage door with a double brick wall soon. Replacing with a door and window. So the brick wall will only be about 1m high and 1.3m wide. Above with sit a small window and the right side fits a door. Do I still need abide to Uk regs at 1.2m depth foundation?

Hello My garage floor already is already concrete. I want to put 100mm PIR Insulation and was told to put 50mm screed on top. I need to put a bit more, as in 100mm screed. is this ok or will it be too heavy? Or can i put 150mm pir insulaton and then 50mm screed? Suggest i put on concrete...

Hello is there a rule for the maximum thickness of screed i should use? My garage conversion has around 20cm concrete. I am going to put 100mm PIR insulation on top of the DPM. how thick can i apply the screed? 50mm?

Hello i want to raise the height of the garage door to install a new one. Currently, as shown in the picture attached, there is a 9x4inch timber (double) holding up the bricks above. I want to use a concrete lintel and was told that x2 9x4 inch would be good but could be too large and maybe...

Hello I have a UNIFLO G4SZV gas meter. it says on the manual "optical detection of measuring gray code" what does this mean? I want to shut off the gas for a couple of days as I am refurbishing the kitchen in another property of mine and don't want to hit the gas pipes accidentally. if I...

Hello I am about to start my tiling in my upstairs bathroom which I delayed from last year. I just made a quick sketch of my drainage plan. Please see below, is it all good for Uk Regs. My Building Officer told me that it is best to use 50mm. then connect your 40mm pipes to it. Using riding...

Hi just installed 2 zone valves working with with two heating hives. Everything is correctly placed. I haven’t yet pressurized system…. quick question, when I start up the system, etc, both zone valves will be closed… but I would need to pressurise the system via filling loop… so I take it...

Hello Can someone clear this up for me please, Is it just the name or what? If you have two or more heating zones in a property, you will need: Zone 1: Hive Hub connected to a receiver paired to its thermostat. Zone 2: Hive receiver connected to a receiver paired to its thermostat. Once...

Hello The boiler is downstairs and I need to connect a Drayton za5 to the flow pipe going upstairs... is this valve allowed to be placed upside down? the flow direction is correct but the valve will need to be upside down in order to save some space inside a tight cupboard.

Hello I am currently laying down my T&G chipboard flooring. Just wanted to know how I would go about continue the flooring into the next room… see plan below… I have to do all rooms. Once I reach door of one room, do I continue the tongue groove into the next room ? Or just start again in next...