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Hi. I put astroturf down in my garden last year..diy job. Garden has a slight slope. I put down a hardcore base then a 30mm layer of sharp sand. Really happy with the garden until recently...we have 2 labs which the new grass has been great with. Now the weather is hot the kids have had the...

Hi, just returned home to a letter from the council. We have a driveway at the front with no dropped kerb ( the kerb is low but not dropped ). The letter states we have to apply for permission to use the front as a driveway and to drop the kerb. It also notes we have a garage in our back garden...

Hi. Ive just had part of my house rendered and have been recommended to use sandtex high build as it last alot longer than normal masonry paint. Looking on google they do a high cover aswell. Does anyone know is thia the same but just a smooth finish or is it just a more expensive masonry paint...

Hi. I'm currently building a single storey extension. On my building notice form to the council i informed them a non qualified person would be installing the electrics so it would need testing/signing off by them. At what point do i get them out for this? First fix or when its all up and...

Hi. I'm starting to doubt if my new extension was permitted development. The house is detached so i built out 4m and across 4.5m. The width of the extension sticks out about 800mm further than the house line. My house is about 1m from my side fence so the extension is in my boundary but not in...

Hi. Sorry last question regarding the kef soundlight....promise. Can i wire the speakers into the sonos connect amp or should i connect the speakers to my amp then connect the amp to the sonos. Cheers

Hi. I have a kef soundlight im about to install in my new vaulted ceiling. Would i be best to keep the two left speakers and the two right speakers on the same side or have them in oposite corners? So either going round the the four corners left left right right or left right left right. Hope im...

Hi, Nearly at wall plate height so my next job is sorting out the roof. I'm building a gable ended vaulted ceiling ( room is 4.5m x 4m ). I'm looking at a 4m Glulam beam (140 x270) with 8x2 rafters 600mm apart birds mouthed and then bolted together at the ridge. Do you think 8x2 will be ok...

Hi. Currently doing a self build. The bricks for my house are 73mm and having built the outer skin with wall ties fitted, the inner skin will not line up correctly. Can i increase the morter joints? Cut the blocks? Buy some concrete half bricks? Any suggestions on the best/easiest solution...

Hi our garden is about 2ft higher than our house. Im currently digging out ready for a 4x4 extension which will have french doors onto a patio to the side. The garden isn't very big so it will be upto the end wall. This wall will have a window which will look fine from inside but would it look...

Hi im currently looking at having a single storey rear extension. We like the idea of having one wall cedar cladded. Two questions with this first do we build breeze block walls and put batons on the outside for the cedar cladding...how would the breeze blocks tie into the other new walls with...