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Hi all Can anyone point me in the right direction for a door lining to make two internal double doors, like french doors. I am making a little utility cupboard, going to use two 610mm core doors, hinged on the left and right, they will stay shut using magnet catches on the inside as there will...

Hi all I am considering of ttying to go through my house insurance to get the brickwork looked at on our house. When we bought it, previous owners left guttering leaking for what must of been years, and covered the crumbled brick damage with smeared cement. There is also signs of bad...

Afternoon all I may have overlooked a detail on my floor i am doing. So the story is iv dug my old kitchen floor up to lay a new concrete pad, and insulation and screed. I am following the detail of my plans from my extension we have had built so that the floor is the same buildup on the old...

Evening all. Im laying a new pipe run under my kitchen floor for a sink and dishwasher. Old clay has been removed. And was badly cracked! Heres the issue. I only have 100mm of backfill coverage at the top of my run over my 110mm pipe. This is because we have dug the kitchen floor up and...

Hi guys. I am looking into filling the livingroom suspended floor in. I am not sure if i can do this though as i know some floors are suspended for water evap reasons. So i am not sure how i find this out? I dug out my kitchen floor ready to insulate and screed, and lay the ufh. While i was...

The things that keep you up late at night! so today i have been googling lots and of corse end up with varying info as we all do, and i hate making decisions! i will be breaking my old kitchen floor up this weekend, so i can dig down, lay a new base and put celotex in. all part of a bigger...

Hi all Im fairly certain i know the answer i am going to get here but here goes nothing! Can i put spotlights in the soffit eaves of my roof? Iv got a warm deck roof on my extension. building control have still got to pass off but Id really like to stick some downlights that project all the...

Hi all I have a svp stack at the front of my house, and at the rear i have a new 450mm access chamber, passed off by bco. Id like to replace the clay from the svp up to the 450mm inspection chamber at the rear of the house. However while doing this i would like to put a stub stack in the...

Evening! As i love adding to my never ending list of jobs on this kitchen extension plan, i have uncovered other potential problems with the existing structure of the house. When we removed the plaster from the kitchen and downstairs wc, the plasterboard was really damp and dropped to bits in...

Looking for a lil advice! We had a new 25mm mdpe pipe installed with a bbox, this was tapped into the lead further up in our property so its still on a shared supply, although flow is much better! I just wanted to know, is there any point in swapping out to a 22mm 1/4 full bore valve vs a...

Hi guys Start of next year i will be putting in my finished floor in our new extension, as it stand we got it water tight late last night with the glazing. We have our sub concrete floor in, and there will be a 1200g dpm, then 100mm insulation, then another dpm and finally 65-70mm screed. Size...

hi guys I am due to fit my side window and patio doors (2100 x 2200) in our extension we are building. I am just finishing off on the roof so I am now looking at the windows. This is all being done with building control so I wanted to ask some fitment advice. I have fitted 5 upvc windows...

So i just want to ask, i have a couple of concerns so i feel the need to ask. I have a bco inspection due, the lads who have done the brick work have got the structure up. Its all looking good but just a few things in the back of my mind. At the outside dpc, the dpc strip has drifted slightly...

Hi guys. I am really pulling my hair out here guys. Help me out as i think i am just seeing things now! My SE has spec'd a 203 x 203 x 46 UC beam to support the opening to our house. 4m span. We have a 1940s build with a cavity. On the drawings the walls are detailed 230mm overall thickness...

Hi guys. My builder has had to come and add some cement on top of our footings, around 50mm deep to level it off in an area. My concern is that it was put down on monday evening, and i can still stick my finger nails in it. I also didnt like the amount of water that was sprayed on top of the...

hi guys we got our groundwork/drainage passed this weekend so iv been looking at the roof, i know how do you go from ground to roof? im always looking wayyyy ahead. im miffed by the drawing my architect has come up with for my extension. We have plans for a flat roof with EPDM covering and a...

Hi guys. Had a good week getting the groundwork going on the kitchen extension. We have dug footings, minus removal of a manhole that currently in the way, that leads me to my question! Spoke to BCO and hes give me the go ahead to crack on with drainage so he can inspect both at same time. So...

so iv been looking at the footing detail and spotted a problem as i was pondering over it today. i think this is more of my OCD kicking in here over actually being a problem but here goes. my footing dimensions are marked out to take the "exterior" dimensions of 4660mm Width, with a projection...

Hi guys Im picking my kitchen extension job back up, after loads of delays, builders pulling out etc im just starting myself and getting as far as i can. I need to pass the drainage through the footings, as per usual using a bridge/lintel method with 100mm clearance. My question is i have a...

Hi guys. Got to dig trenches out for our 4x4.5m extension. I have manually dug foottings near the services, digger coming wednesday if all goes to plan (given current situation) Now, we know we have to dig minimal 1m down, good ground is hit at 500mm so 1m sould be max. The possible problem...