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Hi Guys, Whilst sorting another job out, I noticed that the roof tiles on my porch have separated and I’m guessing what I am looking at is the felt membrane. Whats the best thing to do here? Instead of getting a roofer out to re tile can I fill with mortar or a type of sealant?

9 months ago a builder built me a single storey extension. Last week the radiator in the extension didn’t work and I put it down to a frozen pipe and worried about it bursting so I went searching for it. After going into my ceiling I found the radiator flow + return pipes were sat on top of the...

I am putting an extension on the back of my semi, close to the party wall which divides me from next door. The opening at the back for the extension will need an RSJ. How close to the party wall can I put the RSJ without getting the neighbours approval? If I leave 450mm of wall, this would mean...

Hi Guys, I am looking at doing the attached. Opening up all in red with extension. Is this going to be complicated/expensive because of the way the joists are supported? Wanting double doors opening to the lounge (on the attached it's where the white breaks up the red line), will this need...

Is it normal to have a home built in the last 15-20 years (an average sized 3 bed semi) with no internal supporting walls? Joists facing all the same way with a central beam not supported on anything other than the external walls

I am planning on putting a small 10sqm extension on the back of my home. I noticed a manhole cover on the area where we want to build and the mrs is panicking that we won’t be able to build. The house was only built 15 years ago and the manhole is only half a metre away from the house. I am...

Hi, I am looking at buying the attached property but I would want to knock down some walls and wondered if the walls are load bearing. The problem is on a viewing, it's not as though I can be putting holes in walls or lifting floorboards etc in order to know if the walls are load bearing. I...

Hey Guys, I have an internal soil pipe from an upstairs loo boxed off in what I want to be a new dining room. I want to open up the dining room too and put an extension on but the soil pipe would sit right bang in the middle. Is it an easy enough job for a plumber to take out the internal...

hey all, I removed a plastic cooker faceplate today (it had no neon) and I replaced it with a brushed steel one (with neon light). The oven works fine since I am stumped. As far as I am aware the I got the feed and supply right.

We have lived in a new build for 18 months now. Yesterday, I received a call saying there had been some sort of mess up and they need to come in, add another plaster board to a wall and then plaster over. The wall in question is in the main bedroom. It is going to take them 4 days to complete...

I have been living in a new build for a year now, built by one of the largest UK house builders. I took a call today from the site manager who I have been dealing with for the last 12 months, the jist of what he said is: 'There has been a change in building regs and an insulation company are...

Hi Guys, I have recently moved into a three storey brand new house. The top floor has an electric shower and when someone is using it, nobody can use any of the toilets or sometimes even turn on a tap because it means our electric shower will flash up 'low water pressure' and basically shut...

I am currently installing some new uplighters in the bedroom. The uplighters go flush to the wall. I have 2 sets of twin cable coming from the wall that I need to go into 1, then into the light. I can just use terminal blocks which are small enough to put inside the wall, but I was thinking...

I have recently moved into a new build and I am fitting uplighters. I have removed the original light fitting and now I am just left with 2 cables coming out the wall. The trouble is the cable isnt quite long enough. I only need 1 of the cables, so can I put insulation tape on the uneeded...