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I am building a single storey extension, which is currently a single concrete slab (150mm thick), I will have 2 internal dividing walls - non loadbearing. I was going to do the internal walls in timber and plasterboard, but I have a feeling ive over ordered on the celcon blocks, and like the...

Downstairs we have a suspended chipboard floor (floating) on top of polystyrene (above and between) concrete joists. (1987 build). Even though we have concrete joists, I do not like the feel of the floor. Still very bouncy - always been used to solid concrete downstairs. We will extend out the...

I've seen multiple instructions that show the liner being lowered from above, always looks pretty awkward! Can they also be installed by pulling them up through the chimney using a small A-frame bridge on the stack? Is it just the weight that may make it difficult? Seems like a safer way of...

Hi I have a 30yr old house with an open fireplace and a clay lining (within a brick cavity). In the loft I can see through a gap in the brick through to the lining so I am pretty sure there is no filler between the 2 – certainly not all the way up.. Anyway, I wish to remove the open fire and...

I am working out the details of a floor construction for a single storey extension. Each guide I look at asks for a different thickness of screed, some don't reference at all. I am trying to keep the overall thickness of the non-hardcore layers down due to shallow drains running under the floor...

All We are buying a house and plan to add a rear extension. Went to view today to measure up and check for drains. The Foul and surface inspection chambers are right where the extension is going to go. qu.1. I don't want to have to have access to inspection chambers in the extension (tiled...