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Hi I have a 2.2m gap going into my gardens side entrance. I want to put an aluminium gate accross it supported by two brick posts. I had a concrete base put down for my patio and left a an area at the very top for my brick posts to sit on. One side would by 900m wide and 2200mm high - the...

Just had a patio laid. And the builder saying that selka fast fix is better for outside by I always pictured it being grouted to look like a perfect floor. I’ll attach a photo of the patio and see what you guys think. The patio was laid straight on to a concrete base will adhesive They...

Evening all We’ve just had an extension built and I innocently showed a friend at work a photo of the roof and he said that the roof tiling looked a terrible job. He thinks there’s too much cement between the tile and it’s a bit messy. What do you guys think?

Morning all. I have had some architrave fitted on newly built walls and door frames and some of it is perfectly neat and flush and some have big gaps around the edges as big as around 6mm. Also a couple of the mitred corners are a bit uneven. I’ll attach photos. My question is - is this all...

Hi all I'm having an extension built and knocking through the back wall. My builder has put two vertical steels and one horizontal steel to hold up the top floor of the house - a goalpost if you like My question in the structural engineers drawings, it states the the two vertical columns...

So I’ve moved in to a circa 100 year old house. it has black and red PVC cable and it had a rewireable fuse board, that I got changed yesterday to a modern unit with RCBOs. Now on to my question. I had it inspected and tested and was told it doesn’t need to be rewired as it’s passed on...

I’ll attach a few photos at the end. Morning all We have a four foot fence on the left hand side of our garden. Does anyone have any clever ideas on how to raise it two feet to afford us more privacy? The fence belongs to the neighbour - although I put it in before they moved in. Replacing...

Hi all. Happy New Year. I’ve lived in the same house for years. The last couple I’ve started to get really bad mould on everything in my garage. I stripped some stuff out and noticed this on the back wall where the wall joins the floor. anyone can’t any ideas what it is and so you think...

Morning all, I want to buy a house that has a 2m drop via steps in to the garden. so therefore when I extend 8 metres out for a large kitchen/family room I would have internal stairs down in to this area the question I have is by the time the extension is down on garden level it will be...

I’m just about to buy a house. When we had a look round the upstairs of house, all of the floors are uneven, I mean you really notice it when walking on the floor, almost felt like we were on a boat. I know it’s difficult to say without looking at it, but would you say is the floor joists that...

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Hi guys I'm just starting a huge project in an old Victorian house I'm renovating in parts and modernising in others. I'm sure I'll have lots of questions but my first one is... I'm having quite a large kitchen extension built (30m2), I'd like to have a tiled floor, Porcel-thin tiles to be...