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    To pile or to pad and beam, that is the question...

    Hi, we're about to do an 8m x 4m 2-storey extension and have an oak tree 4metres from the proposed extension flank wall. We're also on heavily clay-based soil. One structural engineer has suggested pad and beams as being the easiest and most cost-effective solution, whilst another has said we...
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    Water Mains and Extension

    Hi, I'm looking to build a two story extension on the side of the house. Size will be approx 10m x 5m. Before I apply for planning however, I'm aware that the water mains for the street runs through the plot to the side of the house where we intend to build. There's a manhole cover which...
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    Powerflush diy

    having just paid out £475 for a powerflush, to find out my system is still full of sludge and that @&!! Won't come back, going to attempt it myself, hiring a machine from hss. Am I crazy? Anyone up for giving me instructions from the very top (I've no plumbing experience). It's an old (newly...
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    18 month Plumbing nightmare still unresolved

    Hi, any help appreciated. In Nov 2015 we had 8 new rads put in and piping replaced to rads, and buried in walls. 3 old rads were kept in kitchen and utility room). The water then never got round the system properly (50% ish of rads worked at a time, including the old rads consistently. Which...
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