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Hey forum, I have a rather large project on my hands here. I got planning permission to build a 9m x 6m single storey brick building at the bottom of my garden. My general builder is great. Can't mock him. He has maintaining my properties for years. Very good. I have consulted with him on this...

Hey forum, I am interested to know what is the correct way to manage rainwater for a build that I am working on. Can I get some general advice and guidance on what to do with the water that the gutters collect please? Many thanks

Dear forum, I am about to start digging the foundations for a building (7m x 9m) and could do with some advice on what to do with the soil that is dug out. The location makes it very difficult to get rid of the soil. We had to raise the height of the garden by about 8 inches in order to...

Hey forum, I am building a garden office which will be 7m x 5m. The quote my builder gave me for the foundations was £££££'s so I am looking to reduce costs. I can handle a spade and a pick axe and have a van so considering digging the foundations myself. Yes I know it will be a lot of hard...

Hey Forum, I made a railway sleeper bench last year and she isn't holding up against the elements too well. I gave her a surface treatment with some cuprinol fence stain (had a leftover bucket from doing the fence) for but it isn't enough to keep the cracks in the wood from widening. Just...

Dear forum, my builder has quoted me too much money to dig the foundations for an outbuilding that I recently gained planning permission for and I am considering digging them myself. Have never done anything like this before. The building is 5.5m wide, 8.7m long and 2.45m high. It will be built...

Hey Forum, just looking for some ideas on how to insulate a circular inflatable hot tub. I will insulate under it with 200mm celotex board. This bit is relatively easy. The tricky bit is how to insulate around it. I am thinking maybe take some rockwool and wrap the hot tub in it. The hot tub...

Hi all, I am refitting my bathroom with a wet room area that will be 155cm x 110cm. It will have a tiled bench in it and someone suggested that I could make it into a steam room as well. As long as I have the glass shower screens floor to ceiling it would hold in the steam quite nicely and it...

Hi all, I have had a bit of a look around the forum thinking that this must have already been asked but I cannot find a similar post. I am bringing in a kitchen fitter to refit my kitchen. I would like to go for a granite worktop. I am prepared to pay a premium for this. They are quoting...

Hi all, I will be install a unit behind a door which will result in the door not being able to fully open. The door will open to about 95% of its full range which will be about 30cm away from the way that is 90 degrees to the door when its closed. So I need to stop the door from crashing into...

Hi Forum, first post here so Hi! Middle aged guy doing up a property yada yada yada... A quick question hopefully someone here has done this before: I have used monarfloor deck 9 sound insulation boards under my floating floor. That's all good. I was told to use "Angled flanking band" to go...