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Novice question here... The floor in the room I'm putting up a wardrobe is not level - it's 8mm lower over 1m width. How important is it to prop up one side of the wardrobe to make the sides level? What kind of tolerance is acceptable? If I go beyond a certain amount I can imagine there'll be...

I've recently moved into a house that I'm intending to have work done to. I'm trying to understand if any of the possible work I may do requires building control approval. I'm looking to: Knock-through a non-structural wall dividing a box room from the master bedroom (we've engaged a structural...

I'm arranging structural calculations and building regs drawings for an internal garage conversion (including knocking through an internal structural wall to provide an open plan area). I've contacted several structural engineers and I'm getting drastically different estimates. The lowest is...

My girlfriend and I have had an offer accepted on a 3 bed 1960s terraced house in outer London that we'd like to renovate before we move in. There are several jobs that will need doing and I'm trying to work out the pros and cons of hiring individual trades directly vs having a single...