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Hi All, Recently I heard about a case where a man was being fined 100,000pounds (a life changing amount) as his ring door bell was recording his neighbour. What if you don't have a hard drive or online recording, is it still possible to fall foul of some law or the data protection act only...

Hi All, Currently I have carpet in the upstairs bedroom - I guess under that there is underlay, then the floor boards, then the void between floor boards and lath plaster (I think it's called) ceiling. When someone is on the phone or playing music/watching tv - it can be heard fairly clearly...

So I'm laying a new water pipe as I'm moving the position of the stop cock. Old pipe is steel. I bought a special converter to go from the 22mm steel to 25mm plastic as I have been told that we cant touch the tap. Builder wants to lay it diagonal across the drive - dont we have to lay it...

Hi All, So the kitchen faces the back garden at the moment. The waste leaves the sink through the back wall and falls into an outside gully (you can see the waste water come out when the kitchen tap is on). That is the standard setup I believe of most houses. But now an extension will be built...

Hi All, I asked an architect to do my full plans drawings a few months back. He sent them direct to me as I was not sure when I wanted to submit them. I decided to send them myself a few days ago. I received a letter from the council that I also had to fill in a form. I could not find any...

HI, Is it best to match the height of the existing DPC with the new DPC of the extension? From the picture would you say the dpc is just below the air bricks? Why are the airbricks above the DPC? Thanks

Dear All, I have to build a manhole – Thames water state you must use like for like materials only, in this case it means clay. The pipe I’m tapping into is 150mm clay. Rather than use clay channels and benching (if that’s the right term) – I found this...

HI All, I have 35meters (1m deep, 0.6m wide) of foundation to dig. I'm using a micro digger, came with 4 sizes of bucket. It's my first time using a digger but it seems to be going ok. I had intended to use OSB boards to hold the sides up to prevent possible collapse but for the most part...