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A house near-by did a similar extension and used stone harvested from the existing house (i.e. the infill section which would be covered by the new extension) as the outer leaf of the timber frame, and it looked pretty good.

I'd be quite interested to know if this could be done as a timber framed extension? Like to retain the vaulted ceiling, as it makes the space lighter, especially with the velux

Apologies for the quality of the drawing. Not a gifted artist, so photos also attached. Looking to build out into that blue brick work for the extension to bring it flush with the building line

There is a drain to be dug out and moved, but I don't think it's going to be too bad. There is a basement under the ground floor too, which I should have mentioned. Not sure how that will impact foundations. Out of interest, why would a steel be needed upstairs? Would that be in place of the...

Considering a two storey extension to enable us to have a bigger house bathroom. I've just got a couple of structural questions. The project is the extend an existing two storey lean-to structure (original part of the house), effectively moving the end wall outwards to add an additional 1.5m in...

worth having a read around on TS and the upsides and downsides. If you have a potential for solar PV / thermal, wood burning stoves etc, and want to input a lot of different heat sources, I think they are great. TS control stat I think is ok, as the boiler really struggles when the CH turns on...

Using an IR thermometer, taking readings at boiler and TS end. I’ve double checked with a thermometer wedged between insulation and pipe, and the two readings aren’t that far apart. The difference between flow and return is usually around 10c. Apologies if that’s not what you mean by...

Essentially, yes it keeps knocking off around the 65c mark. Is there a reason why the boiler turn the burner and fan off (I.e. go to setting 1) when it hasn't reached the control stat temp (even when this is set to maximum 90c)? No other external sensors attached, just the control stat on the...

This morning, I tried setting the control thermostat to maximum on the TS, and running the boiler. The boiler fires and starts burning (hear the fan/burner, steam coming out of the flue!), ran for about 5 minutes, reached 68c and then powered down (fan/burner goes quiet, no steam out of the...

Hi, I appear to have an issue with my Intergas boiler connected to my thermal store. It is recommended to keep the thermal store (Gledhill TGH350) at 75c. I have the boiler set at 85c, but after taking the boiler flow temp earlier (before CH came on) at the boiler and at the thermal store, it...

I tested against the back box. Got a reading off the live going into L1, but nothing off the two reds going into the earth terminal on the back box. Apologies, should have been clearer in the original post. There are two earths also going into the back box earth terminal. I have now sleeved...

It's a metal back box and metal switch. Just tested both wires with a multi meter and it's showing nothing for both. I assume they have just been 'parked' in the box terminal

I am changing a two gang light switch from a older plastic version to a metal one. Moving the earths from the back box to the earth terminal on the light switch / plate, but on the two gang on the landing there are two red wires going into the earth terminal in the back box. Do these get moved...