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Hi all, I have an issue which both planning and highways are interested in. I recently started an extension and part of the planning application was to rearrange the garden to introduce parking and turning within our site. Up until now, we have had a 'pull-in' which we had to reverse out of...

I'm building a timber frame garage. I want to put a roller shutter door in and the timber frame can't support this so i want to put a steel over the opening and hang the roller shutter from this. I'm waiting for a cost for a goalpost over the door. If this is expensive, would a block pier...

Hello, I have a fireplace in my lounge. Its boarded up and has an old disconnected gas fire in there (old student house). I want to rip out the gas fire and use an open fire again. Who should I get to check the chimney? A chimney sweep or some sort of surveyor? Thanks, Dave.

The ceiling in one bedroom started to crack and sag so i went up to the loft to have a look. The joists are all set into the walls at one end and resting on the top of the wall opposite....except the 3 which run up to the chimney- they are sitting on top of the wall at one side but are hanging...

Hello, I have just tiled my bathroom floor. I have laid 12mm plywood and fixed it to the floor. I used Unibond floor tile adhesive and have laid porcelain tiles. This adhesive is flexible but should there be visible movement when someone steps on a tile? The floor has been drying for 48hrs whih...

Hello, I wonder if someone can tell me what i actually need for the following job. I have an 8KW elec shower at the moment that needs to be replaced. The feed comes from the consumer unit and has no RCD. The feed is 6mm. I want to put in an 8.5 or 9.5 kw shower and run a new 10mm cable. Can...

Hello, I want to replace the radiator in my bathroom with a heated towel rail. Is it ok to dig a chanel in the wall and run the pipes up to the required height? At the moment the pipes come out of a timber floor straight into the radiator. Thanks.

Hello, I want to have my shower replaced as I do my bathroom. At the moment there is an electric shower there and I want to replace it with a pumped/electric unit. When I started looking at it and reading the manul for the new shower, it appears I should have a RCD and an MCB- My exisitng...

I have a 2 storey house. All cold water taps and toilet are fed from the mains. I have a combi boiler feeding the hot taps and an electric shower. The main problem is our mains water pressure is rubbish- sometimes the shower will not work because theres not enough water flow. If you want to fill...

Hello, I want to fit tongue and groove boards in my kitchen between the cupboards and worktops and in a few other places. The question is- How do I join the t&b boards to the worktop so there is a gap for expansion but so moisture and food crumbs cant gather there? If i treat the wood...

I know theres lots of posts on this already but here goes..... I have a shed in my back garden about 15m from the house. I'd like to put a flourescent light and double socket in there. The fuseboard is at the front of the house with no easy way to run a new cable through. Can I take a spur off...

Today my kitchen lights stopped working and the outside light aswel. Does this mean there is a break in the lighting circuit? All the fuses are fine and its just those lights that aren't working. Thanks, Dave.