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i need to fit a door and frame to my new extension. i'm handy enough but have never done this before. does anyone know of an idiots guide site to doing it please? thanks

i recent self levelled my new conservatory floor but cant have got it quite right as i still have a few dips, maybe 5mm depth. 1/ can i relevel the dips and if so, does the already levvelled floor need pva'ing again or can i just top it up. 2/ if i tile the floor can the tile adhesive cope...

i recent self levelled my new conservatory floor but cant have got it quite right as i still have a few dips, maybe 5mm depth. 1/ can i relevel the dips and if so, does the already levvelled floor need pva'ing again or can i just top it up. 2/ if i tile the floor can the tile adhesive cope...

i have dot and dabbed 12.5 mm plasterboard and filled the gaps with blue hawk plaster that has sanded down nicely is there any building regs requirement to have the walls skimmed and if not is it ok just to paper over the plasterboard? thanks

i have had a mono pitched roof built on a ground floor extrenson. approx 3m wide by 2m deep. it has in it 2 big velux windows. there is a 10m venting strip by the fascia at the bottom but no abutment ventilation has been put in at the top. there are 7 7in roof spars that divide the roof...

anybody know of any good websites that show how to apply dot and dab to regular and also 25mm insulated plasterboard?

could anyone be kind enough to tell me the min angle roof pitch needed without boarding and felting a pitched roof?

my bldg inspector says i need one of these. i can seem to find all kinds of bottle gullys (roddable), and p traps are easy enough to come by, but a combination of the 2 i cant seem to find. is it possible to put a horizontal rodding pipe onto a p gulley to achieve the same effect. anyone know...

am building a conservatory with 6 bricks above dpc. 3in cavity full fill with isowoll, inner skin blocks. do i lay the outer skin first, then when dry put the insulation against it and jam it in with the inner skin blocks? thanks

i currently have a conservatory that has 8 bricks above dpc. 2in cavity. the conservatory bit is coming down and we're building on top of it. the bldg regs chap has said we need to full fill the cavity then use insulated plasterboard. trouble is, when we take the conservatory down i suspect...

for my conservatory have got what keyline call 1/4 down mix (sone and sand together). what amount of this should i mix with the cement for a conservatory base? thanks

am building a conservatory. have put in harcore/sand binding. in order to maintain airflow to underfloor of existing house, have had to put 4 x 4in drainage pipes to feed the air under the existing house, and these are fed into telescopic ventilators. trouble is, i cannot lap the dp membrane up...

am block paving a patio about 8m in width and need to drain this water towards a drain, lot of which runs off the clay garden. could anyone advise me the minimum slope i should use in order to get the water to drain away. i have a digital spirit level that will read 1.2 (for example). apart...

whan laying bricks 73mm what depth of mortar should you aim for - is it about 10mm?

i am about to put in a concrete fllor for my new conservatory. so, its hardcore, 2 in sand, insulation, 4 in concrete. the visqueen normally goes on top of the sand, but i was wondering if the celotex (like kingspan) insulation will be effected by the water when i poor concrete on it. is it...

am building an extension and need to connect up a rainwater drain to the existing rainwater piping sytem. prob is cant get much of a fall on the pipe so was planning to do away with the u bend bit that would make me sink the pipe further down and thereby further limit the angle. is this ok to...

for my concservatory, is the following correct hardcore 4 in sand 2in insulation 4in concrete 4in self levelling compund ? in so, how much do i allow for top screed, and where is the best place for the dpm rds and thanks

on the approved bld gregs for my extension is a section on manholes. it reads.. manholes to be constructed with 225mm engineering brickwork on concrete slab foundation. Concrete haunching to be provided in channels in manhole. this is pretty double dutch to me - can anyone expand/show a...

am building a conservatory with about 6 bricks above dps. below dpc is 5 bricks, 2 of which will be above ground level. now, i have brought some weephole vents, the plastic vertical ones that go between the bricks.. questio is, where below the dpc do i put them? obviously can only be in the top...

on the course of brick just below the damp proof course are litttle white plastic things that sit vertically between the bricks, about every 5 bricks across. anybody know what they're called and more to the point what they do please thanks