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I'm putting in a new groundfloor bathroom (toilet, shower and basin) in the middle of the house. I'm planning to run in a new 100mm waste pipe from an existing manhole by chopping a trench across one of the bedroom floors. :roll: I have some questions I'm hoping someone can help me with...

I'm just about to start work converting my integral garage into a habitable room. The house is a 1960's bungalow, built with solid concrete floors. The garage has the same concrete floor at the same level as in the rest of the house. Those nice chaps at Building Control want me to put down...

I'm going to be making a building regs submission in the near future for removing various internal walls in the bungalow I own. As one of these walls is carrying a load from the joists it will need a lintel/beam inserting to span the 2.7m gap that will be created. Inserting this beam into the...

I want to add some additional insulation to the concrete floors throughout the house. I need to use something which is pretty much incompressible and fairly thin (max 20mm), as I don't want to end up banging my head on the tops of the door frames when I've finished. A quick skim round on the web...

Hi all. I'm about to embark on a complete replumb of my house, hot & cold supplies and central heating. The house is a bungalow, so the easiest place to route everything is in the loft, then drop down the radiator feeds, hot & cold water etc in conduits into the various rooms. I'm planning on...

I've recently bought a 1960's bungalow which is in need of some serious refurbishment - electrics inadequate (1 socket per room), central heating pipes leaking in the concrete floor, leaking copper waste pipes etc etc etc. I'm planning on abandoning the existing central heating system, and...