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Hi, we have upvc window in our kitchen and above it is mould in the plaster ,we have sealed it from the outside and removed the mold inside but it keeps coming back .What could be the problem?Your help much appreciated,thanks.

I posted this on garden forum and should have posted here instead. We have round Osma drain gully 150mm wide going to 160mm underground pipe.It has square grill on top. We have raised the concrete level by 10cm and need some sort of extension but are unable to find one .I looked on Osma...

We have 150mm round "Osma "gully for our kitchen waste outside ,we have raised the level of the concrete yard and need to lift the gully by about 10cm. The gully is round with square grill on top and the waste pipe is 150mm circumference it goes to 160mm round waste pipe . We have been unable...

I e mailed the building control to ask what the fee for building reg. is for this work and got the above answer .ie just replace the lean to or I would need full planning permission. The lean to would not form part of living accommodation and can only be accessed from outside ,the present shed...

We had wooden structure but it needs constant maintenance... I would like well built strong structure that needs no maintenance like painting. Lot more expensive building it in concrete with upvc doors and proper footings etc.. Our neigbour built similar structure but uses it for...

I contacted the local council planning about this lean to shed and asked if it needed Building regs.got answer as follows... Some buildings are exempt from building regs. It is not entirely clear where to put this one.If we deem it as an extension,you would be expected to submit and...

We are going to build a lean to shed in concrete blocks .The shed will be 3metres long and 1.8metres wide with a door at each end in upvc.(to the side of our house) The 3 metre wall will be about 2 metres high all around and the roof will be upvc with polycarbonate sheets 16mm thick . My...

One engineer says flexi from the fire up to first floor then plate over chimney and twin flue through the roof to roof vent. Another says no need for flexi from fire but plate over chimney on first floor and twin wall up through the roof to vent .This last option we prefer but is it safe ?

Perfectly safe as it was disconnected by gas safe engineer!

Hi ,we have gas fire installed in our sitting room at present,the chimney has been taken down at first floor level because we have had new roof to our bungalow with rooms in the loft area.We want to have flue installed through the roof so we can use the gas fire downstairs again. Our gas fire...

Hi ,we are having a new roof installed and have decided to have velux windows to pitch roof to give extra light ,(marley ludlow concrete tiles and tyvek underlay with lead flashing to other windows).Do we need the flashing kit that is bought separately? the roofer who is tiling says he can do...

There is lot of cables between floor joists that need sorting in the first fix ,if the floor goes down before first fix electrics it will be impossible to sort them out. I think the carpenter just want it easy for himself so the chipboard floor is easier to lay ,he says the stud walls are fixed...

My carpenter was going to fit the stud walls to our loftconversion first and then the plumber and electrician were going to come for first fix. Now the carpenter wants the plumber and electrician to do first fixes and then the carpenter will put up the stud walls between rooms. The carpenters...

He was not invited to erect the scaffolding ,we have verbal contract which he has not fullfilled and this is preventing the build from proceeding!As I said ,according to my solicitor I can have it taken down as he has no fullfilled his contract verbal or otherwise,I would of course send a text...

Quite contrary I am compleately in control just stressed out as you would be .The scaffolder did not need to agree to putting the the extra scaffolding up but willingly agreed to.At no time did he say he would take 6 weeks to put up the extra scaffolding. The stress has given me chest pains ...

Thank you noseall, I am seeing the carpenters tomorrow and see if we can protect the house from the westside where the wind blows usually, i will get some tarps. they will just have to work fast to get the trusses up.

Hi thank you for that helpful piece of advise, and why do you or indeed he thinks i am a nutter ?what have i done to deserve this ?My only fault is giving him the job not seeing that he is not trusworthy! Not helpful in the least ,this job will go well once the scaffolding is finished . This is...

I have just read my post and I made lot of spelling mistakes ,sorry I am so stressed about this.

Help,I am at my wits end and do not know how to resolve this problem. We asked scaffolder who was recommende to us by carpenter/builder to erect our scaffolding around the bungalow as we are having a new roof and rooms in it. He came and put it up and the carpenters arrived 8th august to start...

Hi we are building cable end to our house and find it difficult to use the calculator for blocks as it is triangular wall .It is 9.5 metres long at bottom and x 3.2metres high at the top,how many concrete blocks do we need?thanks