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Hi, The wife wants a L shaped seating area with a raised pond & planter as backrest. All concrete rendered. (Damm you Pintrest!) I've been doing some research & have been advised to use a single skin of 9" (215mm) or 6" (140mm) wide hollow blocks with rebar then filled in with concrete. It's...

Hi, I've had a 4 Gas Safe registered engineers give me a quote to reconnect a Hotpoint EG51G Dual Fuel Cooker, although they seem to be split on whether I need to upgrade from a 3/8" Micropoint to 1/2" Standard to provide more gas? It only has 4 burners & a grill operating on gas as...

Hi, Can an existing pumped shower be replaced (like for like) by a normal person or do you need a qualified plumber &/or electrician? From what I've been told it has 4 screws, Hot & Cold push fit connections for feeds & 240v for the pump. Note: It is an pumped shower on the wall of...

Hi, Currently doing the bathroom & looking to replace a single radiator (600x700mm) with 2 x 500mm wide Towel Radiators. I've also match them up for their heat output. They will be right next to each other literally a few cm apart, so I thought we could connect them in serial...

Hi Guys, I just want to double check if a wall is load bearing. I have a wall between the Kitchen & Dinning room which spans 3.8m I've drilled a few exploratory holes in the plasterboard ceiling & wall to find the floor joists for the bedroom upstairs. They are the new engineered...

Hi, I'm installing pond pump & lights in the garden & was considering using an Armadillo pre-assembled kit as it apparently is meets Regs & Part-P. With the "Permenant Wired" kit with the junction box on the end, you obviously have to wire in your pump & lights. But how far can you go...

Hi, I was wondering if you guy's could give me some advice on opening under my stairs & if a wall underneath my stairs is a supporting wall? Basically it's 1970 house & the upper larger half is where the boiler is installed as usual & I would like to open up the bottom half of my stairs to...

Hi, I'm planning on installing a externally vented kitchen hood which will require a 100mm diameter hole for venting. I would like to put the vent as close as possible to the top corner of the external wall of the kitchen. The external wall is actually a "T" being the corner of my part of...

Hi all, I'm currently considering boarding up and replenishing some old insulation in between the joists. Currently looking for advice on & considering :- 1. ROI on add extra insulation to meet the new Standard of 10" (considering the existing insulation is @ 4" fiberglass probably...