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Advice on Engineered Flooring
Hi, I'm really lost in the vast amount of choices for engineered wooden floor. So we have two young children -7 and 1. We are going to put the new flooring in the living room - which is narrow 3.4m but long 8m- and in a small bedroom -2.3m x 3.5m. Colour - So we are favouring golden reddish but bright colour. Not sure if…
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New windows & doors delay
We recently got new windows and external doors installed at our home, the company took three days to complete the work which we were extremly happy with, but when we started to clean the windows some had bad flaws in them, so nine weeks later after a lot of toing and froing from the window and glass companys they arrived…
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Extended Party wall extension with overhanging soffitt
I am mid way through an Extension permitted through the LA application. Ive built up on top of the Garage which involved continuing up the dividing Party Wall through next doors garage to the 1st Floor. Recently we fitted the Soffits hiding the eaves of a vaulted ceiling on the Gable end, my neighbour has now asked us to…
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Right to light rules
Does anyone know if right to light applies to any continuous period of 20 years since the dwelling has been in place, or is it the previous 20 years preceding any claim? For example, if my neighbour objects that I'm blocking his light today, will the relevant 20 year period be the one immediately prior to the date of…
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Convert 3 bed to 4 bed advice
Hi, I 'm currently having a dilemma. With another baby on the way ideally id like a 4 bedroom home. As you can see from the floor plan, the bathroom is extremely large in an extension.with the bathroom currently measuring almost 5m by 2.7m in total.. (the original bathroom before the extension is approx 1.7 x 2m). Where…
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Changing builder and building regs
I am converting my garage into a livable space. Builders quote accepted and building regs paid first visit and agreed work schedule. Builder complied with work, hacking off old plaster, etc. Celotex for floor and walls delivered and some laid on floor with rest stacked up outside property. Paid two instalments for the work…
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Replacing storage heaters
I've decided that I need to replace my storage heaters, which I believe are as old as my flat (1986, I think). It's a one-bedroom flat, and although there are 3 storage heaters in total, I only ever use the ones in the living room and (when extra-cold) corridor (never the one in the kitchen, where there's also an electric…
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Is this a ballpark quote for large amount of work?
Hi everyone, I live in a large 1930’s three bedroom semi detached house in Essex and the place needs considerable work to the exterior. In short every bit of the outside needs blown rendering fully replaced with pebble dash, new soffit boards, drains, drain pipes, some minor roof tiles replaced, chimney repointing, large…
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Not sure if building work is safe
So this is a bit of a long winded one.. please bare with me! We moved into our first house early this year, we decided we wanted an open plan kitchen diner. The house it’s self had a small extension build prior to us moving in.. the builder we chose contacted a structural engineer who had drawn up some plans.. once given…
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Exposed car port - painting ceiling
Hi, We have a 3.5m x 6m car port. 2 sides are brick, one side partly exposed (there is a garage at the other end with approx. 60cm air gap between), and the other fully exposed. The ceiling part of the car port being plasterboard (above is essentially a fully tiled roof with an attic space). The ceiling has been previously…
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Rendering - who to call?
Stupid question I know, but who should I call to get a small external wall rendered? I thought it would need to be a roofer because you have tidy up all the joints to the roof, but is it? Fot information, the external wall is made of some kind of polystyrene (it is one of those "bricks" that you fill up with cement) and…
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Moving Waste Costs
I am purchasing a new property and I am looking at squaring off the property which will increase the bathroom and kitchen area nicely. Would anyone have any ball park figures on moving the waste to the left of the property away from the area I am proposing to extend. It will more on the side access path as opposed to the…
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Basic home improvement advice
Hi all, We are in the process of buying our first house and have next to no DIY experience. The following is on our list of things to do. Immediate Knock together two bedrooms in the attic to make one big room, remove the two sinks that are currently there, replace the carpets in each room with wooden laminate flooring,…
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Anyone know where I can buy clear glass sphere lampshades?
My wife wants them all over the house!! I can find them with fittings (but I've just changed all the fittings), I just need a clear glass shade about 30cm and in the shape of a sphere? (to hang from the ceiling) Spent a while on Amazon and they all come with one type of fitting or another! Can someone point me in the right…
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Kitchen advice
Hi all, I’m having a kitchen installed by a local independent designer...I’ve chosen to have a Belfast sink...the sink is in and yesterday he put the door on the cupboard under it.....the door doesn’t cover the cupboard it’s too short!...he actually told me his supplier doesn’t make a door to fit the cupboard and so it…
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JCT Homeowner surprise quotes
Hey All, First time poster here! So - I have had a bunch of renovation work done to my house and signed a JCT Homeowner agreement before the work started, this included payment break downs etc. About 4 months in to the work, I get a email from the building company with around 18k pounds of additional quotes for additional…
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Should Electrician be responsible?
Electrician placed a wire outside safe zone, (20cm below ceiling instead of 15cm), plasterer covered it, plumber came to install boiler afterwards and damaged the cable when drilling a hole for flue pipe. Should I get the electrician to repair the damage?
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Kitchen unit conundrum
Hi all, I had a new kitchen fitted about four years ago, which is still lovely and working fine, but I'm planning on adding something to it which is turning out to be a bit of a head-scratcher! My kitchen is of the very small galley-style variety and at the moment, I've got all of my units and barely any worktop space on…
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Knockthrough to new extension
Hi all, my names David and I’m new to the forum. Tried a search but can’t quite find an answer to my problem. So, I live in a detached 3 bed house, my plan is a single story extension 3m out the back from the kitchen diner. This is for extra living space. On the extension I want bifold doors across the whole width into the…
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LED Light Issues
Hi all How long are LED lights supposed to last? They usually advertise around 5-10 years and I took that as around 5 years continuously and 10 years normal use. The reason I ask is one of the lights above the shower cut out. I haven't changed it since I moved in 5 years ago so thought nothing of it. Then, when switching a…
