advice needed

Hello, I am hoping for some advise regarding a decking I am planning. I had been planning on doing a retaining wall, however this seems too expensive and now looking at a deck and removing the earth from underneath. The deck will be 8.8M wide (width of garden) and extends 2.6M. The garden is...

Hi Folks, I've started renovating my bathroom - everything ripped out and walls freshly skimmed. I have now got hold of howdens fitted bathroom furniture (concealed cistern / vanity cabs). Interestingly they basically supply regular wall cabinets, with modified fittings. I think this is a...

Hello, We need help! My hubbie & I moved into a 70's semi a month ago & we have so much we want to do but don't know where to start! We have an existing single story extension & want to make it 2 story to add an additional bedroom. We want to add a porch, replace bannisters, floors, doors...

Hi All. We've just had a new patio laid - 90m sq in total, so a bit of a beast. In general I'm happy but before I pay my builder I wanted to get some advise on a couple of niggles that are bothering me. I'm unsure whether to accept as being normal or ask him to re do.In a handful of areas, there...

Hi there, I'm looking for advice : ) I have a BoilerMate 2000 and Maxi boiler in the garage. I have an old Potterton thermostat control on the wall in my hall. We are about to decorate and want to replace the Potterton thermostat and move it upstairs to better regulate the temperature upstairs...

Hi, My flat has a roof terrace, that doubles as the ground floor flats roof. The roof doesn't appear to be leaking into the downstairs, or at least there has been no complaints that it has. My flat is located in a block of 4, the maintenance of the flat roof is supposed to be split 4 ways...