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Is planning needed for putting a prefab garage on the side of my house?
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I'm looking at putting a prefab garage on the side of my house on the driveway. It will not be attached to the house so it's a free-standing unit. My question is do I need planning permission or not? I live in Basingstoke Hampshire. I have read their planning page …

Can a timber floor be use to restrain a removed central chimney breast?
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Subsidence in 1960's home (sale completed only yesterday)
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I've just moved into a property built in the 1960's it had a one crack in the outside brickwork on the first floor a wide (>10mm) crack in the interior kitchen wall and on the first day in the property I removed the wallpaper in the bathroom (directly above the …

Making a foundation
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Got a 6m by 3m conservatory. Brick on 1 side, brick/glass on front and upvc on other wall. Want to remove the upvc wall, move out another foot. And then put a timber wall/frame up. Roof is off as we replacing it. Need to know what to do. There looks …

New shed... am I being conned?
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Hi I just recently paid quite alot for decking and a garden room/shed.. It is only up 6 weeks and water is coming in from around entire bottom and sides, the guy who built it is lookin to just run silicone around the edges which I think is just putting …

Can I extend my kitchen into my garage?
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My garage is part of the house and has one of the bedrooms above it. It is next to my kitchen and I am considering getting rid of the wall and extending the kitchen into the garage at some point in the future. I wanted to check if there are …

Summerhouse letting in water through shiplap and cracks?
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I have a small summerhouse that is letting in water through the shiplap joins, cracks in the wood , wood knots and where panels meet but haven't been filled properly. I cannot access the outside of the summerhouse to paint it again because the pleb that built it before I …

pva surface of brick before refacing?
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I'm going to reface my blown bricks on the wall round my garden, should I pva the surface of the brick first?

Do I need permission to convert garage into an office?
Building  •  1602 views  •  2 answers

Do I need permission (from whom) to convert our garage? It wouldn\'t increase the size of the garage.

Access to neighbouring property?
Building  •  1601 views  •  6 answers

Hiya, can I ask for advice please, if you are building an extension for someone who has not served party wall notification, you then remove a section of a shared boundary wall without permission, remove fencing and the neighbours driveway gates, without permission, are you then within your rights as …

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