Can anyone help me with a recommendation for a builder / damp specialist ? We have a side return and there is evidence of damp all the way along the outside wall. We have already paid quite a bit of money having the pointing raked out, all brickwork re-pointed and then painted with Weathershield p...
Our builder has just left us leaving the refurbishment of our flat incomplete! Can anyone recommend a builder to help finish? Most of it is done but we need an electrician, a plumber, a carpenter and a decorator. All small jobs but annoyingly several trades. Sigh! All recommendations so appreci...
I wonder if anyone can help me? I am in the process of refurbishing a small ground floor flat and need to replace a pair of glazed french doors and a single kitchen door leading out to the garden at the back and a bathroom window! First question! Timber or aluminium? Any views? Pros and cons? Second...
This just keeps getting better! Thank you so much! I have been sick with worry about it for a week now and can’t tell you all how much you have helped me. Can I ask you experienced hands one more question? What would you consider to be reasonable hours of work for these builders? They are proposing ...
I already feel better having read these two responses! Thank you! So I will definitely not allow my neighbours access through my flat but am I right in thinking that I may not even have to allow scaffolding in my garden? Could the scaffolding just be at the front with their builders accessing over t...
I wonder if anyone can help me with this one? My upstairs neighbour has applied for planning permission to carry out a loft conversion which seems pretty standard by the looks of things. There will be a Party Wall Agreement. However he tells me that there he will need to have scaffolding put up in m...
