As a builder, do you prefer to carry out extensions or conversions?

I have been paving my front garden. I had noticed a couple of slabs were sinking a little so I dug them up and relaid I have left a gap of 300mm to the house with about 4 inches of small chippings. The paving is running away at at least 1/60. Also not much rain water falls in that area due to the over hang of about 300mm of the roof What I noticed after finishing is that the slabs although 300mm away are about 30mm higher than the bottom of the dpc. There doesn't appear to have been problems when the two large slabs were sloping in and that's been fixed. Perhaps I am overthrowing it but I just wanted to check

Hi, I had arranged for a joiner to lay a herringbone floor but upon checking the floor it was springy in one section. The joiner believes I may need a new joist support or a new joist. Does anyone know if this is a big job, what’s costs are involved and how long it will take to repair. Thank you.

What are the different methods of damp proofing and which is the best for a Victorian brick built terraced house?

Builder built 2 block gable end walls which failed planning he is now building a third brick wall on to the 600 wide foundation is this ok with building regs and would it pass planning

Hi, we are in the process of purchasing a Victorian property and survey has noted the incomplete fire barrier issue with the party wall in the attic. Question is: is it best to build a fire wall etc with blocks or look at fire curtain type product? Also average costs for install etc of these options. Any advice appreciated

We are buying a property in the kitchen is the top of the last few runs of the stairs its boxed off can anyone tell me if we can have the box removed and then made so we get extra room under it for a fridge freezer? and what fire regs we may need to meet

I have had a new garage built 9mx3m and need the floor raising 50-80mmit already has a sub base of about 100mm What would be the best way to do it and approx cost?"

Hi, I am looking to buy a house soon and in the garden of this house is an outhouse which the previous owners had used as music studio. It has a working toilet in it. i am thinking converting this into a seperate residence/flat for hosting Airbnb or keep tradional tenants. It doesnt have a gas boiler or gas supply going in. The outhouse is located within 10 meters of the property itself With regards to gas, i think its probably better to have a seperate supply/meter to avoid complications. Im posting this to see what the process would be for this? can any qualified builder qualify for this or do i have to get British gas to dig up the garden/road to lay down the supply? Will the supply split at the point of where my gas meter is? (The outhouse has electricity from the house but we would need its own meter as well) Looking forward to hearing your thoughts

I had a leak coming from my roof, down behind the fascia and leaking into my house I had a roofer come out and he says that it might be a few slates and some repointing. He came out and suggested that repointing the ridge tiles would cost £180 including broken slates. I asked if it would fix the leak He said he couldnt guarentee it as the slates are in bad condition. I phoned someone for a second opinion, he didnt get back to coming around which left me with the first guy who came out He told me to call him if the leak still came through The roof the following two days was still leaking down the same area He said he will come and repoint ''some bricks'' Have i any recourse here?