conversion advice

Hi all, I live in a 1930s and have a stand alone garage. I'm pretty sure there is no DPC installed in the walls. I've been thinking about converting it into a garden room / office. I would be able to install a membrane on the floor to prevent damp from rising through the floor. What options do...

Hi everyone, how’s it going? Feeling sick to the stomach and need advice. I will try to keep it as simple as possible. I did post previously, but I thought I would add more information (admin you are free to delete the previous post for some reason it did not work). Bought a property at...

Hi everyone, Feeling ultra down tonight, need / advice. So before as mentioned my fiancée and I had an opportunity to buy a barn for a complete start from scratch conversion. As I’m electric wheelchair bound and unable to walk this opportunity for a barn conversion was suitable down to the...

Hi everyone, thanks for all of your continued support in my previous posts! As mentioned, previously due to myself, being electric wheelchair bound and unable to walk, we decided to look for something other than a normal property due to my access needs. I mentioned previously, there was a...

Hi, I would like to eliminate a two way lightpull switch from my bedroom ceiling as it is never used. The original 1930s one has recently been replaced with a new one by a qualified electrician but I feel that I would rather remove it from the lighting circuit and go down to the simple one way...

Hi, Hoping to get some guidance on the potential costs for a garage conversion (I'm aware that the best way to a accurate figure is to get a full quote done), but at this stage it's part of working out costs of a house purchase I'm looking at. House would be in the east Midlands area. Basic...

When I purchased my house it came with a very poorly built conservatory. Before purchase it was checked by building regs and has passed so the building itself is safe. The way the roof has been designed is that wooden beams run across the width of the conservatory and sit on top of the bricks...

Hello, I am in need of some advice regards turning my large garage pitched roof in to a room. I know to do this I will need some mathematical calculations in order to make the roof safe. To make the space we need to remove the struts to achieve the maximum space we are looking for. My first...

I will cut to the chase on this one. But we had a conservatory installed 4 years ago and it has numerous problems and the fitters have gone into liquidation. It is a decent size conservatory 8m x 4m. The frame of the conservatory cannot hold the weight of the roof. We have an idea to change this...

Hello all, We are converting our garage but have hit a snag where the insulation of the floor is concerned. The height of the house level is only 2.54 cm above the level of the garage. Is it feasible to insulate the floor? What options do we have? Ideally, we want the floor to be level with...

Hi all, Looking at converting my detached garage into a man cave. Looking for advice about how to put up walls, insulation, the ceiling at what to do with the door to weatherproof it. Looking at using metal stud walls and plasterboard. Will I be okay to insulate between existing garage wall...

Hi all, I'm hoping for a little help from the informed elite (you lovely lot). I'm currently in the process of getting some ideas together for a kitchen conversion in my current house space. However, I'm having these far fetched wonderous plans of extending the current kitchen space out into...