Gina_Violet

Thanks, apparently the chimney is fine as we had it swept today. Although some insulation roll came out the chimney which I thought was a bit concerning.

Hi, I am looking at replacing my log burner which uses the house chimney with a pellet stove. I have explored online and I'm rather confused by it all. Can pellet burner just use the existing chimney? I just wondered what was involved and needed. It would be one without a boiler, so just a stove. Thank you.

Thanks, no I'm in London. I have found a company that will do it for £40.00. Much better. But I was talking to someone and have now discovered that the issue may well have been the fitters. As a 1200 x 900 board was supplied and should have been cut and turned on it's side so the cut side was flush with the floor. But they cut it up and used it at the other end (which is a different size) instead leaving an unsightly join.

Thanks I am just not very good at doing it myself. I have been quoted £250 for it but that was more than I thought.

Thanks, as per the suggestion I found a company near by that spray paints kitchens and colour matches, so I will see what they quote.

Thanks, maybe that is an option. It is quite cheap to buy a printable 900x900 end panel online. The company who supply the kitchen gave me a tiny pot of touch up paint but they label it in their own brand, I assume they don't make their own paint so it's probably a well known brand. Thanks. Someone else suggested a waterfall island, so as the top is oak I just carry it over to the end panels. That might work.

This did cross my mind as it doesn't look painted so I wasn't sure how they did it. I'm not sure what to do now. I have two 600 end panels but they cut two together on the other end but there is an obvious join. The end panel I want to replace can be seen as soon as you walk in so I wanted one piece 900x900. I wish they had told me this when it was planned. If I get one of these online bespoke door companies to make it do they normally just paint them rather than the process you mentioned?

Hi, I need to source a 900x900mm end panel for an island, but can only find them online in that size. I believe the supplier sourced the kitchen from Uform , the colour is down as Marine. https://www.uform.co.uk/doors/strada-matte-marine I assume they are using well known brands of paint but don't way who. Anyone have an idea what it could be? I did think of colour matching but in the past I have found the colours to be off. Thanks

Thanks there is a list on the left, when I untick them they disappear from the plan for example Furniture or windows. We sent it to the architect and he said if we get the original files it would be substantially cheaper, as in the CAD files, so I assume from that, they can't convert the PDF themselves. I wish I had just used him in the first place, but hindsight is a wonderful thing, so Im trying to save some costs as I have already paid out for one set of drawings.

Thank you, I zoomed in as much as I could (500%) and it doesn't get blurry, the lines get thicker as you zoom in closer but isn't that because I have zoomed in? If I convert this then, would that be okay for an architect to work from or would they need to do extra work to get it right? They will want to be able to edit this plan.

Hi, We are having our house plans revised by a different architect, the plans are currently in PDF but if we have them in the original CAD version the cost of the revision will be much cheaper. I cant get them off the original architect, so wondered if there was a way to convert the PDF or a cheap way to get them converted. Thanks

Thanks. Would that look ok? I have googled and everything I see is from floor to floor. I will look again. The doors were installed in January, the builder mentioned they were wrong at the time but I didn't really understand the consequences of that until now, as everything was slowed down due to Covid. How do I prove it? The builder drew a line at the 25mm and I was here on my own when they fitted them and they left saying they have got them as high as they possibly could. Maybe I should call them on Tuesday as I really didn't realise the consequences of this.

Hi, We had an extension built on the back of our house, knocked through to the existing, so floor is part original floor boards and part concrete on the new part. The issue is that the large patio doors were supposed to have a threshold of 25mm but the window company measured it incorrectly and we have been left with a threshold of 11mm. I really wanted engineered wood or real wood flooring but with the floor prep etc it would all come above the 11mm threshold. Is there a solution to this? I have seen some at 10mm but doesnt leave much wriggle room and the best ones seem to be 14mm or over. Some have suggested a matt well (which looks horrible). Is there anything that can be done that looks decent? Can the floor go down straight on the concrete area without any underlay and kind of go down at a slight angle from the area with the original wooden floors? Otherwise I'm left with LVT which after looking at a zillion samples I really don't want. Thanks

Thank you. I had one other question, as we have been given full planning permission , should we just do a Non-Material Amendment instead of the lawful certificate? I was reluctant as it seems so ambiguous, it states changes that do not materially alter the size and scale of the building, when I explored further the definition of this is down to the LA.

Thank you. My partner spoke to a local architect who says unless we go though the council's permitted development process we have an illegal building. He said he felt it was ok to continue with the work but he could revise the plans and submit them. @MrMagic you mentioned a simple sketch, so so I need to pay 100's of pounds for a professional CAD drawing or can I just revise the above floorplan myself in something like photoshop? Thank you