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my semidetached house has an enclosed staircase at the external wall of the house. My question is- Can I remove the wall between the stairs and lounge for un open space? the wall sound empty not brick, but thill wall continues upstairs till the ce lift ceiling so is part of the box bedroom upstairs which sits on the top of the stairs. Some people said is possible other might not because of the bedroom wall upstairs. Can somebody advise me please? no structural engineer will come for an hour fee to look at it, all I called is £500 for a survey and I think is too much just for a question. I will appreciate any professional advice, thanks!8

Hi, I’m thinking of buying a 3 bedroom Victorian terrace house which needs some work doing but would like to know roughly how much / how long it would take. Firstly I’d like to knock down the joining wall between the kitchen and back sitting room. I believe it’s a load bearing wall. Then we would like to replace the window in the sitting room with French doors and block off where the existing back door is. The kitchen will then need to be at least in part refitted. We’d like to put a toilet under the stairs (the bathroom is at the top of the stairs). We would replace the bathroom to install a bath and re tiled. The hall way, 2 downstairs rooms and 2 bedrooms will need to be skimmed. A ball park figure would be really helpful for me to know whether this house is a good financial decision for me. Thank you.

Hi have and old property which is gravity fed system. i installed a salamander pump for additional pressure. however the shower, first few seconds is really strong pressure and then after few seconds the shower becomes weaker which is noticeable. what can i do to increase the shower pressure?