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Thank you very much for the advice, no way would I attempt to modify it, just thought there must be some way of safely turning it down like on an oven. Guess I'm stuck with turning it off every hour. Regards Arthur

Hi All, We have had a new glass fronted gas fire installed in our lounge. It is super efficient 90% and heats the lounge lovely. It has only two heat settings but even the low setting means we cant leave it on for long. Is it possible to reduce the output with a reducing valve or other device...

Thanks noseall, The beam is holding up the 1st floor but I've no idea what the dimensions are or how much pboard is on either side but I take your comment about a blind arab. Built by DWH and BC for this was NHBC but I don't think that counts for much. The cracks start at the RSJ and track...

Hi all, We've got some forward movement in the blockwork on our integral garage. Looking at the padstone and RSJ, it looks as if the RSJ hasn't been installed central to the padstone and isn't distributing the weight evenly. Is it possible that this could cause the blockwork to the left of the...

Hi b1llt, Many thanks for the info. David Wilson were taken over by Barrats some time ago and when I contacted them, they said the original spec and plans would have been destroyed. They didn't seem keen to help at all. Tried looking at the 1991 build regs to see what the spec was at that time...

Hi All, We've got a 1994 David Wilson detached property. We're extending the kitchen at the rear and want to have Wet Under Floor Heating in the new and the old part. How do I decide if the existing concrete floor has insulation already in the slab. The house is built on a raft foundation...

Hi all, Thank you for all of your input. Really useful. Thought a picture of what I'm trying to achieve would help. The first beam is in existing kitchen. There will be an additional clad beam in extension part as per my script. [/img]

Thanks oldun, Never thought about adding height by doubling up the wall plate on the infills. This seems like the best solution. Many thanks for your input. The design BTW was done by a rather large truss company!! Regards

Thank you noseall.

Hi noseall, Thanks for coming in on this. The design is not to have raised tie trusses. The ties are standard and will be clad in oak veneer as a feature. The ties will sit on the wall plate as standard. It is the infill rafters which I need to sort out. With a B/M in rafters they are going to...

Okay, I can see that it could work that way, but only if the distance between the joist/rafter joins was short. Thought the whole idea of a truss was that the joist sits on the wall plate. Also thought that trusses were not meant to be cut in any way, else it would void any claims for failure...

Hi oldun, Many thanks for your input. I'll try and explain it in the form of your reply 1 & 2. There are 6 infill rafters. two before a duo, two in between duos and two after. The purpose is to faciltate a vaulted ceiling on a single storey kitchen extension. The two duos are to be clad in...

Hi, Thankyou for replying. Maybe I'm reading more into this than I need to. If the truss tie sits on the wall plate with the join right at the end of the wall plate, then the truss timber would sit higher than any rafter which was cut in with a birds mouth. The only way I can see this working...

Hi All, We've had a roof design incorporating duo trusses and infill rafters. All timbers 147 x 50. Obviously the truss ties will sit on the wall plate but can't see how to put in rafter birds mouth without loosing alignment between rafter level. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards