Recent content by gareth1968

I did read the discussion and had posed on it as well :-) I'm having a few beers with my mate who is a SE so i'll pick his brains too. Many thanks for the input. On your ring beam did you just span the gable ends with RSJ or similar or did you have effectively 4 walls of the same height? I...

I was aware of the law change - and will need to check - as it was a previous combined house/animal shed i am hoping I will be able to change it's use - else nothing will happen, maybe I could just call it a new "animal shed with a large door :-) The existing beams are indeed cut unto the stone...

hello all, I hope you can give me some idea please - i have an old stone building (in France) that's probably 200 years+ old. 500mm+ walls that were built using lime, mud or anything handy as the mortar. Its been re-roofed to a very high standard and is in pretty good general condition. The...