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We are considering laminating the trusses to acheive the span as well as laminating the rafters to include 2 queen posts. Slots etc for joints will be acheived using polystyrene to create a mortice and tenon method of construction when sections are assembled. timber laminate cross section will...

What I need to know is. What section size timbers would I need to span 30' (wall to wall). There will be a wall in the centre to support ceiling/floor timbers. It's for a barn and the 'roof space' will be used to store square hay bales! The roof covering will be of steel profile. It is fairly...

Hiya Fella's... my son has just bought a Citroen Saxo 1.4 manual 'R' reg. The drivers door will not open. we think a key has broken in the lock and the central locking mechanism may be damaged as in keeps clicking untill all the doors are shut which means they are locked. He is thinking of...

Hiya fella's... Does anyone know of any free software suitable for estimating building work... Any help would be very much appreciated... Angelbabes...

What kind of preparation would be needed apart from removing all looses and flakey bits... Thanks... Angelbabes...

My stone cottage wall has been rendered in patches as and when money was available by the previous occupier. The cement render mix is incredibly hard and has stuck like the preverbial. Trouble is it looks a mess, so... Can it be given another coat all over for asthetic purposes. I have...

Hiya oh helpful people... Whilst driving through a new motorway cutting I saw a honeycombed mesh thingy which I presume is for filling with soil for grass seed etc... Anybody know what is is called, how much it costs and where to get it from as my summer project is to dig into a hillside...

Thank-you fella's... For empip, Coljack, Taylorwocities and Londonboy... The turbine would be free standing with a blade diameter of approx 13m. It is expected to cost around 56 -63k and pay around 25p per/kw/h. My only neighbour is around 1.4 mile away with the next about 2 miles away...

Well I am here again looking for lots of info this time... I have been considering a wind turbine for my next project as I live very rural. Is there anybody out there who has installed one. Also the goverment has some incentives for rural installations... has anybody been involved...

Hiya Guys... Wanted to ask this on a seperate thread so as not to confuse people with different issues... But since this has as people have not read all the replies here goes... The lowest price in the other thread was at the low end of the lowest price, with the higher end being...

Thanks for the help to date... The cottage was disconected 10 years ago after a fire... What remains of the cut-off (I call it the main fuse) is damaged (not by fire) and the cable is already there (which is in pefect condition). I am rural and the cable and poles do run across a larg...

Unsure what you mean with regards to 'cut-out fuse'. Where is it and/or who do I ask? Thankyou...

When you get connected to the grid. How much wattage can you have! are there limits on draw etc... This is my boyfriends language... so please reply in 'English' big writing with pretty pictures please... Angelbabes...

Thank-you peeps for your help and advice... After carefull consideration I am abandoning the whole electric heating idea as the the connection quotes from the electric board are as follows... £2400 + vat for power to cottage sufficient to take 10kw shower. or £14,800 + VAT sufficient...

Thank-you so far for the comments/reply's but no-one has actually said anything about these gel radiators... So I have been googleing, as one does... and found 2 names KALIREL and Royale... So they do exists but no-one knows anything about them!? I await further replies... Angelbabes...

I am in a sitation where my heating will be supplied by electric. I have had storage heaters in my previous home which have worked fine as I overinsulated the loft 14" in total... I again have overinsulated the loft in my new renovation project and added 4"insulation (internally) to the...

What is the maximum length of tails from supply to to consumer unit. I always believed it was 3m... then I heard, it is up to 30m... then I heard, has to be switched after 3m. then I heard you can get away with 5m. I cannot seem to find any hard and fast aswer in the regs... If there...

I have in the past wired several houses (2 being my own) but non since 2004... What are the changes/upgrades I need to know about as several people have told me there are only a few. If no-one can help directly where can I get these details. The property is a cottage in Caithness (holiday...

busy renovating her cottage