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Hi, does anyone know of any SE contacts in the Manchester area ? need to get someone involved asap. Thanks

yes on either side of the party wall, but it is cavity at the front and back

ok, so.....the walls are 100% definitely 110mm thick on each neighbours side.

will check thickness tonight

ah I see, so potentially I could span some 5x2 from the bottom purlin to the top ridge to strengthen the roof, then remove the upper purlins......

I will be dropping the bedroom ceilings in the bedrooms to gain some extra height, will look into the stairs angle. Don't think the steels will be a viable option as the locations will create a stepped scenario, and they will fall next to windows. I will be changing the floor to just timber on...

the wall are aprx 110mm thick. the headers you see are next doors chimney

this is for my own loft. I am based in Oldham, do you know any SE's in the area that I could contact.

If the lower purlin is supported beneath and I have a stud wall at the top of the stairs supporting part of the ridge beam along with collars across the length. Can the upper purlin be removed ? Will the structure be ok ? Also is the use of steels absolutely necessary ? or would a timber floor...

thanks for your inputs guys, this is my first loft conversion design project as you can probably tell. I have some pics of the existing loft structure. Can anyone shed some light on if a loft conversion will be viable with this current structure ? I'm currently re-working the plans to with...

the steel beams run front to back of the house they are drawn in red, one is in the middle of two windows at the back and the other is offset from the front window. they will sit on the cavity walls the plans have been done like this because of a single skin party wall I cannot run beams side to...

they are for my own house

Hi, I have drawn some plans for a loft conversion but unsure of the beam positions. I have put the steel next to and in between some window openings at the side of the lintels, only because the house is a single skin wall and because I need to drop the ceilings for height. Putting them...