Recent content by alfiembra

It's difficult to get a good tight fit under an existing beam soffit. I'd recommend using concrete paving slabs 50mm thick cut to size bedded on mortar and pack any gap to the underside of the beam with slate or instead of slate a dry pix mortar packed in tight. Good luck Alan

I'm with Freddy on this you need depth of section as well as width, I'd have doubts that a 203 UC can span 6metres. Do you need the clear opening could you split the span up incorporate a post into door or window framing? Alan

If there aren't too many of them then why not notch the new joists over the noggins, or slot the noggins to run the new joists through. I'm guessing they would only be 50mm high.

Different regions will have local terminology, up here I'd call that a raised tie member, and it is critical in restraining the rafters and the apex of the truss. You could however replace it with a similar sized member at a higher level. But if you want to keep it all legal and above board then...

How long is a piece of string? It's difficult from your description to really get a clear picture of how the 4x4 is supported, but thoeretically it would be difficult to prove it could span 4.6m all in one clear span by today's standards. That being said it obviously is doing the job so it...

Have you been asked to price for a full timber staircase? Does your client have any drawings or a design in mind? Is it just a few steps or is it a conventional stair going up a few landing levels? More info required. I'd imagine an all wooden external stair would be a very high maintenance...

Can't see a problem with sheeting the attic out. You have to provide adequate ventillation space between the rafters (min 50mm air gap) and as long as you fitted a few ventilator grilles into the roomspace, shouldn't be a problem, you'll never achieve a "sealed" room. HTH Alan

50mm screeds always used to be the norm on concrete slabs with a 1:3 cment sand mix, but with the addition of UFH I guess your concern is cracking. There are lots of admixtures available nowadays, epoxy's etc. that may be the answer to your problem get in touch with a specialist company like...

7 days of trying and Scottish Hydro finally sorted the problem A faulty governor on the gas meter so basically not enough gas to the boiler, was only reading 2 millibars should have be 30 apparently. Good shout from gas4you spot on with your diagnosis. Thanks Dave. They should have...

It's a Vokera Option if that is any help about 4 years old. Alan

I have a Vokera Combi Boiler in my flat which is not heating the radiators or water properly, luke warm radiators an no hot water at all. I've had the Scottish Hydro engineer out to fix it and so far he's replaced the circuit board a gas valve and one of two thermostats, he's coming back...

Thanks for the replies, managed to break my bleed key doing the vent up the other night so will get a new one and try again. I've noticed that the warning light on the boiler for low water has been flashing a lot over the last couple of days and I've been refilling it, so guessing that the...

Need a some advise on bleeding a radiator. In my flat I drained and removed a radiator to get it repainted. I've refitted it and can't get any air out of it. It's a combi boiler system feeding 6 radiators. After I reconnected the valves and opened them I could hear the water flowing for a few...

It doesn't sound promising, with all loft conversions if you are making the space into a living space, bedroom, study, bathroom etc. you have to provide a proper staircase, not a ladder. Which nearly always is the stumbling block for most conversions as they in themselves require space at the...

As the title says got an old flat and traditional plug type fixings for screws haven't been too succesful, I'm finding the plaster is quite powdery so it tends to break up just as the screw starts to grip and the plug pulls out. It's also pot luck if you catch a stud so looking for an...