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well I've had one qoute back for the T plates @ £36 each inc galvanising a bit to rich for my liking so I'm going to use one of these http://www.grange-fencing.com/page.php?getid=139 these are coming out at £10 ish inc vat plus delivery

your better off with an architectural technician than a walt disney drawer oops I mean an architect over the years I've had to sorted out to many issues with architects planning drawings that basically don't work when you try to turn these into a working drawing find a good technician and...

thanks for comments I was thinking using 10mm dia threaded bar cem fixed into existing wall, i.e. drilling down into wall 75mm-100mm then bolt the metal "T" plates down ontop of wall. The timber posts will have timber balustrading fixed to them i.e. timber spindles and handrails similar...

the only problem is that the wall was built before we bought the house, but did find these http://www.grange-fencing.com/page.php?getid=139 but after sevral hours of looking on the net I've designed an up side down T plate that will run about 300mm up into a timber posts once a section...

I'm trying to find a decent looking post fixing to go directly ontop of our existing 900mm high garden concrete wall. We are wanting to put up some timber hand rails and spindles to prevent our kids from fall off the higher garden level down onto the patio below. I've tried searching for a...

thanks for the reply's guys the system i'm going for is a pannasonic SC BT200 Blu Ray Player and 5.1 Surround System around £400 The speakers will fixed to the walls using a speaker brackets and then the wires will be connected into a audio socket which I'm looking into. The wires...

can anyone point me in the right direction on obtaining a natural slate hearth for my fire place? preferably in Devon

anyone installed surround sockets into there living room? I'm thinking off buying a Blu-Ray Player with built in surround sound system - 5.1 I'll be providing a new ceiling over the existing one in our living room so most of the cabling can be hidden. Will have to chase out the block...

I used this site - realy good and quick turn around http://quick-calcs.net/designs/index.php

goto land registry and pay £4 for each map...

I've just done a similar project for a friend who did the work under a building notice. But the BCO wanted structural calc's for the beam size and padstones. I used this company for the calculations, hope it helps http://www.quick-calcs.net/designs/

well you've got 2 options 1. full fill cavity insulation blown into existing cavity 2. insulated the internal face of block work with a insulated board covered with plasterboard but get some sap calc's done to see which would be the best option and if this would pass building regulations...

I would recomend MH Joinery, used them for years and have a realy good design service aswell (CAD) http://www.mhjoineryproducts.plc.uk/