Recent content by danhw

Thanks Jeds - so you don't think these would be load-bearing then?

Hi folks, I live in an 1870s property, which has an original-construction loft room. The walls of the room come quite far in from the eaves, so I'd like to knock a small entrance in one of the walls, to create access to the eaves for storage. The wall studs are fixed at 30cm centres though, so...

Hi folks, hoping you can help with a query about concrete base for a garden office. I'm planning to build a 4m x 4.5m timber-framed garden office. The site is has an L-shape due to the property boundary, which I'm planning to lean into with the shape of the building. The building will have a...

Hi folks, I'm in the early stages of building a 4m x 4.5m timber-framed garden office, and hope you can help with some questions about damp-proofing and attaching the frame to the foundation slab. I'm a fairly experienced DIYer, but this is the first time I've done something on this scale...