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    Forbidden to Hang Pictures

    Looking around my house I have numerous pictures and signs hung off a single pin or double pin hook as per pic on standard plastered brickwalls and plastered stud walls and in over 50 years have never hit a wire/pipe/etc etc . and also used to hang larger objects with with a screw and plug...
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    Garden room Flat roof Joist sizing

    75 x 150 will enable you to have snow loading of 0.75kn/m2 ,dead load of 0.5kn/m2 and have deflection of 17mm which is 3mm above recommended max of 14mm but its got to be quite a large snow fall for that and down south snow loading can be reduced slightly
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    Garden room Flat roof Joist sizing

    Typo that dead load should read 0.25kn/m2
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    Garden room Flat roof Joist sizing

    a) no way b) at 200 centres and assuming the dead load is not greater than 2.5kn/m2 and snow loading does not exceed 0.4kn/m2 as opposed to standard 0.75kn/m2 it just comes within acceptable deflection limit of 17mm c)the span tables are the span tables
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    Fitting joists an inch thinner than specified

    hope he has specified a thickness, spacing and grade of timber as well
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    Internal Gutter Problem - Victorian Houses

    Oh well so much for theory, unless the gutters have different sizes and gradients which have caused the neighbour to have the problem more than you
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    Internal Gutter Problem - Victorian Houses

    Just running things through theoretically. A very very heavy rainfall would be classed as 50mm of rain/hr which for a roof of 120m2 would mean a total of 6m/3. 6m3/hr = 1.7l/s . The head required to push 1.07 l/s down a 62mm ID cast iron pipe is a lot less than 1m so your downpipe is not going...
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    Buying used wheels with tyre on.

    Drive into a wall at 30mph and see what happens??
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    Buying used wheels with tyre on.

    Must admit in all the tyres I have fitted over the last 50 years I have never gone and looked at the inside of one before the fitter fitted it, usually just sat in the reception area twiddling my thumbs.
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    Inspection chamber problem

    Raise benching to top of chamber
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    Stock market dealing

    The little monkey
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    Stock market dealing

    Thought CGT was 10 or 20 depending on tax band.
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    Stupid idea for Loft floor

    dimensions, width height
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    150mm Soil Pipe – Advice Needed

    whilst not having direct involvement with domestic 150mm dia drainage runs I worked in the main drainage/sewage department of ST for 40+ years and would expect a competent builder to be totally acceptable to carry out such work.
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    Lintel above bifold doors

    Interesting Tony with no roof /ceiling loads to work with is this based on passed experience or finger in the air calc
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